(1) The newly launched state lottery was being subsidised by the government, who had got their sums wrong.

(2) The club runs a monthly lottery

(3) After that, it is a complete and utter lottery , but Spurs are a good cup team, and definitely worth a pound or two.

(4) The Club is now selling annual membership to its weekly lottery .

(5) His very poor punch resistance offsets his physical gifts, which makes every trip into the ring against top level opposition something of a lottery .

(6) And I think most people will be quite happy with the normal genetic lottery .

(7) After all success with Atlantic Salmon is still the biggest lottery in fishing.

(8) This inconsistency is infuriating clubs and leaving them feeling that the whole process is something of a lottery .

(9) As for who'll win the race, it's going to be a bit of a lottery

(10) It has much to do with the lottery of life and its unforgiving nature - about fate, synchronicity, and whether what was, was supposed to be; of hopes realized and dashed, and possibly about self-delusion and being generally perplexed.

(11) Events were held around the country at sites that have benefited from lottery cash.

(12) You can appeal, but the procedure is something of a lottery

(13) Ryan had hit genetic lottery on both sides.

(14) I played the lottery when it started, but I don't any more.

(15) He's like some super model who hit the genetic lottery .

(16) The lottery of life

(17) The truth is, I've never bought a state lottery ticket in my life.

(18) The evening news was interrupted by the weekly lottery drawing.

(19) It's all a bit of a lottery

(20) The odds of winning the jackpot on the national lottery are one in nearly 14m.