RAFFLE

Raffle

A raffle is a gambling competition in which people obtain numbered tickets, each ticket having the chance of winning a prize. At a set time, the winners are drawn from a container holding a copy of every number. The drawn tickets are checked against a collection of prizes with numbers attached to them, and the holder of the ticket wins the prize.

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raffle

Noun

  1. A drawing, often held as a fundraiser, in which tickets or chances are sold to win a prize.
    He entered a raffle to win a lifetime supply of toothpaste, but he did not win.
  2. A game of dice in which the player who throws three of the same number wins all the stakes.

Verb

  1. To award something by means of a raffle or random drawing, often used with off.
    They raffled off four gift baskets.
  2. To participate in a raffle.
    to raffle for a watch


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