lottery

Example Sentences

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A flagship government policy offering 30 hours of free childcare from the age of nine months leaves families facing a "birthday lottery", parents say.

From BBC

And the best sprinters in the world come from the Caribbean — so many, in fact, that trying to make a national team for the Summer Olympics can seem like trying to win the lottery.

From Los Angeles Times

Every March, the government conducts a lottery that decides who will receive the coveted 85,000 new visas available for the coming year.

From The Wall Street Journal

Buying your own private island off the Welsh coast does not necessarily require a lottery win, but waterproofs are a must if you are to negotiate low tide back to the mainland.

From BBC

A BBC investigation has found that sepsis awareness training remains a lottery in Wales and is still not compulsory at Wales' largest hospital, the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, where Bethan died.

From BBC