Voorbeelden van sweepstake

• Although the running of the sweepstake would be done by local helpers, the cost would be kept down to a minimum.

• I will settle for £20 million for the hospitals, which would mean that the sweepstake itself would be raising funds of about £50 million a year.

• Anyone who has visited that colony knows what success it has had with its sweepstake.

• At the moment, all sweepstake lotteries, except for one or two specialised ones, are illegal in this country.

• A sweepstake was got up by the men, but the firm had nothing to do with it.

• I am informed that there is no foundation for the statement that the firm are conducting a sweepstake.

• Why should we not have a similar sweepstake here?

• I am wondering what happens supposing the promoter is found not to be very satisfactory in his conducting of the sweepstake.