noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
compulsive gambling/overeating/spending etc
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Compulsive overspending in these days of credit cards has become more common.
drugs/gambling/smuggling etc racket
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Police believe he is involved in an international smuggling racket.
illegal parking/gambling/hunting etc
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The fines for illegal parking are likely to increase.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
movie/media/gambling etc mogul
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The movie moguls were taking it up.
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Under normal circumstances Chaplin may well have simply thrown the eminent movie mogul a mere passing glance of recognition.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Gambling is still illegal in Arkansas.
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Crane admits that he is addicted to gambling .
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He was against the introduction of a National Lottery as he thought it might encourage gambling .
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Is gambling legal here?
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Your Uncle Maury has a gambling problem.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At Cambridge he showed little aptitude for study and tended to be diverted by horse-racing and other forms of gambling .
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Every nation must have its legalized form of gambling .
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Low profile Usually campaigns against gambling are the prerogative of the fiercer Protestant denominations.
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She paid all her gambling debts the very next day.
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So that night they celebrated, getting roaring drunk, playing cards and gambling .
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That is, they do not become millionaires and then stop gambling .
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The distress caused by compulsive gambling is very considerable.
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This certainly seems to be the case with some kinds of gambling .