game of chance
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- noun
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juego de azar
- I roamed the bayside arcades playing games of chance and riding the merry-go-round outside.
Time in games of chance is broken down into discreet games while time in markets is continuous.
- Time in games of chance is broken down into discreet games while time in markets is continuous.
- Just based on the kind of superficial analysis that in games of chance, the options tend to be equiprobable.
Examples
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And certainly, an opportunity for a high-stakes game of chance is in order.
Blog text (17) -
After discovering a mutual passion for games of chance, they passed a great many hours playing cards.
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I used to play games of chance.
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It's a game of chance.
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Skill is not as important as luck in games of chance.
Academic text (1992) -
For your entertainment after supper, there are games of chance in the back.
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All right, as I said, people who design games of chance understand these probabilities very well.
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Roulette's a game of chance.
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Nor does the act mention casino-style games of chance, another popular form of Internet gambling.
Academic text (2000) -
At the casino, many people gathered around to play a game of chance that involved rolling dice.
Synonyms
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A game where people bet money and can win or lose
Antonyms
How Random
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a game where the outcome depends on luck' is directly and transparently built from 'game' (a recreational contest) + 'of' (linking) + 'chance' (randomness), so a learner who knows the constituents can infer it. This noun-of-noun composition is a common, cross-linguistic pattern for describing types or characteristics, making it immediately comprehensible at B1 level.
Etymology
The noun game of chance comes from old games where people used dice, cards or a spinning wheel, so the result depended on chance, not on skill. So game of chance today means a game whose result comes mostly from 'luck' rather than from skill.