Everyday Vocabulary: Gambling

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Everyday Vocabulary: Gambling

GAMBLING

Some people are __1__ gamblers which means that they simply cannot stop __2__ on horses or playing games of __3__. It can be like a disease. If you’re lucky, you can win a __4__ but if you’re unlucky it can __5__ your life. And most people are unlucky. The __6__ are always against the gambler. At the race course it is the __7__ who win and the __8__ who lose. From a game of roulette in the __9__, the house makes a profit, the gambler often goes __10__.

- A) punter
- B) betting
- C) broke
- D) compulsive
- A) playing
- B) betting
- C) cheating
- D) racing
- A) lucky
- B) odds
- C) fortune
- D) chance
- A) wreck
- B) treasure
- C) fortune
- D) money
- A) wreck
- B) odd
- C) fortune
- D) improve
- A) wrecks
- B) odds
- C) fortunes
- D) luck
- A) casinos
- B) bookmakers
- C) brokers
- D) horses
- A) punters
- B) bookmakers
- C) brokers
- D) horses
- A) casino
- B) race
- C) cafe
- D) gamble
- A) breaking
- B) rich
- C) broke
- D) unlucky

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