gaming

gaming
    n 1: the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning
         (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a
         prize); "his gambling cost him a fortune"; "there was heavy
         play at the blackjack table" [syn: {gambling}, {gaming},
         {play}]
    

Game \Game\ (g[=a]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gamed} (g[=a]md); p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Gaming}.] [OE. gamen, game?en, to rejoice, AS.
   gamenian to play. See {Game}, n.]
   1. To rejoice; to be pleased; -- often used, in Old English,
      impersonally with dative. [Obs.]
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            God loved he best with all his whole hearte
            At alle times, though him gamed or smarte.
                                                  --Chaucer.
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   2. To play at any sport or diversion.
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   3. To play for a stake or prize; to use cards, dice,
      billiards, or other instruments, according to certain
      rules, with a view to win money or some other thing waged
      upon the issue of the contest; to gamble.
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gaming \gam"ing\ (g[=a]m"[i^]ng), n.
   The act or practice of playing games for stakes or wagers;
   gambling.
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