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词汇 sweepstake
释义 sweepstake
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈswiːp.steɪk/ us /ˈswiːp.steɪk/(informalsweep); (USsweepstakes, sweeps)
a type of gambling, often on a horse race, in which people pay a small amount of money and choose a particular horse, team, etc. The person who chooses the winning horse, team, etc. receives all the money paid by everyone else.(通常指赛马的)赌金全赢制
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Gambling & bookmaking
a/the bookmaker'sphrase
ante
anti-gambling
bank
bet
blackjack
casino
chip
co-favourite
cockfight
favourite
pontoon
raffle
scratcher ticket
self-exclusion
slot machine
smart money
sportsbook
spread betting
stakeholder

Examples of sweepstake


sweepstake
Although the running of the sweepstake would be done by local helpers, the cost would be kept down to a minimum.
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I will settle for £20 million for the hospitals, which would mean that the sweepstake itself would be raising funds of about £50 million a year.
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Anyone who has visited that colony knows what success it has had with its sweepstake.
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At the moment, all sweepstake lotteries, except for one or two specialised ones, are illegal in this country.
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A sweepstake was got up by the men, but the firm had nothing to do with it.
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I am informed that there is no foundation for the statement that the firm are conducting a sweepstake.
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Why should we not have a similar sweepstake here?
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I am wondering what happens supposing the promoter is found not to be very satisfactory in his conducting of the sweepstake.
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I am quite unashamedly in favour of a private body's being allowed to run this sweepstake.
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The proceeds from the sweepstake would also help to increase the stakes, which would assist all engaged in racing.
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In addition, if the sweepstake was started, many of the tickets would be bought abroad.
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Surely the right to a certainty in 1954 should not depend on a failure to have entered for the sweepstake in 1947.
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I would not want to set up some new bureaucracy conducting a national sweepstake where there is existing machinery which could run it efficiently.
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To apply to it the term "foreign lottery or sweepstake" is not correct.
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I meant a sweepstake ticket connected with a lottery which would be illegal.
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