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video karera

video karera noun: an illegal betting game using an arcade machine playing horse racing.

Noun

video karera (uncountable)

  1. (Philippines, informal) An illegal betting game using an arcade machine playing horse racing.
    • Some of these forms of illegal gambling are: jueteng, video karera, tong-its, loteng, horse race bookies, sakla, last 2, jai-alai bookies, hi-lo, monte, various carnival games, and pula-puti.1995, Philippines. Congress (1987- ). Senate, Journal of the Senate
    • The paraphernalia: video "karera" machine. (PDI, PS, October 16, 2004) PNP and the Military The two vanguards of the country's peace and order never had it so good, especially for the officials. Despite their meager salaries, some of them ...2005, Armando Ang, Greed & Scams, Inc: Corruption, Deception, Forgery, Fraud, Hoax, Kickback, Quackery, Swindle, Rip-off, Etc

Origin of video karera

video + Tagalog karera (“race”), from the horse racing games played in the machines.

Questions about video karera

What does video karera mean?
Video karera means an illegal betting game using an arcade machine playing horse racing.
What part of speech is video karera?
Video karera is a noun.

Words near video karera in the dictionary

  1. video journalism
  2. video journalist
  3. video journalists
  4. video jukebox
  5. video jukeboxes
  6. video karera
  7. video laryngoscope
  8. video laryngoscopes
  9. video lottery terminal
  10. video lottery terminals
  11. video malaise

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