roulette

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A of chance in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered (usually red and black) spaces. When the ball stops, it indicates the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game.

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An instance of risk-taking, especially when the downside exceeds the upside (contrary to the game of roulette where only the wager is lost).
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(RQ:Bolton Room)
2020 November 2, Adam Finn quoted by Alessandra Scotto Di Santolo in ''Daily Express''https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1354994/tony-blair-coronavirus-vaccine-coronavirus-treatment-astrazeneca-covid-19-vn:

By contrast giving treatments open-label slows everything down by leading us up blind alleys while playing roulette with our patients' lives.

A small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a plate in order to produce rows of dots.
A similar wheel used to roughen the surface of a plate, as in making alterations in a mezzotint.
The locus of a point on a curve that rolls without slipping along another fixed plane curve. Category:en:Curves
Any of the small incisions on a sheet of stamps, used as an alternative to perforations.
A cylindrical curler for the hair.
To separate or decorate by incisions made with a small toothed wheel.

''to roulette a sheet of postage stamps''

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