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Craps

A gambling game with dice.

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Deuce 76% connected

Two; a card or a die with two spots; as, the deuce of hearts.

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Two 76% connected

One and one; twice one.

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Cast 70% connected

of Cast

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Roll 70% connected

To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surfac…

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Integer noun · 78% connection

any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero; "an integer is a number that is not a fraction"

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Irrational noun · 78% connection

a real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number

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Irrational number noun · 78% connection

a real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number

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Natural number noun · 78% connection

the number 1 and any other number obtained by adding 1 to it repeatedly

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Rational noun · 78% connection

an integer or a fraction

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Real noun · 78% connection

any rational or irrational number

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Real number noun · 78% connection

any rational or irrational number

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Square root noun · 78% connection

a number that when multiplied by itself equals a given number

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Whole number noun · 78% connection

any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero; "an integer is a number that is not a fraction"

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Aftercast noun · 78% connection

A throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late.

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Backgammon noun · 78% connection

A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a "board" marked off into twenty-four spaces called "points". Each player has fif…

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Banker noun · 78% connection

The dealer, or one who keeps the bank in a gambling house.

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Bunko noun · 78% connection

a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

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Cat noun · 78% connection

An old game; (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is played. See Tipcat. (c) A game of ball, called, according to th…

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Cockal noun · 78% connection

A game played with sheep's bones instead of dice

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Con noun · 78% connection

a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

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Dice noun · 78% connection

Small cubes used in gaming or in determining by chance; also, the game played with dice. See Die, n.

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Dicer noun · 78% connection

A player at dice; a dice player; a gamester.

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Dicing noun · 78% connection

Gambling with dice.

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Domino noun · 78% connection

A game played by two or more persons, with twenty-eight pieces of wood, bone, or ivory, of a flat, oblong shape, plain at the back, bu…

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Faro noun · 78% connection

A gambling game at cardds, in whiich all the other players play against the dealer or banker, staking their money upon the order in wh…

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Flimflam noun · 78% connection

a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

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Gambling noun · 78% connection

the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize); "his gambling cos…

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Game verb · 78% connection

That which is gained, as the stake in a game; also, the number of points necessary to be scored in order to win a game; as, in short w…

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Gaming noun · 78% connection

The act or practice of playing games for stakes or wagers; gambling.

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Hazard noun · 78% connection

A game of chance played with dice.

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Hazardry noun · 78% connection

Playing at hazard; gaming; gambling.

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