draw game
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of draw game
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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And he noted that in 2021, a $86,000 ticket for a state draw game expired.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2023
EuroMillions is a draw game of the National Lottery, organised in coordination with lotteries from France, Britain, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Austria, Switzerland and Luxemburg.
From Reuters ● Dec. 9, 2022
Even before the pioneering voyage of the cuscus, the authors write, humans burned tropical rain forests to encourage the growth of useful plants and draw game into the open.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 6, 2016
The friends of both sides drew their stake money, and the Umpire, drawin' a long breath, declared the match a draw game.
From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 23, September 3, 1870 by Various
His only chance lies in endeavoring to prevent the other players from completing their hands, by holding the tiles which he believes they need and thus causing a draw game.
From Pung Chow The Game of a Hundred Intelligences. Also known as Mah-Diao, Mah-Jong, Mah-Cheuk, Mah-Juck and Pe-Ling by Harr, Lew Lysle
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