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  • noun Plural form of lottery.

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Examples

  • He follows several youngsters who long for a better school and are forced to participate in lotteries to win one of the scarce places in those free private schools.

    Marshall Fine: Will Waiting for 'Superman' Reach Its Intended Audience? Marshall Fine 2010

  • States 'revenue from casinos, slot machines and lotteries is falling for the first time in many of the 48 states that have grown to depend on gambling as a crucial source of income.

    POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: August 10, 2009 2009

  • He follows several youngsters who long for a better school and are forced to participate in lotteries to win one of the scarce places in those free private schools.

    Marshall Fine: Will Waiting for 'Superman' Reach Its Intended Audience? Marshall Fine 2010

  • (Neither company has been formally accused of wrongdoing by the authorities.) “Only one kind of customer wants to buy lists of seniors interested in lotteries and sweepstakes: criminals,” said Sgt. Yves Leblanc of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

    Screwing the Seniors 2007

  • And yeah, I heard there was a big surge of people playing The Numbers in lotteries after that episode.

    When LOST fandom goes too far 2005

  • Being told that we had no faith in lotteries, she replied: "Buy one; the Blessed Virgin will bring you the money."

    Six Months in Mexico 1888

  • Plus much cultural funding is expected to come out of national lotteries, which is hardly government allocation of moneys.

    Archive 2008-12-01 2008

  • Plus much cultural funding is expected to come out of national lotteries, which is hardly government allocation of moneys.

    [david] makes a comeback, clad in gold 2008

  • The blessing of the devil would have been more appropriate, for the lotteries are the curse of Italy.

    Memoirs Charles Godfrey Leland 1863

  • The lotteries are a motive for governments to oppose legalization of online gambling, since it might take away customers looking for better odds.

    Reason Magazine 2010

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