Recent Examples on the WebScammers are continually devising new sweepstakes, gift card, medication, and romance schemes to trick seniors out of money or into sharing sensitive information. Annaliese Griffin, Fortune, 29 July 2022 As part of a Bring the Cup Home sweepstakes, in which the winner would get the Cup for a day, hockey’s Holy Grail was displayed at JCPenney stores in Westland, Southland and Oakland malls. Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press, 24 May 2022 The Dodgers are reportedly one of three front-runners in the Soto sweepstakes, along with the San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals. Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2022 Fans know all too well the Giants finished runners-up several times in sweepstakes for high-profile players. John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 July 2022 The sweepstakes began July 1 and ends Aug. 3. LaTonda Anderson of Grand Blanc won the $1 million prize in Michigan's COVID-19 vaccine lottery last week. Amy Huschka, Detroit Free Press, 28 July 2021 The sweepstakes began Monday and will run through June 22. . Asha C. Gilbert, USA TODAY, 24 May 2021 The odds are in contrast to recent comments made byseveral NBA writers and analysts, including Fox Sports' Chris Broussard, who said that the Suns were out of the sweepstakes to land Durant. Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 6 Aug. 2022 Even if your favorite home doesn’t win it all, voting in the sweepstakes can come with its own reward. Hunter Boyce, ajc, 30 July 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English swepestake one who wins all the stakes in a game, from swepen to sweep + stake