win the lottery

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: to have a winning ticket in a lottery run by a government

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Maryland/Delaware New Hampshire Rhode Island Indiana Missouri West Virginia Nebraska Kansas/Kentucky Minnesota New Jersey More:Arizona lottery players have won over $5B. See what the tickets and drawings once looked like What U.S. states are least likely to win the lottery? —

Raphael Romero Ruiz, The Arizona Republic, 15 Aug. 2024 Being born an American is today and always to win the lottery of life. —

The Editors, National Review, 4 July 2024 The Atlanta Hawks, who landed the No. 1 pick after having just a 3 percent chance to win the lottery, selected Risacher, a 19-year-old forward who spent last season playing for JL Bourg in France’s top professional league. —

Ben Golliver, Washington Post, 27 June 2024 In a perfect world, a team like the Hawks would win the lottery and walk into the chance to draft a no-doubt franchise-changing player. —

Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for win the lottery

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