单词 | gambling |
释义 | gambling (gæmblɪŋ ) uncountable noun B2 Gambling is the act or activity of betting money, for example in card games or on horse racing. Gambling is a form of entertainment. Under the country's law, online gambling is illegal. ...gambling casinos. Synonyms: betting, gaming, punting, wagering Collocations: gambling operations And private businesses have no access to gambling operations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 No state governments had previously directly run gambling operations to raise money. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In addition to bootlegging, the gang continued to burglarize local stores and warehouses and run illegal gambling operations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As of 2011, there were 460 gambling operations run by 240 tribes, with total annual revenue of $27 billion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In addition, the hotel included a bar and gambling operations until 1987. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Gambling revenue was down 7%, while room revenue decreased 14%. Times, Sunday Times The industry has been asked to hit a target of 10m a year, less than 0.1% of total gambling revenues. Times, Sunday Times Pachinko parlours-cacophonous pinball arcades that claim about 23 trillion yen in illegal gambling revenues annually - are expected to fare particularly well. Times, Sunday Times The arrangement allows them the freedom to concentrate their machines in the poorer parts of the state, where gambling revenues are highest. Times, Sunday Times He managed several boxers, fixing the fights to enhance his gambling revenues. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At the same time, local revenue sources, such as gambling taxes and vehicle licensing fees, were plunging. ST An increase in gambling taxes at the start of this year also hit the stock, which touched its lowest level since 2012 this week. Times, Sunday Times Tobacco and gambling taxes were unaltered. Times, Sunday Times The company has been hit by rising rents and a fall in customers since the tightening of gaming laws that placed restrictions on slot machines outside dedicated gambling venues. Times, Sunday Times That's 3 times less than in 2008, when 91 gambling venues operated in this city. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some argue that to allow in-game items to have monetary values makes these games, essentially, gambling venues, which would be subject to legal regulation as such. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Although the suppression efforts resulted in declines at gambling venues and resulted in a business downturn, the city was recharged, literally, when the dam was completed in 1935. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Obviously not in the legal gambling business. Times, Sunday Times She could have asked for an increase in the legal gambling age levels. Times, Sunday Times He claimed that his wealth came out of legal gambling. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The town people do have recreation like legal gambling. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In two decades he helped bring modernity to his people, including medicine, education and money from legal gambling. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 赌博 Japanese: ギャンブル |
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