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lottery

[lot-uh-ree] / ˈlɒt ə ri /


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I will not switch the topic to the NBA Lottery or the French Open or tell you about the northern pike my son caught this weekend at Lake Monona.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

In March, the company acquired the operations of Caesars Windsor for about $54 million and entered into a 20-year operating agreement with the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, said Chief Financial Officer Bret Yunker.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

The ticket matched all five numbers — 6, 47, 49, 53 and 60 — in Saturday night’s drawing, except the Powerball number of 6, according to Lottery officials.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

Paul Wynne, 58, from Deeside won £1m in the National Lottery which meant he could give his two-week notice, after playing the same two lines of numbers for eight years.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

The Lottery, with its weekly pay-out of enormous prizes, was the one public event to which the proles paid serious attention.

From "1984" by George Orwell




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