How to use lottery in a sentence

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• If I won the lottery, I would give half the money to charity.From the entry would
• Her expression changed from joy to misery after realising her winning lottery ticket had expired.From the entry expression
• Outside of winning the lottery, the only way to succeed is through many years of hard work.From the entry outside
• Did you hear? Pat won the lottery! — Wow, that's wild!From the entry wild
• It is my contention that state lotteries are taxes on stupid people.From the entry contention
• The lottery jackpot is worth a staggering three hundred million dollars.From the entry a
• It's odd there were no twos in the winning lottery numbers.From the entry twos
• There is no shortage of ravening friends and relatives on the day one hits the lottery.From the entry ravening
• Allocability can be achieved by time-sharing and by lottery, as well as by division.From the entry allocability
• We had a great deal more money after winning the lottery.From the entry a great deal
• We had a good deal more money after winning the lottery.From the entry a good deal
• Lottery tickets are not discountable items even when we have a sale.From the entry discountable
• She bought the winning lottery ticket and came into a very large amount of money.From the entry come into
• Unfortunately, none of the numbers on my lottery ticket matched up with the ones drawn.From the entry match up
• That lottery money is both of theirs. They ought to share it.From the entry both of theirs
• The winning lottery numbers were drawn every Tuesday.From the entry draw
• The convenience store was a heavily travelled point in her daily orbit, as she purchased both cigarettes and lottery tickets there.From the entry orbit
• Not even one digit on the lottery ticket matched!From the entry not even one
• If only I could win the lottery.From the entry if only
• We regularly buy lottery tickets from the corner store.From the entry regularly
• The liquor store on the corner also sold lottery tickets.From the entry corner
• He chose a prosperous lottery number that evening.From the entry prosperous
• Winning the lottery has set them up for life.From the entry set up
• When the lottery results were announced, he was stunned to learn that the big enchilada was all his.From the entry big enchilada
• Well, I'll put you out of your misery: the amount we won on the lottery was only ten dollars.From the entry put someone out of their misery
• I doubt I'll ever win the lottery, but as long as I buy a ticket I'm in with a chance.From the entry in with a chance
• Back in that day, mafias ran the numbers games and there was no such thing as a state lottery.From the entry numbers game
• He enjoyed the high life after winning the lottery.From the entry high life
• After winning a modest sum on the lottery, he took it into his head to buy a boat.From the entry take it into one's head
• No shot!!! I just won the lottery!From the entry no shot
• After she won the lottery, Marge had long-lost relatives she didn't know from a bar of soap come up to her to ask for money.From the entry know from a bar of soap
• We mostly talked about his mother's illness, but he told me in passing that he'd won a small prize in the lottery.From the entry in passing
• After winning the lottery my life became a chapter of accidents, I wound up six months later poorer than I was before.From the entry chapter of accidents
• Action on Elder Abuse said older people were "subject to a postcode lottery".2019 November 27, “Adult safeguarding in Northern Ireland 'not fit for purpose'”, in BBC news. From the entry adult protection
• A ladder lottery, known as “Amidakuji” in Japan, is one of the most popular lotteries.2015, Jianxin Wang, Chee Yap, Frontiers in Algorithmics: 9th International Workshop. From the entry ladder lottery
• In this paper, we consider the problems of enumeration, counting, and random generation of the ladder lotteries.2015, Jianxin Wang, Chee Yap, Frontiers in Algorithmics: 9th International Workshop. From the entry ladder lottery
• Grandparents and great-grandparents are big buyers of scratchies and lottery tickets — for their grandkids and great-grandkids.2011, Ashley Ormond, How to Give Your Kids $1Million Each!: (And It Won't Cost You a Cent), page 40. From the entry scratchie
• “That guy thought he won the lottery just because he was out of commission for 90 days.1999 September 1, Jim McElhaney, ABA Journal, volume 94, number 2, published 1 February 2008, page 24b. From the entry win the lottery

Meaning of lottery

1. noun 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.
2. noun Something decided by chance.
3. noun Allotment; a thing allotted.

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Questions about lottery in a sentence

How do you use lottery in a sentence?

Lottery is used as a noun. For example: “Dave plays the lottery almost every week, but always picks different numbers.”

What is a short sentence with lottery?

“If only I could win the lottery.”

What does lottery mean?

Lottery means 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.