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lottery::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | drawing |
| Type of | gambling game, game of chance |
| Has types | tombola, numbers pool, numbers racket, raffle, sweepstakes, lucky dip, numbers, numbers game |
lottery::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | fortuity, chance event, stroke, accident |
the election was just a lottery to them.
Examples of lottery
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Hey Adrian, this is a bad Avalanche team that could wind up with a lottery pick.
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Two claimed they were cleaning out old lottery tickets and simply threw it away.
From the charlotteobserver.com
If slots are available, they would be given to juniors through a lottery system.
From the timesunion.com
Lottery winnings can help them get there, said Danish, the psychology professor.
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Last week, Ginther won over $1 million in the Texas lottery for the fourth time.
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The plan includes a lottery to determine which pot shops could stay in business.
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Of course, of his 15 double-figure scoring games, 11 came against lottery teams.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
It would even be possible to predict the outcome of a puzzle or lottery numbers.
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At the end of the 16 weeks, 53% of those in the lottery group reached the 16-lb.
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- Something that is regarded as a chance event; "the election was just a lottery to them"
- Players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots
- A lottery is a form of gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize. The word stems from the Dutch word loterij, which is derived from the noun lot meaning fate or destiny.
- Lottery! is an American drama series premiered on ABC on September 9, 1983. The series aired for one season of 17 episodes and starred Ben Murphy as Patrick Sean Flaherty, and Marshal Colt as Eric Rush. Lottery! ...
- Percy Romeo Miller, Jr. (born August 19, 1989), better known by his stage name Romeo (previously Lil' Romeo), is an American entertainer, actor, and basketball player. He is the son of entertainment mogul and entrepreneur Master P and nephew of C-Murder and Silkk the Shocker. ...
- Lottery was the winner of the 1839 Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree, near Liverpool, England. Often stated as the first running of this famous race as it was the first to truly attract National interest in the United Kingdom. ...
- Lotteries in the United States are run by individual jurisdictions. As of 2008, a total of 43 states have amended or re-written their constitutions to allow for a legal lottery. The District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands also each operate a lottery.
- The Lottery is a classic short story by Shirley Jackson, first published in the June 26, 1948, issue of The New Yorker.
- A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance, especially a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, the other tickets are blanks; An affair of chance; Allotment; a thing allotted
