gambling house

a building for gambling, especially for a large number of betting games.

Origin of gambling house

First recorded in 1830–40

He used to be a runner for a gambling-house, and followed this business as long as he could keep sober enough to do it.

Plane and Plank |Oliver Optic
T is the same whichever way you turn, whether you were going to church or the gambling-house.

The Daltons, Volume II (of II) |Charles James Lever
They had run a gambling-house on the sly—he as the card-sharper, she as the decoy.

Cleek, the Master Detective |Thomas W. Hanshew
It was the first time Cheyenne had seen Sears since he had taken the single room opposite the gambling-house.

Partners of Chance |Henry Herbert Knibbs

This practice I continued until by an unforeseen chance I was among those arrested in a raid upon a gambling-house.

The Mystery of the Hidden Room |Marion Harvey