Far be it for Stan to get into a gambling game (8)
I believe the answer is:
distance
'far be it' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'stan to get into a gambling game' is the wordplay.
'to get into' is an insertion indicator.
'a gambling game' becomes 'dice' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'stan' placed into 'dice' is 'DISTANCE'.
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for distance that I've seen before include "Space between two objects or points" , "Aloofness, reserve" , "Space between things" , "Length between two points" , "The gap between two places" .)