mechanical game

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪm

Noun

mechanical game (plural mechanical games)

1. (gambling) Any game based on chance rather than skill.
   • 1990, Robert Rowe, How to Win At Horseracing, page 2:

     Anyone who bucks a purely mechanical game with a fixed deduction from each play must, over a period of time, wind up a loser.

   • 2011, Kevin Blackwood, Casino Gambling For Dummies, page 300:

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

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mechanical,‎ game.