gaming vs wager

gaming

noun
  • Synonym of gambling 

  • The playing of a game or games, including but not limited to video games and games of chance. 

  • Careful, strategic use of rules to achieve one's purposes, as one would use the rules of a game. 

wager

noun
  • That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet. 

  • Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge. 

  • An offer to make oath. 

  • A contract by which two parties or more agree that a certain sum of money, or other thing, shall be paid or delivered to one of them, on the happening or not happening of an uncertain event. 

verb
  • To suppose; to dare say. 

  • To bet something; to put it up as collateral. 

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