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.
  • So why not have just one lottery?
    — Alex Mayyasi, NPR, 17 Mar. 2026
  • And both teams are in the lottery.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 6 May 2026
  • When does the draft lottery take place?
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Where will the new lottery game be played?
    — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026
  • But the price to move up the board in the lottery was high.
    — Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 26 June 2026
  • The Nets, again, drew a rough runout in the lottery.
    — Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 11 May 2026
  • Those visas are handed out by a lottery.
    — Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
  • The big cliff in the lottery seems to be after the top four.
    — Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 11 May 2026
  • The way the lottery is run will likely change, too.
    — Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 11 May 2026
  • After the draw, there will be a third lottery phase.
    — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The union still wants the lottery to consist of the top eight picks.
    — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Stocklas split it with two friends who had joined in a lottery pool.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 28 June 2026
  • Time to start scouting for the lottery.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2026
  • But what about the fabled lottery curse?
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 28 June 2026
  • There's more than one big lottery prize up for grabs this weekend.
    — Neal Riley, CBS News, 8 May 2026
  • The draft lottery is set to take place on May 5.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Then the ping-pong balls will take center stage at the lottery.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
  • What states have the most lottery winners?
    — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Kids clutched fresh pulls like lottery tickets.
    — Andy Scholes, CNN Money, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Outside of the lottery picks and first rounders, those are some long odds.
    — Matt Zahn, CBS News, 13 May 2026
  • And then, most winners are more or less free to live their lottery dreams.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 28 June 2026
  • The draft lottery will be held May 10.
    — Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 13 Apr. 2026
  • States with the most lottery winners?
    — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 24 June 2026
  • In Japan they are often sold by lottery.
    — Alex Halberstadt, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Brooklyn has had lottery nights go both ways, though the painful ones tend to stick longer.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 8 May 2026
  • Lange's husband went home and woke her up to share the good news, the lottery said.
    — Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 23 June 2026
  • Scratch-off prizes expire one year from the game's end-sale date, the lottery says.
    — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 1 July 2026

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