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sweepstake

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sweepstake [ˈswiːpˌsteɪk] esp US, sweepstakes
n
1. (Group Games / Gambling, except Cards)
a.  a lottery in which the stakes of the participants constitute the prize
b.  the prize itself
2. (Group Games / Gambling, except Cards) any event involving a lottery, esp a horse race in which the prize is the competitors' stakes Often shortened to sweep
[originally referring to someone who sweeps or takes all the stakes in a game]
Translations
sweepstake [ˈswiːpsteɪk] N sweepstakes (US) N (= lottery) → lotería f (esp de carreras de caballos); (= race) carrera de caballos en que el ganador recibe el dinero de las apuestas del resto de los participantes

sweepstake [ˈswiːpsteɪk] nsweepstake m

sweepstake
n (= race) Rennen, in dem die Pferdebesitzer alle Einsätze machen, → Sweepstake nt or m; (= prize) aus allen Einsätzen gebildeter Preis (= lottery) Wette, bei der die Preise aus den Einsätzen gebildet werden

sweepstake [ˈswiːpˌsteɪk] nlotteria (spesso abbinata alle corse dei cavalli)
sweepstake [ˈswiːpˌsteɪk] nlotteria (spesso abbinata alle corse dei cavalli)

sweepstake
n sweepstake [ˈswiːpsteik]
a system of gambling eg on a horse-race, in which the person who holds a ticket for the winning horse gets all the money staked by the other gamblers. lootjies يانَصيب سِباق الخَيْل лотарийно залагане sweepstake sweepstake das Pferdetoto τζόγος ιπποδρομιών apuesta de caballos kihlvedu شرط بندي vedonlyönti sweepstake הַגְרָלָה בְהִימוּרִים घुड़दौड़ का जुआ oklada, konjska utrka kod koje dobitnik dobiva sve uloge lóverseny-totó sejenis judi getraunir (scommessa abbinata alle corse di cavalli) 賭金独占とばく 복권식 내기경마 totalizatorius totalizators cepu lumba kuda sweepstake veddeløpslotteri totalizator aposta de corridas sweepstake тотализатор stávka, pri ktorej výherca získava vklady všetkých ostatných stava pri konjskih dirkah opklada sweepstake การพนัน bankoyu kazandıran bahis 賭金獨得的跑馬比賽, 賭金的獨得, 彩票 парі на скачках; тоталізатор گھڑ دوڑ میں بازی لگانے کا ایک طریقہ lối đánh cá ngựa được vơ cả , ,


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For some years back, in fact, since Miss Elsa came out, we have had a matrimonial sweepstake in the servants' hall at each house-party.
 
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