mechanical game

noun

Any game based on chance rather than skill.

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Meanings

nounmechanical game (plural mechanical games)

plural mechanical games

  1. gamblingAny game based on chance rather than skill.

    And because poker is more of an art than a mechanical game, you can easily slip into bad habits and start making mistakes.

    2011, Kevin Blackwood, Casino Gambling For Dummies, page 300
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    Anyone who bucks a purely mechanical game with a fixed deduction from each play must, over a period of time, wind up a loser.

    1990, Robert Rowe, How to Win At Horseracing, page 2
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mechanical, game.

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mechanical game,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mechanical%20game.

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