ghetto lottery

Noun

US figuratively idiomatic

(idiomatic, figuratively, US) A financial windfall obtainable by a socioeconomically disadvantaged person.

Japanese Meaning

（比喩的表現）社会的・経済的に不利な立場にある人が、予期せぬ大金や財政的な幸運を得ること / 社会的に困難な状況にある者が、偶然もしくは非常に稀な機会により巨額の利益を手にすること

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For many on the block, the ghetto lottery was the only realistic way out of poverty.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その地域の多くの人々にとって、貧困地域に暮らす人が手にすることのできる思いがけない臨時収入こそが、貧困から抜け出す現実的な唯一の方法だった。

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(idiomatic, figuratively, US) A financial windfall obtainable by a socioeconomically disadvantaged person.

The experts all agree that sports betting and the numbers game—the ghetto lottery—are the biggest sources of income for the mob, and this money is used to finance other rackets like narcotics, loansharking, pornography, and the infiltration of legitimate businesses and unions.

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ghetto lotteries

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