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roulette  
Roulette is a gambling game in which a ball is dropped onto a wheel with numbered holes in it while the wheel is spinning round. The players bet on which hole the ball will be in when the wheel stops spinning.  n-uncount 
 →  Russian roulette 

Russian roulette 
1  n-uncount If you say that someone is playing Russian roulette, or that what they are doing is like playing Russian roulette, you mean that what they are doing is very dangerous because it involves unpredictable risks. 
You are playing Russian roulette every time you have unprotected sex.  
2  n-uncount If someone plays Russian roulette, they fire a gun with only one bullet at their head without knowing whether it will shoot them.