The Collaborative International Dictionary
game of chance \game of chance\ n. a game that involves gambling.
Syn: game of chance, gambling game.
Wiktionary
n. (context games probability English) A game in which the outcome is at least partly determined by random variables rather than strictly by strategy.
WordNet
n. a game that involves gambling [syn: gambling game]
Wikipedia
A game of chance is a game whose outcome is strongly influenced by some randomizing device, and upon which contestants may choose to wager money or anything of monetary value. Common devices used include dice, spinning tops, playing cards, roulette wheels, or numbered balls drawn from a container. A game of chance may have some skill element to it, however, chance generally plays a greater role in determining the outcome than skill. A game of skill, on the other hand, also has an element of chance, but with skill playing a greater role in determining the outcome.
Any game of chance that involves anything of monetary value is gambling.
Gambling is known in nearly all human societies, even though many have passed laws restricting it. Early people used the knucklebones of sheep as dice. Some people develop a psychological addiction to gambling, and will risk even food and shelter to continue.
Some games of chance may also involve a certain degree of skill. This is especially true where the player or players have decisions to make based upon previous or incomplete knowledge, such as blackjack. In other games like roulette and punto banco (baccarat) the player may only choose the amount of bet and the thing he/she wants to bet on, the rest is up to chance, therefore these games are still considered games of chance with small amount of skills required. The distinction between 'chance' and 'skill' is relevant as in some countries chance games are illegal or at least regulated, where skill games are not.
Usage examples of "game of chance".
Later he learned that there was an almost universally held belief that a man had only a limited amount of luck in his life and it was considered close to a crime to go squandering it on a game of chance.
It would be like him to do such a thing, most of his comrades did not trust him in any game of chance.
Mere survival in that part of the world was an art form, and a game of chance.
At various times, religions have named a single god, multiple gods and goddesses, an invisible life force, a cosmic mind, and in the current religion of physics, a blind game of chance.
I'm not as adept at gaming as Gypsy, but me and the boys would be delighted to have you join us in a little game of chance.
Not a game of chance at all, but one of competitive psychology in which affect dominated cognition - and one that turned out to be distinctly more profitable.
He decided to go to the Control Centre of the ship where he could kill time in a game of chance with 2 of his comrades.
He also taught me an interesting game of chance, and I now owe him about four days' output.
He listened to the clatter of rolling dice, the idle chatter of men engrossed in the game of chance, the snoring of the dogs.
Cugel and one or two others including Lodermulch became bored and instituted a game of chance, using dice and cards and counters.