'Sweepstakes' definitions:
Definition of 'sweepstakes'
From: WordNet
noun
A lottery in which the prize consists of the money paid by the participants
Definition of 'Sweepstakes'
From: GCIDE
- Sweepstakes \Sweep"stakes`\, n.
- 1. A winning of all the stakes or prizes; a sweepstake. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A race for all the sums staked or prizes offered. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sweepstakes'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Academy Award,
- award,
- betting system,
- bingo,
- booby prize,
- card games,
- chase,
- chuck and toss,
- chuck farthing,
- chuck-a-luck,
- class lottery,
- consolation prize,
- crack-loo,
- crap game,
- crap shooting,
- craps,
- daily double,
- Derby,
- double-or-nothing,
- draft lottery,
- drawing,
- exacta,
- fan-tan,
- first prize,
- flat race,
- grab bag,
- handicap,
- handicap race,
- harness race,
- hazard,
- horse race,
- horse racing,
- hurdle race,
- interest lottery,
- jackpot,
- keno,
- Kentucky Derby,
- lottery,
- lotto,
- martingale,
- Nobel Prize,
- number lottery,
- numbers pool,
- Oscar,
- pari-mutuel,
- perfecta,
- pinball,
- pitch and toss,
- plate race,
- policy,
- Preakness Stakes,
- prize,
- purse race,
- quarter-horse race,
- quinella,
- raffle,
- reward,
- rouge et noir,
- roulette,
- second prize,
- shell game,
- stake,
- stake race,
- steeplechase,
- superfecta,
- sweep,
- sweeps,
- sweepstake,
- the numbers,
- the numbers game,
- tombola,
- tontine,
- trente-et-quarante,
- trotting race