Sentence:  Anne found the gaming room where mostly older people were seated at card tables. She realized then that, of course, no one was playing <WSD>hazard</WSD>. Dice games were technically illegal, and certainly improper. Gambling was illegal, but no one paid attention to that.  Most people were playing whist for penny points. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A game of chance played with dice, usually for monetary stakes; popular mainly from 14th c. to 19th c.