Popular gambling game keeps general in poverty (9)

I believe the answer is:

indigence

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'poverty' is the definition.
(I know that indigence is a type of poverty)

'popular gambling game keeps general' is the wordplay.
'popular' becomes 'in' ('in' can mean trendy).
'gambling game' becomes 'dice' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'keeps' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters are kept inside).
'general' becomes 'gen'.
'dice' placed around 'gen' is 'digence'.
'in'+'digence'='INDIGENCE'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for indigence that I've seen before include "Poor state" , "Poverty" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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