High-stakes testing — A high stakes test is a test which has important consequences for the test taker.cite web |url=http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/menuitem.5a47c86b3b7b44128716b710e3108a0c/template.article?articleMgmtId=d87f0f05c1520010VgnVCM1000003d01a8c0RCRD… … Wikipedia
Gambling — • The staking of money or other thing of value on the issue of a game of chance Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Gambling Gambling … Catholic encyclopedia
high roller — ☆ high roller n. [from rolling the dice in gambling] Slang 1. a person who gambles for very high stakes 2. a person who spends or invests money freely or recklessly high rolling adj … English World dictionary
High Rollers — Infobox Television show name = High Rollers caption = Logo for the 1978 80 version of High Rollers genre = Game Show presenter = Alex Trebek Wink Martindale country = USA network = NBC language = English executive producer = Merrill Heatter Bob… … Wikipedia
gambling — It is estimated that Spaniards are the biggest gamblers in Europe and the third biggest in the world, after Americans and Filipinos. Among the figures on which this judgement is based is one showing that in 1991 gamblers lost a total amounting … Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture
Gambling — Gamble redirects here. For other uses, see Gamble (disambiguation). Caravaggio, The Cardsharps, c. 1594 Ga … Wikipedia
High roller — A high roller, also referred to as a whale in the casino industry, is a gambler that wagers large amounts of money. Because of potential windfall these high sums can bring to the casinos, high rollers often receive increasingly lavish perks from… … Wikipedia
Gambling — ➡ nightlife * * * Betting or staking of something of value on the outcome of a game or event. Commonly associated with gambling are horse racing, boxing, numerous playing card and dice games, cockfighting, jai alai, recreational billiards and… … Universalium
Native American gambling enterprises — Indian Gaming enterprises comprise gambling businesses operated on Indian reservations or tribal land, which have limited sovereignty and therefore the ability to exist outside of direct state regulation.In 1987, in a case called Cabazon Band of… … Wikipedia
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