lottery player
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflotteryandplayer
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lottery
noun
uk/ˈlɒt.ər.i/us/ˈlɑː.t̬ɚ.i/
a game, often organized by the state or a charity in order to make money, in which tickets with numbers are sold to people who then have a chance of winning a prize if their number ...
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player
noun[C]
uk/ˈpleɪ.ər/us/ˈpleɪ.ɚ/
someone who takes part in a game ...
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(Definition oflotteryandplayerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We are insisting on best-practice public sector standards—which are higher than those that apply in the commercial sector—to protect the taxpayer and thelotteryplayer.
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This indicates that the profile of national lottery players broadly reflects the profile of the population as a whole.
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Lottery players strongly support the principle of lottery funds being used to support health, education and environmental projects.
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That would not be in the interests of the lottery players who contributed the money.
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If even the sponsors are refusing to throw good money after bad, why should lottery players?
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The document refers to the possibility of sports bodies being made more accountable to lottery players.
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Lottery players knew where there their money would be going.
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We do not and cannot accept such a massive increase in political control over lottery players' money.
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The taking of £800 million of lottery players' money for that white elephant—now destroyed—was a tragedy.
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Let us recognise and rejoice in the generosity of national lottery players, who raise funds for good causes which, historically, taxpayers' money has not reached.
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Those are laudable objectives, but they should not be paid for by siphoning off funds that lottery players think are going to the original good causes.
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Lottery wheeling systems have been used by lottery players throughout the world.
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Some lottery players will choose the same numbers every time, or intentionally change their numbers, but both are equally likely to win any individual lottery draw.
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