roulette

Example Sentences

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Card rooms — as the name implies — allow some betting on card games, but no slot machines, video lottery terminals, roulette wheels or other gambling.

From Seattle Times

In a Seattle Times op-ed last August, former King County Sheriff John Urquhart defended the current law, comparing police pursuits to “playing Russian roulette with a 4,000-pound bullet fired down the street.”

From Seattle Times

His is a decorated career but, after the squad roulette of Pep Guardiola at Manchester City, he may not be enjoying a similar experience in west London.

From BBC

She then “spun the cylinder, like you see in movies when someone is playing Russian roulette,” Gandy recalled.

From Los Angeles Times

He said Jeffress and other colleagues “remind me of somebody at the roulette wheel … waiting to see which way that ball is going to drop, red or black.”

From Washington Post