# casino

Pronunciation: say "kuh-SEE-noh" US /kæˈsinoʊ/, UK /kəˈsiːnəʊ/, AUS /kəˈsiːnəʉ/

## Noun

1. A public building or room where people gamble.
   - Simple: A place where people go to gamble and play games to win or lose money.
   - _The casino floor was packed with players late into the night._
   - _She works as a dealer at a casino in Las Vegas._
2. An Italian card game played by two to four players.
   - Simple: A card game for two to four players, where you try to capture cards laid on the table.
   - _After dinner the family dealt out a few hands of casino._
   - _He prefers casino to most other card games for two._
3. One of certain cards that carry special meanings in casino, an Italian card game for two to four players.
   - Simple: One of a few special cards in casino, a card game for two to four people.
   - _Letting a casino slip to his opponent in the final hand cost him the whole game._
   - _Players race to scoop up the casinos before their opponents do._

## Noun

4. A small house, especially in Italy, kept as a pleasure house or vacation home. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A small house, often in Italy, where people go to rest and have fun.
   - _Each evening the family withdrew to the casino at the edge of the vineyard._
   - _The villa's grounds included a modest casino where guests took their afternoon rest._

## Origin

From Italian casino, the diminutive of casa ("house"), which comes from Latin casa ("cottage, hut").

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/casino (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).