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• The Kings, who had a 5.8% chance to win the lottery, will draft eighth.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2021
• The Milwaukee Brewers have the worst odds to win the lottery.
  — Joe Harrington, The Enquirer, 7 Dec. 2022
• Sure, the Pistons will only have a 14% chance to win the lottery, but those are the odds for each of the NBA's three-worst teams.
  — Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press, 3 Mar. 2023
• The Milwaukee Brewers have the worst odds to win the lottery at 0.2% (a fifth of a percent).
  — Joe Harrington, Detroit Free Press, 6 Dec. 2022
• With odds that slim, there are a whole lot of things that are more likely to happen to you than win the lottery.
  — Jay Cannon, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2022
• But one Delaware man was lucky enough to win the lottery twice -- in just two months.
  — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 13 Aug. 2022
• So, Oklahoma City could win the lottery and end up with the Rockets’ pick at No. 5.
  — Matt Goul, cleveland, 26 May 2021
• The Kraken were provided the third-best odds at 10.3% — tied with New Jersey — to win the lottery.
  — John Wawrow, ajc, 2 June 2021
• The Kraken were provided the third-best odds at 10.3% -- tied with New Jersey -- to win the lottery.
  — Arkansas Online, 3 June 2021
• Those lucky enough to win the lottery have to formally apply for a license.
  — Erica E. Phillips, Hartford Courant, 3 July 2022
• Barbara Stanwyck portrays a tough-as-nails heiress who, day after day, fails to win the lottery.
  — Washington Post, 13 May 2021
• Most of the teams that missed the playoffs did so narrowly, which gave them a limited chance to win the lottery most seasons.
  — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 17 May 2023
• Most of the teams that missed the playoffs did so narrowly, which gave them a limited chance to win the lottery most seasons.
  — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 17 May 2023
• Powerball, Mega Millions numbers:Want to win the lottery?
  — Chris Sims, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Sep. 2023
• Powerball, Mega Millions numbers:Want to win the lottery?
  — Chris Sims, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Sep. 2023
• Those who don't win the lottery will watch on monitors in overflow rooms as Trump enters his not guilty plea.
  — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 3 Aug. 2023
• Raising Cane's is trying again to win the lottery for their employees.
  — Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com, 29 July 2022
• Under the new system, each participant in a group trip like the one organized by Mr. Latif would have to win the lottery.
  — New York Times, 12 July 2022
• Since its launch in 1992, the Powerball has offered an opportunity for many people to chase a dream: to win the lottery.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2023
• Rather, the scenario outlined by Stone could occur if Houston does not win the lottery, facing a complicated choice outside of the top spot.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 10 Apr. 2023
• Though most people who win the lottery do successfully come forward to claim their prizes, there are exceptions.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 24 Apr. 2023
• At Allende’s grave, citizens leave not just votives and flowers but handwritten notes containing what could only be called prayers: to win the lottery, to pass a math exam, to find love.
  — Jonathan Dee, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
• That means people seeking to win the lottery have another opportunity to win big.
  — Raphael Romero Ruiz, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2022
• Those who win the lottery—especially those who win more substantial sums—are able to buy homes, and hold onto those homes long-term, building additional wealth.
  — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 13 Dec. 2022
• When a handful of people at a corner convenience store on Christmas Eve see one of them win the lottery — totaling $156 million — the down-on-his-luck Sterling (played by Cloud) decides to make his own odds and shoot his shot.
  — Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
• The securities are structured such that investors with a high tolerance for risk, like hedge funds and private-equity firms, buy the bottom layers hoping to win the lottery.
  — Frank Partnoy, The Atlantic, 10 June 2020
• Visas are typically allocated at random, so tough luck to employers that don’t win the lottery.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 7 Feb. 2022
• As a result, Japanese filmmakers no longer have to win the lottery of an invitation to Cannes or Venice to raise their international profiles and build their box office clout in Japan.
  — Mark Schilling, Variety, 7 Nov. 2021
• Simply win the lottery, according to a working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research.
  — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 13 Dec. 2022
• Wilmington gave property owners who did not win the lottery one year to continue operating and recover their losses.
  — Nyamekye Daniel, Washington Examiner, 15 Jan. 2021

Last Updated: 21 Aug 2024