Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gaming"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Game \Game\ (g[=a]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gamed} (g[=a]md); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Gaming}.] [OE. gamen, game?en, to rejoice, AS.
gamenian to play. See {Game}, n.]
1. To rejoice; to be pleased; -- often used, in Old English,
impersonally with dative. [Obs.]
God loved he best with all his whole hearte At alle
times, though him gamed or smarte. --Chaucer.
2. To play at any sport or diversion.
3. To play for a stake or prize; to use cards, dice,
billiards, or other instruments, according to certain
rules, with a view to win money or other thing waged upon
the issue of the contest; to gamble.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gaming \Gam"ing\, n.
The act or practice of playing games for stakes or wagers;
gambling.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gaming
n : 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 cost him a fortune"; "there was
heavy play at the blackjack table" [syn: {gambling}, {play}]
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