gambling

Example Sentences

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Gambling revenues hit all-time highs, and weekend hotel rates skyrocketed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Dr Emma Ryan, deputy medical director of the Primary Care Gambling Service, an NHS service for adults experiencing gambling harm, said celebrities advertising prize draws had led to their "normalisation".

From BBC • May 13, 2026

The ban could cut those jobs by half, according to the California Gambling Assn.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

The revelation that prediction markets could dodge state rules and taxes through what he calls a “loophole” prompted him to launch an anti-prediction market lobbying group called Gambling Is Not Investing.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Gambling commenced in deadly earnest, and the sharpers, with the eye of the vulture for carrion, descended upon the place.

From The Son of his Father by Cullum, Ridgwell