Definitions Matching Game
This activity helps young people collaboratively learn some terminology, facts and information related to gambling, including better understanding of concepts that could otherwise be challenging, e.g. house edge, chasing losses.
Time
10 Minutes
Materials to print
Definitions Matching Game handouts, Answer sheet
Resources
Pens.
Method
1.
Distribute the handouts.
2.
Ask participants to match each
gambling term to the correct
definition on the handout. You can
make this more competitive by
explaining that the participant who
finishes first will win the game.
3.
Once completed, go through the
game with the entire group and
check the correct answers.
Alternative options:
This game can be played individually, in pairs or in small
groups.
You could write all the definitions and key words on
individual strips of paper. Place the key words around the
room, then give 1 definition to each person (or to each
pair) and ask them to move around the room searching
for the corresponding word. Then proceed from step 3.
4.
Highlight some of the key
information, and if necessary give
some additional clarification. For
example, you may want to bring the
group’s attention to the following:
- the minimum legal ages for
gambling;
- it is possible to gamble with
anything that has some value,
not just money, and it’s never
possible to predict the outcome
of a gambling game (not even in
games of skill);
- the similarities and differences
between ‘odds’ and ‘chances’
(both express the likelihood of
an event, but the first shows it as
a ratio whilst the second as a
percentage);
- the meaning of ‘chasing losses’;
- the meaning and implications of
‘the house edge’.
Defintions Matching Game
Match each definition with the correct word (as in the example)
Example:
To play a game of chance for money or property.
Answer:
Gambling
Age at which young people are allowed to buy a national lottery ticket.
Odds
The person who distributes cards in a game.
18
Trying to win back money you’ve already lost by gambling more.
House Edge
Main or biggest prize in a game or contest.
Gambling Blocking Software
A possibility or probability of anything happening; likelihood.
Favourite
The money or property risked in a bet.
Jackpot
The probability, expressed as a ratio (e.g. “10-to-1”), that a certain event will take place.
Chance
The casino or gambling machine will always win more often than the person who is gambling.
Self-Exclusion
The outcome/competitor considered most likely to win.
Dealer / Croupier
Someone who accepts and pays off bets e.g. horse racing.
Chasing Losses
The process by which someone may opt to ban themselves
from accessing gambling activities online or at a venue.
Stake
Something that can be downloaded on to a device that
limits access to gambling websites.
Bookmaker
Defintions Matching Game
Answer Sheet
To play a game of chance for money or property.
Gambling
Age at which young people are allowed to buy a national
lottery ticket.
18
The person who distributes cards in a game.
Dealer / Croupier
Trying to win back money you’ve already lost by gambling
more.
Chasing Losses
Main or biggest prize in a game or contest.
Jackpot
A possibility or probability of anything happening;
likelihood.
Chance
The money or property risked in a bet.
Stake
The probability, expressed as a ratio (e.g. “10-to-1”), that a
certain event will take place.
Odds
The casino or gambling machine will always win more
often than the person who is gambling.
House Edge
The outcome / competitor considered most likely to win.
Favourite
Someone who accepts and pays off bets e.g. horse racing.
Bookmaker
The process by which someone may opt to ban themselves
from accessing gambling activities online or at a venue.
Self-Exclusion
Something that can be downloaded on to a device that
limits access to gambling websites.
Gambling Blocking
Software
