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NUMBERS GAME

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

 Dictionary entry overview: What does numbers game mean? 

NUMBERS GAME (noun)
  The noun NUMBERS GAME has 1 sense:

1. an illegal daily lotteryplay

  Familiarity information: NUMBERS GAME used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NUMBERS GAME (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An illegal daily lottery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

numbers; numbers game; numbers pool; numbers racket

Hypernyms ("numbers game" is a kind of...):

drawing; lottery (players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots)


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