win the lottery

idiom

: 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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“Win the lottery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/win%20the%20lottery. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.

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