Words similar to lotteries

Example sentences for: lotteries

How can you use “lotteries” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

But in the five states with video lotteries (Delaware, West Virginia, and Rhode Island, along with South Dakota and Oregon), average per capita lottery spending is about $600 per year.
The lotteries' pitiful payout--about half of all money wagered, compared with 92 percent or so at your average casino--rightly draws cries of outrage.
That example points to an important general principle: Total expenditure is determined by the value of the prize, whether we're talking about presidential campaigns or state lotteries.
But instead of running lotteries or using disappearing ink, most publishers make used textbooks obsolete by periodically releasing revised editions.
South Dakota and Oregon have preserved a last best argument against the critics: They can't afford to drop video lotteries.