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  2. Chinese auction - Wikipedia

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    Chinese auction is a type of the all-pay auction, where the probability of winning depends on the relative size of a participant's bid. [1] The choice of the winner is done by a lottery, whereby the bidders compete for a higher chance of winning. [1] It is also known as penny raffle, chance auction and tricky tray. [2] [3]

  3. List of lucky symbols - Wikipedia

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    Chinese, Japanese Sounds like the Chinese word for "fortune". See Numbers in Chinese culture#Eight. Used to mean the sacred and infinite in Japanese. A prime example is using the number 8 to refer to Countless/Infinite Gods (八百万の神, Yaoyorozu no Kami) (lit. Eight Million Gods). See 8#As a lucky number. Aitvaras: Lithuania [5] Acorns ...

  4. Spinning wheel - Wikipedia

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    the great wheel also known as walking wheel or wool wheel for rapid long draw spinning of woolen-spun yarns; the flax wheel, which is a double-drive wheel used with a distaff for spinning flax fibres for making linen; saxony and upright wheels, all-purpose treadle driven wheels used to spin both woolen and worsted-spun yarns; and; the charkha ...

  5. O-mikuji - Wikipedia

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    A purported reason for this custom is a pun on the word for pine tree (松, matsu) and the verb 'to wait' (待つ, matsu), the idea being that the bad luck will wait by the tree rather than attach itself to the bearer. In the event of the fortune being good, the bearer has two options: they can also tie it to the tree or wires so that the ...

  6. 'Wheel of Fortune' Fans Are Displeased With Another Puzzle ...

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    Wheel of Fortune's new season may have only just kicked off, but season 41 of the game show has already hit a hot spot with fans–not once, but twice.. Earlier this week, Parade reported on what ...

  7. White elephant gift exchange - Wikipedia

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    The term white elephant refers to an extravagant, impractical gift that cannot be easily disposed of. The phrase is said to come from a perspective about the historic practice of the King of Siam (now Thailand) giving rare albino elephants to courtiers who had displeased him, so that they might be ruined by the animals' upkeep costs.

  8. 'Wheel of Fortune' fans upset with yet another technicality ...

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    On Wheel of Fortune Tuesday night, one contestant was kicking herself after she barely missed out on winning a car over what seemed like a minor technicality to viewers at home. Charlene Rubush ...

  9. 'Wheel of Fortune's Pat Sajak Issues Tongue-in-Cheek ... - AOL

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    The former Wheel of Fortune host took to X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday, Oct. 30, to share an update prompted by the sight of his own name all over social media.