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 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 sweepstakesweepstake Although the running of the sweepstake would be done by local helpers, the cost would be kept down to a minimum. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Anyone who has visited that colony knows what success it has had with its sweepstake. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At the moment, all sweepstake lotteries, except for one or two specialised ones, are illegal in this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A sweepstake was got up by the men, but the firm had nothing to do with it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am informed that there is no foundation for the statement that the firm are conducting a sweepstake. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why should we not have a similar sweepstake here? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am wondering what happens supposing the promoter is found not to be very satisfactory in his conducting of the sweepstake. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am quite unashamedly in favour of a private body's being allowed to run this sweepstake. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The proceeds from the sweepstake would also help to increase the stakes, which would assist all engaged in racing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In addition, if the sweepstake was started, many of the tickets would be bought abroad. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Surely the right to a certainty in 1954 should not depend on a failure to have entered for the sweepstake in 1947. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I would not want to set up some new bureaucracy conducting a national sweepstake where there is existing machinery which could run it efficiently. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To apply to it the term "foreign lottery or sweepstake" is not correct. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I meant a sweepstake ticket connected with a lottery which would be illegal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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