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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
2
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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Rivea Ruff, Essence, 4 July 2024
Taking up Turing’s suggestion of using a roulette wheel to inject originality into the computer’s decision-making, Strachey used a random number generator programmed by Turing to write the Mark 1’s love letter generator.
—Patricia Fancher, JSTOR Daily, 26 June 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
The weekend was punctuated by several trips to the casino’s tables to try our luck (roulette, of course), and fine dining at several of the property’s fine-dining restaurants and cocktail lounges, including breakfast at The Sunroom, lunch at The Metropolitan, and dinner at American Bar & Grille.
—Rivea Ruff, Essence, 4 July 2024
Taking up Turing’s suggestion of using a roulette wheel to inject originality into the computer’s decision-making, Strachey used a random number generator programmed by Turing to write the Mark 1’s love letter generator.
—Patricia Fancher, JSTOR Daily, 26 June 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 15 Jul. 2024.
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