Crossword clues for sweepstakes
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sweepstakes \Sweep"stakes`\, n.
A winning of all the stakes or prizes; a sweepstake.
sing. or pl. The whole money or other things staked at a horse race, a given sum being put up for each horse, all of which goes to the winner, or is divided among several, as may be previously agreed.
A race for all the sums staked or prizes offered.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"prize won in a race or contest," 1773, from Middle English swepestake "one who sweeps or wins all the stakes in a game" (late 14c. as a surname or nickname; late 15c. as the name of one of the King's ships), from swepen "to sweep" (see sweep (v.)) + stake (n.2). Meaning "any race for stakes contributed" is from 1862.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of sweepstake English)
WordNet
n. a lottery in which the prize consists of the money paid by the participants [syn: sweepstake]
Wikipedia
Sweepstakes are a type of contest where a prize or prizes may be awarded to a winner or winners. Sweepstakes began as a form of lottery that were tied to products sold. In response, the FCC and FTC refined U.S. broadcasting laws (creating the anti-lottery laws). Under these laws sweepstakes became strictly "No Purchase Necessary to Enter or Win", especially since many sweepstakes companies skirted the law by stating only "No Purchase Necessary to Enter", removing the consideration (one of the three legally required elements of gambling) to stop abuse of sweepstakes. Today, sweepstakes in the USA are used as marketing promotions to reward existing consumers, and to draw attention to a product. By definition, the winner is determined by luck rather than skill.
Sweepstakes is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Albert S. Rogell from a screenplay written by Lew Lipton and Ralph Murphy. The film stars Eddie Quillan, James Gleason, Marian Nixon, Lew Cody, and Paul Hurst, which centers around the travails and romances of jockey Buddy Doyle, known as the "Whoop-te-doo Kid" for his trademark yell during races. Produced by the newly formed RKO Pathé Pictures, this was the first film Charles R. Rogers would produce for the studio, after he replaced William LeBaron as head of production. The film was released on July 10, 1931, through RKO Radio Pictures.
Usage examples of "sweepstakes".
I saw space between his feet and the floor, but when he spoke, the fact that my fiancé was defying the laws of gravity fell to second place in the creepy sweepstakes.
The synapsids are going to take a major hit in the evolutionary sweepstakes.
Plus, I think Bridget has a right to know that Manda picked her boyfriend as the lucky winner in the Devirginization Sweepstakes.
But they were a longshot entry in the galactic sweepstakes anyway, for their sludgy metabolism was simply too slow to compete with warmer, quicker races.
She subscribes to all the women's magazines and enters the sweepstakes.
What we'd like to operate is a sweepstakes, but the antigambling laws on Earth forbid that.
After some argument Sweepstakes tickets were made valuta at a discount, $2.
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People wanted new cars, or money to pay off their mortgages, or to win the Publisher's Clearinghouse sweepstakes.
By now the proliferous gaming houses, the interstellar numbers service, the randoma-tic sweepstakes, were only froth on the Wheel's activities.
They hit the royal flush/Irish Sweepstakes jackpot--Jimmy Hoffa would SHIT when he heard it.
Which is pretty sleepy until the next week, when my brother's agency announces the big Simoleons Sweepstakes.
It is not the Company's wish that the Smoke Room Steward or other members of the ship's personnel should play an active part in organizing sweepstakes on the daily run.