street gambling
Curbside dice games
Street gambling is betting that takes place informally in public spaces rather than licensed establishments—dice games on sidewalks, card games in alleys, numbers running in neighborhoods.
The practice carries associations with urban poverty, petty crime, and police harassment: They busted up a street gambling operation behind the bodega.
Unlike casino gambling, it operates outside regulation and often involves small stakes.
- diceMarked cubes for chance
- dice rollThrowing numbered cubes
- crapsCasino dice wagering
- hustleEnergetic, aggressive action
- alleyNarrow way between buildings
sidewalk · back alley · betting · side bet · cards · stakes · corner · shooters · cash · cops · lookout · numbers · policy · bones · loaded · rigged · shell game · pot
- street consshell game, three card monte, three-card monte, thimblerig, cups and balls
- minor offensesminor offense, white lie, petty offense, fib, jaywalking