raffle

Example Sentences

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His round is six days a week and when he's finished today, he'll head to a local slimmers' club to help set up the tables and call the raffle.

From BBC

A Grade I listed church has raised £22,300 towards a new heating system by raffling off a Maggi Hambling painting.

From BBC

A Blooms Bounty box of vegetables which was raffled off.

From Los Angeles Times

“Nobody’s going to buy your band’s candy or raffle tickets or whatever it is you’re trying to sell there,” she said.

From Literature

"Citizen loans, appeals for donations, corporate sponsorship, or any other 'raffle' scheme -- this is now what part of the funding for our public hospitals boils down to."

From Barron's