Example sentences for: gamblers

How can you use “gamblers” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Hong Kong’s gamblers are so eager to play the horses that, despite the opening of a bigger and better racetrack at Sha Tin, the Happy Valley Racecourse is thriving.

  • Gamblers don't quite accept the cigarette analogy--though commission member Bill Bible, a former chief of the Nevada Gaming Commission, did concede that gambling was like alcohol--but they're happy to sign on to the specific measures.

  • In exchange for losing a few compulsive gamblers, the casinos will (falsely) appear more concerned with the health of their customers than with profits.

  • The Australian Jockey Club even advised bookmakers and gamblers to avoid using money slang: quid, spin, brick, and pony for ¥1, ¥5, ¥10, and ¥25, on Australian racecourses.

  • In the 1980s, the movement popularized the notion that behaviors could be as addictive as substances such as cocaine or alcohol, and it founded 12-step programs for compulsive shoppers, gamblers, sexaholics, and so on.


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