casino
Americannoun
plural
casinos-
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
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(in Italy) a small country house or lodge.
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Cards. Also cassino a game in which cards that are face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand.
noun
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a public building or room in which gaming takes place, esp roulette and card games such as baccarat and chemin de fer
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a variant spelling of cassino
Other Word Forms
- subcasino noun
Etymology
Origin of casino
1780–90; < Italian, equivalent to cas(a) “house” + -ino diminutive suffix
Example Sentences
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His grandmother, a resident of Imperial Valley with legal status, was crossing the border when agents asked her about her trips to casinos.
From Los Angeles Times
The issue is that casinos stack the odds in their favor.
Speaking about the crash, Donnelly said: "Let's just say if, I was in a casino, I didn't roll a seven."
From BBC
Patrick Williams, a Salt Lake City area-based marketing consultant, said his son’s overuse of the product had his home smelling like a “New Jersey casino.”
The casino operator swung to a loss in its fourth quarter even as revenue rose.
From Barron's
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