Gambling
noun
A gambling hit can be multiple things. One type of gambling in Japan that was popular in the day involved betting these awesome wooden block things. You'd gamble by hitting them down on the ground, making a nice thunk sound. Another way to think about it is like blackjack. You want a card? You hit! Either way, it's gambling.
The reading is weird on this one, but gambling is weird, I guess. はく goes to ばく, maybe because you're playing some gambling backgammon. The ち can be cheating, where you cheat at this gambling backgammon. So, you're backgammon cheating (ばくち), you big cheater.
博打でお金を全部使い果たしてしまった。
I gambled all my money away.
投資家と博打打ちって、何が違うの？
What is the difference between an investor and a gambler?
博打を打つことは日本では違法です。
Gambling is illegal in Japan.