Crossword-Solution: LOTTERIES
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Lotteries | pl. | of Lottery |
We have 10 clues for the answer “LOTTERIES”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Affairs of state in New Hampshire. | 1 answer |
| Games for would-be millionaires | 1 answer |
| Games involving picks | 1 answer |
| Governmental games | 1 answer |
| Irish sweepstakes and others. | 1 answer |
| One may be picky about these | 1 answer |
| Poor retirement plans? | 1 answer |
| Millionaire makers | 2 answers |
| Games of chance | 3 answers |
| Some fund-raisers | 10 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
AREET
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with LOTTERIES (5)
Little Miss Baker announced that she had always believed that lotteries were wrong; but, just the same, five thousand was five thousand.
The Romans had 'lotteries,' or games of chance, and some of their prizes were of great value, as a good estate and slaves, or rich vases; others of little value, as vases of common earth, but of this more in the sequel.
Under the name of the Doctrine of Chances or Probabilities, a very learned science,--much in vogue when lotteries were prevalent,--has been applied to gambling purposes; and in spite of the obvious abstruseness of the science, it is not impossible to give the general reader an idea of its processes and conclusions.
There is one extraordinary feature in the real life of Naples, at which we may take a glance before we go—the Lotteries.
For fivepence a head, we have on these occasions donkey races with English ‘Jokeis,’ and other rustic sports; lotteries for toys; roundabouts, dancing on the grass to the music of an admirable band, fire-balloons and fireworks.
Quotes with LOTTERIES (3)
The Kammerlicht: Explanations of the Impressions Left Upon Various and Sundry Natures by Dreams as Interpreted According to Tribe, and of the Numbers to be Staked in Lotteries in Conformity with the Meanings of Said Dreams .. says … there are eight ‘tribes’ of dreams and of the eight only the fifth is genuine. Tribe 8 are dreams emanating directly from evil spirits. Tribe 7 are dreams granted to the virtuous as direct revelations. Tribe 6 are dreams from roots planted in dise…
There are many stories and accounts about the winners of lotteries whoare jubilant when they win, but whose lives descend into a nightmareafter acquiring that unearned money. (No challenge, no skill.) Thelottery looks like "the answer" to people because they associate moneywith pleasure. But the true enjoyment of money comes in part from theearning of it, which involves skill and challenge. Watching television is usually done for pleasure. That's why so fewpeople can remember…
I guess I think of lotteries as a tax on the mathematically challenged.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, CrosSynergy, Newsday, NYT.
Used 10 times in crossword archives (1959–2016).