lottery tickets
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Lottery tickets are slips or cards purchased for a chance to win prizes, typically cash, in a random drawing.
They range from scratch-off instant games to entries in large jackpot drawings like Powerball.
Buying lottery tickets is sometimes called playing the lottery: He spends twenty dollars a week on lottery tickets.
Figuratively, anything with poor odds but high potential payoff may be called a lottery ticket: That startup investment is basically a lottery ticket.
- instant winPrize awarded immediately
- scratch-offTicket with hidden prizes
- prizeReward for winning
- numbers gameIllicit lottery operation
- powerballNumbered-ball jackpot drawing
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- checkoutcash register, register, checkout, cashier, checkout lane
- money mistakesoverspending, impulse buying, gambling debt, debt spiral, no savings
- ticketsconcert tickets, movie tickets, paper tickets, plane tickets, e-tickets
- impulse buyscandy, candy bars, chocolate bars, chewing gum, gum
- money wastersgambling losses, payday loans, overdraft fees, late fees, credit card interest
- Broadwaymusicals, musical, Tony Award, musical theatre, theaters
lottery ticketsindex funds
Securities mirroring market indices
savings bonds · certificates of deposit · blue-chip stocks · retirement accounts · government bonds
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Payment promised without condition
salary · insurance payout · Social Security · pension · paycheck
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Sustained strenuous effort
earned income · wages · career advancement · sweat equity · entrepreneurship
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