noun
A formal or literary term for gambling, often used in historical or legal contexts. The more common word is 博打 (ばくち).
See also: 博打 (ばくち)
博奕は江戸時代に厳しく取り締まられた。
Gambling was strictly regulated in the Edo period.
彼は博奕で身を持ち崩した。
He ruined himself through gambling.
Rarely used kanji form; 奕 is an uncommon character.
From Chinese 博弈 (bóyì), originally referring to board games and gambling. The reading ばくえき is the standard Sino-Japanese reading; ばくよう is an obsolete variant.