A building designed to accommodate
gambling, usually maintained by a business that profits from the gamblers by offering games in which customers must make disadvantageous bets (e.g.,
craps, roulette
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casino games), or, in statistically even games, by charging a commission on bets customers make against each other (e.g.,
poker,
pai gow,baccarat
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