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Example sentences for: lotteries

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

They sucker the poor with false advertising, do a lousy job at raising revenue (only 34 cents of every dollar spent on lotteries goes to state treasuries), and are magnets for corruption.
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.
According to the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries, the average American in a state with a lottery spends about $150 per year on the lottery.
(Both Oregon and South Dakota also run traditional lotteries, but they are penny-ante games next to the video lottery: Only a quarter of Oregon's lottery revenue comes from traditional lottery games, and only 5 percent of South Dakota's does.)
As long as we're talking about corruption and exploitation, we should not forget that the wickedest gambling sharpies don't live in Las Vegas but in the state capitals, where the lotteries are headquartered.