tombolanoun [ C ]
uk/tɒmˈbəʊ.lə/us/tɑːmˈboʊ.lə/UKa game in which tickets with different numbers are bought from a spinning container and small prizes are won when the numbers on the tickets are the same as the numbers on the prizes:
I won a bottle of port on the tombola at the fair.
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Gambling & bookmaking
- ante
- bank
- banker
- bet
- betting
- bookmaker
- cockfight
- dice
- double or quits idiom
- draw
- gaming table
- grab bag
- heads or tails? idiom
- high roller
- juke joint
- lose
- lucky dip
- spin a coin idiom
- stake
- toss
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