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• n  British colonial administrator who founded Singapore (1781-1826)
• n  a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money
• v  dispose of in a lottery

• Schools throughout the country offer casino nights, using play money or raffles, as a way to keep kids from going to unsupervised parties, with their attendant risks of alcohol and .

• Raffles
• Sir Thomas Raffles
• Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
• raffle
• raffle off

News & Articles

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• RCN Supports 13th Annual Movies in the Parks Series by the Chicago Park District
  RCN sponsors two June screenings at the Chicago Park District’s 13th Annual Movies in the Parks series, featuring 195 movies that will be aired at parks citywide. Visit the RCN Chicago tent for giveaways, raffles, and special promotions. (PRWeb June 13, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10826695.htm
  June 13, 2013 - PRWeb
• Two Relay For Life teams hold raffles for cause
  ATLANTIC – Two Relay For Life Teams in Atlantic are holding raffles with items on display at the Atlantic Medical Center.
  June 12, 2013 - Atlantic News Telegraph
• Hot Diggity Dog
  When Alice Wilhoit wanted to improve office morale with little raffles for her co-workers, she had to get permission. “Had to sort of—not really beg—but I was sort of like, ‘pleeease,’” the Department of Public Works employee of the year says in a lilting soprano. Wilhoit, who does payroll and other clerical work at the Montebello Filtration Plant off Hillen Road, has always played by the rules ...
  June 11, 2013 - Baltimore City Paper

Quotes

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• Paul Hogan in The Australian
  You got me. Almost. The last problem I had with the ATO was in 1972 when they claimed I had fudged the overheads on my earnings from my pub chook raffles,Hogan said.
• Bertie Ahern in International Herald Tribune
  I could spend four or five hundred euros in any weekend around the country in draws (raffles),Ahern said. "I have to use my own personal money to do that. Every politician does."
• Prince Alwaleed in Zawya
  Prince AlwaleedPrince Alwaleed said the investment "underlines the strength of FRHI's [Fairmont Raffles] brands and management capabilities and provides assurance that FRHI's growth on a global basis will be amongst the highest in the industry."