| REDDOG | Card game, Montana a game of chance rather than skill, not played in casinos (3,3) |
| LOTTERY | An outcome that is down to chance rather than skill (7) |
| VERMONT | Some discover Montana, a state |
| FLUKY | Caused more by luck than skill |
| ATONAL | Not played in a particular key |
| EARNER | Person acquiring skill, not initially one bringing in money (6) |
| INESSE | Actual elegant skill, not employing force (2,4) |
| SPHERE | Ball requiring bowling skill, not batting at this point (6) |
| ADVICE | Counsel against getting involved in a game of chance |
| RAFFLE | Flare up loudly in a game of chance |
| CHEMINDEFER | Card game played in casinos; a variety of baccarat (6,2,3) |
| GAMBLE | Play a game of chance to win money (6) |
| BLOTTO | Drunk boy's starting a game of chance (6) |
| CLOCKS | Things seen in most public buildings, but almost never in casinos |
| STAKES | They may be raised in casinos |
| BALLYS | Big name in casinos and gaming |
| DEADMARCH | Not a lively time, it seems, and it's not played in a lively time (4,5) |
| BLACKJACK | Card game played in casinos (9) |
| BACCARAT | Card game played in casinos (8) |
| FARO | A game of chance named after a corrupted form of "pharaoh", a figure represented on a playing card that evolved into the king of hearts (4) |
