How to Use lottery in a Sentence

lottery

noun

• They held a lottery to determine who could get a green card.
• Life's a lottery, isn't it? It all depends on luck.
• Room assignments are determined by lottery.
• The draft lottery is scheduled for May 16 and the draft is June 22.
  — oregonlive, 21 Apr. 2023
• This is not the first time Durham has hit a lottery jackpot.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 5 June 2023
• The wife went into the store and bought some lottery tickets.
  — Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2024
• The Utah Jazz have a lottery pick and selections Nos. 16 and 28.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 22 Apr. 2023
• Make the 2024 draft count Once again, the Hornets are going to have a lottery pick.
  — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 11 Apr. 2024
• Here’s a look at the 14 hopefuls in the lottery, and their odds of landing the 7-foot-3 French teen phenom.
  — Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2023
• But this is not the largest lottery jackpot in recent times.
  — Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
• Most of that, or some of it going directly to the lottery.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 1 Aug. 2023
• That was also the only time their pick improved thanks to the lottery.
  — Detroit Free Press, 17 May 2023
• The lottery decides all of that, and arguably, for good reason.
  — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 20 Feb. 2024
• The Powerball isn’t the only massive lottery prize this week.
  — Tina Burnside, CNN, 18 July 2023
• Young’s usual spot for a fill-up and lottery tickets was closed that day.
  — Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
• Now to backpedal on my backpedaling: a lottery ticket costs $2.
  — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 17 Nov. 2023
• One thing that came out of the trade deadline that will show up at the lottery is where the Ottawa Senators will pick.
  — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 7 May 2023
• Those who did not advance to the lottery were informed Friday.
  — Katie Shepherd, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2024
• This year, the program will replace its first-come, first-serve basis with a lottery.
  — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2024
• The state is planning to allocate 10 tags to hunters through a lottery that will be valid for the entire season.
  — Ryan Chelius, Field & Stream, 17 Jan. 2024
• The winner of a $1 million Mega Millions lottery in Iowa has yet to claim the prize money — and time is running out!
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2023
• The Rangers had the seventh-worst winning percentage in the majors in 2022, but ended up with the fourth overall pick in the lottery.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 31 May 2023
• Highest pick since Modano A combination of really good teams and bad luck in the lottery kept the Stars away from the top of the draft for a long time.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 23 July 2023
• The lottery then draws the balls, and players win prizes by matching various numbers of balls.
  — Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 18 July 2023
• How much was the Powerball lottery jackpot for Wednesday, April 10?
  — Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 10 Apr. 2024
• Having won a green card lottery, Barrett moved to Los Angeles in the ’80s.
  — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2023
• Second graders help gather the eggs, which go to teachers chosen through a lottery.
  — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 9 June 2023
• Where to watch Powerball drawings The Powerball drawing is streamed live on the lottery website.
  — Raphael Romero Ruiz, The Arizona Republic, 1 Sep. 2023
• Here are the top ten biggest jackpot wins in Arizona from both the Powerball and Mega Millions lottery.
  — Abigail Celaya, The Arizona Republic, 19 July 2023
• The grand lottery prize was announced on Nov. 8, but the winner did not come forward for several months.
  — Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024