betting shop
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a place where you can bet money on something, for example the results of a horse race
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a place where you can bet money on something, for example the results of a horse race
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a game in which players try to match numbers on their cards with numbers that are called out
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a place where people gamble (=risk money in the hope of winning more) by playing card games, roulette, or slot machines
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a game played especially in the US in which the players throw two dice and risk money on the numbers
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a small block of wood or plastic with six sides marked with spots, that you roll or throw to play a game
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a game in which a ticket with a name or number on is taken out of a container in order to choose who will win a prize
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a system in which people can win large amounts of money by guessing what the results of football matches will be each week. The football pools are often simply called the pools.
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a machine that you put coins into and win money from when three pictures of the same object appear
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an activity in which you risk money in the hope of winning more money if you are lucky or if you guess something correctly
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a game designed to raise money by selling lottery tickets that people buy hoping that their numbers are chosen by chance in the draw so that they win a money prize
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a game that is popular in Japan, in which you try to win money or prizes by getting balls into particular places in a special machine
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a machine that you put money into and win money from when particular pictures appear together
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a national competition in which people try to win money by guessing the results of football matches each week
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a game in which a small ball is thrown onto a moving wheel that is divided into sections, while people try to win money by guessing where the ball will stop
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a small card with a substance on its surface that you scratch off to find out whether you have won a prize
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a form of gambling in which a group of people each pay for the name of someone who takes part in a race, competition etc. The person who has the name of the winner of the race, competition etc gets all the money.
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a piece of paper with a number on it that wins you a prize in a game if your number is chosen
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the act of throwing a coin into the air in order to make a decision based on which side the coin falls on
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the act of throwing a coin into the air and making a decision based on which side the coin falls on
an activity, especially one in which you gamble money, that depends on luck rather than skill
an event at which dogs race around a track, and people try to win money by betting on which dogs will win
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a percussion instrument used by football fans which makes a rattling sound when shaken
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