Sweepstakes

Sweepstakes - Other Definitions

• (n.) A winning of all the stakes or prizes; a sweepstake.
  
  
• (sing. / 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.
  
  
• (sing. / pl.) A race for all the sums staked or prizes offered.