How to Use win the lottery in a Sentence

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• Teams are also not allowed to win the lottery more than twice in a five-year span.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
• But one Delaware man was lucky enough to win the lottery twice -- in just two months.
  — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 13 Aug. 2022
• With odds that slim, there are a whole lot of things that are more likely to happen to you than win the lottery.
  — Jay Cannon, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2022
• Those lucky enough to win the lottery have to formally apply for a license.
  — Erica E. Phillips, Hartford Courant, 3 July 2022
• This is only a real relief if ratepayers win the lottery before the spring.
  — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
• The Milwaukee Brewers have the worst odds to win the lottery.
  — Joe Harrington, The Enquirer, 7 Dec. 2022
• Raising Cane's is trying again to win the lottery for their employees.
  — Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com, 29 July 2022
• Barbara Stanwyck portrays a tough-as-nails heiress who, day after day, fails to win the lottery.
  — Washington Post, 13 May 2021
• Being born an American is today and always to win the lottery of life.
  — The Editors, National Review, 4 July 2024
• Most of the teams that missed the playoffs did so narrowly, which gave them a limited chance to win the lottery most seasons.
  — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 17 May 2023
• Now, the three teams finishing with the worst regular-season record are armed with a 14% chance to win the lottery.
  — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 11 May 2024
• Though most people who win the lottery do successfully come forward to claim their prizes, there are exceptions.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 24 Apr. 2023
• 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
• If the Pelicans or Bucks win the lottery, that pick is heading to Atlanta.
  — Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
• So when the Hornets failed to win the lottery on Sunday, there was a melancholy moment or two for Schnall.
  — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 13 May 2024
• That means people seeking to win the lottery have another opportunity to win big.
  — Raphael Romero Ruiz, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2022
• What if Detroit or Houston win the lottery, both of which are already loaded with teenagers and young 20’s prospects.
  — Jared Weiss, The Athletic, 7 Aug. 2024
• Carvey is not the first to win the lottery by using ChatGPT.
  — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026
• Visas are typically allocated at random, so tough luck to employers that don’t win the lottery.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 7 Feb. 2022
• Those who win the lottery—especially those who win more substantial sums—are able to buy homes, and hold onto those homes long-term, building additional wealth.
  — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 13 Dec. 2022
• Sure, the Pistons will only have a 14% chance to win the lottery, but those are the odds for each of the NBA's three-worst teams.
  — Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press, 3 Mar. 2023
• Rather, the scenario outlined by Stone could occur if Houston does not win the lottery, facing a complicated choice outside of the top spot.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 10 Apr. 2023
• The securities are structured such that investors with a high tolerance for risk, like hedge funds and private-equity firms, buy the bottom layers hoping to win the lottery.
  — Frank Partnoy, The Atlantic, 10 June 2020
• And the best sprinters in the world come from the Caribbean — so many, in fact, that trying to make a national team for the Summer Olympics can seem like trying to win the lottery.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
• Last year, the Sharks finished with the league’s worst record, had the best odds to win the lottery, kept the top spot, and drafted Macklin Celebrini, already on track to be a superstar in his own right.
  — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025
• And look how well things are going for them — staring down a 14th straight season without a playoff berth, too young to tear it all down, too mediocre to win the lottery, too hopeless to see any sort of light at the end of this endless dark tunnel.
  — Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
• 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.
  — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 30 June 2026
• As a result, Japanese filmmakers no longer have to win the lottery of an invitation to Cannes or Venice to raise their international profiles and build their box office clout in Japan.
  — Mark Schilling, Variety, 7 Nov. 2021
• When a handful of people at a corner convenience store on Christmas Eve see one of them win the lottery — totaling $156 million — the down-on-his-luck Sterling (played by Cloud) decides to make his own odds and shoot his shot.
  — Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023