Raffle

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1. Verb

A kind of lottery, in which several persons pay, in shares, the value of something put up as a stake, and then determine by chance (as by casting dice) which one of them shall become the sole possessor.

2. Verb

A game of dice in which he who threw three alike won all the stakes.

3. Verb

To engage in a raffle; as, to raffle for a watch.

4. Verb

To dispose of by means of a raffle; -- often followed by off; as, to raffle off a horse.
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