gambling
Example Sentences
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Critics say it amounts to gambling, regardless of how the markets are set up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
While the makers of these apps insist they are “future exchanges,” not digital gambling parlors, regulators in places like Singapore, France, Belgium and elsewhere aren’t convinced and have banned the platforms altogether.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
But despite being an unsavory collection of criminals, Mr. Goode’s cast of characters could survive quite handsomely without gambling everything with each shipment of Fiji banded iguanas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
"No matter what they call themselves, prediction markets like Kalshi are gambling platforms, plain and simple," James said in a news release.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Imagine that I were to ask you to play a very simple gambling game.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
