Gambling starts something with you (3)

I believe the answer is:

swy

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'gambling' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'starts something with you' is the wordplay.
'starts' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letters of 'something with you' is 'SWY'.

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