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a
: a gambling game in which players bet on which compartment of a revolving wheel a small ball will come to rest in
b
: something involving a high degree of chance and unpredictability
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a
: any of various toothed wheels or disks (as for producing rows of dots on engraved plates or for making short consecutive incisions in paper to facilitate subsequent division)
b
: tiny slits between rows of stamps in a sheet that are made by a roulette and serve as an aid in separation compare perforation
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Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
Rose, Cosby, Bronwyn Newport and Meili Workman went there, while the others went to the Potawatomi Casino Hotel and played roulette.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 7 Oct. 2024
Dara Kam, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2022
The gambling deal, known as a compact, gave the Seminoles control over online sports betting throughout the state and allowed the tribe to add craps and roulette to its existing casino operations.
—Dara Kam, sun-sentinel.com, 21 Jan. 2022
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Noun
Here is a list of a few of her inventions: telephone call list; handbag with interchangeable covers; hair curler; ice cream freezer; pencil; electric fan shield; rubber reducing garment; ‘Kiddie Klock’ for teaching time; glove snaps and a roulette top.
—Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
Rose, Cosby, Bronwyn Newport and Meili Workman went there, while the others went to the Potawatomi Casino Hotel and played roulette.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 7 Oct. 2024
Verb
In addition to giving the Seminoles control over sports betting, the compact allowed the tribe to offer craps and roulette at its casinos.
—Dara Kam, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2022
The gambling deal, known as a compact, gave the Seminoles control over online sports betting throughout the state and allowed the tribe to add craps and roulette to its existing casino operations.
—Dara Kam, sun-sentinel.com, 21 Jan. 2022
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“Roulette.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roulette. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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