Gambling, the betting or staking of something of value, together with consciousness of danger and hope of gain, on the outcome of a match, a contest, or an uncertain event whose result may be determined by chance or accident or have an unexpected result by reason of the bettor's miscalculation.The outcomes of gambling games might be determined by chance alone, as in the purely random action of a tossed pair of dice or of the ball on a roulette wheel, or by physical skill, coaching, or prowess...