ALL meanings of numbers game
Num·bers game
N n - noun numbers game gambling: illegal lottery 1
- noun numbers game game involving numbers 1
- noun numbers game use of numbers to misrepresent fact 1
- noun numbers game Also called numbers, numbers game, numbers racket. an illegal daily lottery in which money is wagered on the appearance of certain numbers in some statistical listing or tabulation published in a daily newspaper, racing form, etc. 1
- noun numbers game policy2 (def 2). 1
- singular noun numbers game If you say that someone is playing the numbers game, you think that they are concentrating on the aspects of something which can be expressed in statistics, usually in order to mislead people. 0
- noun numbers game an illegal lottery in which money is wagered on a certain combination of digits appearing at the beginning of a series of numbers published in a newspaper, as in share prices or sports results 0