GAME OF CHANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does game of chance mean? 

• GAME OF CHANCE (noun)
  The noun GAME OF CHANCE has 1 sense:

1. a game that involves gambling

  Familiarity information: GAME OF CHANCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GAME OF CHANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A game that involves gambling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

gambling game; game of chance

Hypernyms ("game of chance" is a kind of...):

gambling; gaming; play (the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize))

game (a contest with rules to determine a winner)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "game of chance"):

fan tan; fantan (a Chinese gambling game; a random number of counters are placed under a bowl and you gamble on how many will be left (0, 1, 2, or 3 modulo 4))

drawing; lottery (players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots)

craps (a gambling game played with two dice; a first throw of 7 or 11 wins and a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses and a first throw of any other number must be repeated to win before a 7 is thrown, which loses the bet and the dice)

roulette (a gambling game in which players bet on which compartment of a revolving wheel a small ball will come to rest in)

banking game (any gambling game in which bets are laid against the gambling house or the dealer)