gambling
Example Sentences
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It attempts to fill a $1.2 billion budget hole by legalizing gambling terminals for bars and restaurants and borrowing for the likes of retroactive pay raises for firefighters.
After spiffing up the biggest of its five Macau properties, Sands grew its share of the region’s gambling revenue and profit to about 25% and 30%, respectively, in the September quarter.
From Barron's
Her total earnings jumped by more than two thirds from almost £158m a year earlier, despite profits at the gambling firm tumbling.
From BBC
Those who hold both stocks and crypto show even more intense gambling behavior.
From MarketWatch
Nearly two-thirds of Gen Z and Millennials think that the only way to build wealth today is through alternative methods like gambling and crypto, according to the Harris Poll.
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