Check in path for game (8)
I believe the answer is:
roulette
'game' is the definition.
(roulette is a kind of game)
'check in path' is the wordplay.
'check' becomes 'let' (I've seen this in other clues).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'path' becomes 'route' ('route' can be a synonym of 'path'**).
'let' placed inside 'route' is 'ROULETTE'.
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for roulette that I've seen before include "SPORT/GAME" , "sort of gambling" , "Wheel for the gambler" , "Gambling game with spinning wheel and ball" , "Whirling numbered wheel" .)