To gamble: "take risky action in the hope of a desired result" So, for instance, if you post on Hacker News and hope that people are swayed by your post, or wi

To gamble: "take risky action in the hope of a desired result" So, for instance, if you post on Hacker News and hope that people are swayed by your post, or will give interesting replies, you're gambling. Reading Hacker News is the hope that you'll find some good articles and commentary. Trust me, I'm risking FAR more by making this post than I've ever risked playing Balatro (although then again, buying a game is a risk, so... really, every purchase is gambling, wow!) Hopefully you can see how this is an incredibly useless definition for the purposes of holding a meaningful conversation about the world?