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lottery

noun as in drawing

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While it is hard to win a lottery, it is easier than one might imagine to leave it unclaimed.

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"It would be like winning four lotteries in a row. You've got to use a bit of common sense and be sensible and logical about it."

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He says he won "the postcode lottery of birth" being born in the north west of England into a loving family and being sent to a good school.

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"It is like winning the lottery 10 times over," says Gemma, 45.

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The toys are now sold through an online lottery system.

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