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The answer LOTTERY has 96 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of lottery in various dictionaries:
noun - something that is regarded as a chance event
noun - players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots
A contest in which tokens are distributed or sold, the winning token or tokens being secretly predetermined or ultimately selected in a random drawing.
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| Possible Jeopardy Clues |
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| Numbers game(7) |
| The Continental Congress approved this "game" to raise money for the army; it never hit $250 million (dollars) |
| Short of city funds, the comm. of trust funds in Swampscott, Mass. wanted to spend $100 for these tickets |
| Casanova was director of this gambling game in Paris; it's now state-run in most of the U.S. |
| Spain's "El Gordo" is the richest prize offered by one of these in the world; in 1997 it reached $261 million |
| Possible Dictionary Clues |
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| a means of raising money by selling numbered tickets and giving prizes to the holders of numbers drawn at random. |
| players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed according to the drawing of lots |
| something that is regarded as a chance event |
| A contest in which tokens are distributed or sold, the winning token or tokens being secretly predetermined or ultimately selected in a random drawing. |
| A selection made by lot from a number of applicants or competitors: The state uses a lottery to assign spaces in the campground. |
| An activity or event regarded as having an outcome depending on fate: They considered combat duty a lottery. |
| a game, often organized by the state or a charity in order to make money, in which tickets with numbers are sold to people who then have a chance of winning a prize if their number is chosen |
| something that depends only on luck and is not fair: |
| a system of selling numbered tickets and giving prizes to those people whose numbers are chosen by chance: |
| a game of chance, often organized by the government to raise money, in which people win cash if they have bought a winning ticket: |
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A lottery is a form of gambling that involves the drawing of numbers for a prize. Lotteries are outlawed by some governments, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing a national or state lottery. It is common to find some degree of regulation of lottery by governments; the most common regulation is prohibition of sale to minors, and vendors must be licensed to sell lottery tickets. Though lotteries were common in the United States and some other countries during the 19th century, by the beginning of the 20th century, most forms of gambling, including lotteries and sweepstakes, were illegal in the U.S. and most of Europe as well as many other countries. This remained so until well after World War II. In the 1960s casinos and lotteries began to re-appear throughout the world as a means for governments to raise revenue without raising taxes. * Lotteries come in many formats. For example, the prize can be a fixed amount of cash or goods. In this format there is risk to the organiz |
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