numbers pool

numbers pool
num′bers pool`
n.
1) gam
Also called numbersnum′bers game`, num′bers rack`et. a lottery in which bets are made on numbers that appear in a regularly published listing or tabulation.
2) gam
policy II, 2)

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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