monte

A noun referring to a gambling card game of Spanish origin, where three or four cards are dealt face up and players bet that one of them will be matched before the others as cards are dealt from the pack one at a time.

• 🇷🇺Существительное, обозначающее азартную карточную игру испанского происхождения, в которой три или четыре карты выкладываются рубашкой вверх, и игроки делают ставки на то, что одна из них совпадет с другими по мере того, как карты сдаются из колоды по одной.

1. Card game C1 formal

   A gambling card game of Spanish origin where three or four cards are dealt face up, and players bet that one of them will be matched before the others as cards are dealt from the pack one at a time.

   • He lost all his money playing monte in the back room.
   • The rules of monte are simple but the odds are tricky.
   • Monte is often associated with street gambling.

   🇷🇺Карточная игра