sweepstakes

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Information on the sweepstakes will be available in the Rite Aid weekly circulars or by asking Rite Aid pharmacists.

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  1. plural noun A lottery in which the participants' contributions form a fund that is awarded as a prize to one or several winners.
  2. plural noun An event or contest, especially a horserace, the result of which determines the winner of such a lottery.
  3. plural noun The prize won in such a lottery.

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  • The winner rapidly elevates himself into the high dollar sweepstakes which is comprised of boxing's best known box office draws: De La Hoya, Mosley, "Winky" Wright and Floyd Mayweather Jr. The loser is likely looking at a protracted downward trajectory.
  • Information on the sweepstakes will be available in the Rite Aid weekly circulars or by asking Rite Aid pharmacists. —  Digital50.com Digital 50 Daily Industry News RSS Feed
  • Entering the sweepstakes was a no-brainer, Thompson said, but he was not motivated to do so solely by the grand prize. —  EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association
  • This implies that the NFL was ahead of MLB in the headwear-cart development sweepstakes, which is odd, because I'd always thought of these carts are more of a baseball thing than a football thing. —  Uni Watch
  • Those who vote will also have a chance to win an Apple iPhone as part of a separate online voter's sweepstakes, which is open to legal residents, 13 years of age and older. —  Hispanic Business Magazine
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