lottery
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I have also seen the effect of replacing state test scores, grades and attendance as admission rubrics for middle school and high school with lottery numbers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Rather than continuing to accumulate young talent around their lone lottery picks, Cameron Brink and Rickea Jackson, they decided they were ready to accelerate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
While some teenagers may mark their 18th birthdays by buying a lottery ticket or getting a first tattoo, Deon Radcliff Jr. had different priorities.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
The book alleges: "Unlike my other callers, who were stunned, barely able to articulate their condolences and offers of help, he sounded giddily elated - like a lottery winner, I remember thinking at the time."
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
With the raffling of the mule, Petra Cotes and he bought some more animals with which they managed to set up a primitive lottery business.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
LA28 organizers have said more stand-alone tickets will become available in 2027, not through lotteries but first-come, first-served sales.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Other leagues have draft lotteries to diminish the incentive for being completely terrible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025
What to know about dynamic pricing, lotteries and sale dates while trying to score seats.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2025
"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."
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2025
They kiss my cheeks and hold my hand and tell me how they won money in the kingdom's lotteries by betting on me to be named the favorite.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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