A rule-based system that generates stochastic outcomes to determine winners and losers, persisting the social contract of risk and reward through enforced randomness mechanisms and settlement protocols.
Accepted ontology entry
game-of-chance
A rule-based system that generates stochastic outcomes to determine winners and losers, persisting the social contract of risk and reward through enforced randomness mechanisms and settlement protocols.
Definition
Why it is in scope
A structured activity framework constructed to persist the allocation of uncertain outcomes among participants, ensuring the continuity of the activity through standardized rules of randomness.
Names and aliases
- game-of-chanceen · CANONICAL
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- cmrg6592d00ns2a1n78okbin4INSTANCE_OF →
A game-of-chance IS a specific kind of game where outcomes depend primarily on luck rather than skill. A competent speaker would call a game of chance 'a game.' Files against the nearest kind per Law 9.
Relations to this entry
- cms3mdhhm004sl3bmkervddqm← INSTANCE_OF
Test direction: specific→general (Law 9). Lottery IS-A game-of-chance: a lottery is a specific kind of game-of-chance where participants buy chances to win prizes determined by random draw. Direction: lottery (specific) → game-of-chance (general). A competent speaker would call a lottery 'a kind of game-of-chance.'
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- Jul 27, 2026, 10:12 PM UTC
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