win the lottery
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: to have a winning ticket in a lottery run by a government
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But the prices for the vast majority of stickers are pretty low, which means that no vulture is out there buying up all the sticker packs and trying to resell them at inflated prices to impressionable children hoping to win the lottery.
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Jay Caspian Kang,
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30 June 2026
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Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
30 June 2026
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“Win the lottery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/win%20the%20lottery. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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