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Game stake (4)

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I believe the answer is:

ante

'game stake' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for ante that I've seen before include "Stake put up by a poker-player before receiving cards" , "Preceding birth" , "Initial bet" , "Poker-player's stake before the deal" , "Pre-deal stake" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.
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