Oflotn.
/ˈɒflɒt/, U.S. /ˈɔfˌlɑt/, /ˈɑfˌlɑt/ The Office of the National Lottery, a regulatory body set up in 1993 to supervise the operation of the U.K. National Lottery, and replaced by the National Lottery Commission in 1998.
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1993 Times (Nexis) 18 Dec. An Office of the National Lottery (Oflot)..is to check the propriety of the national lottery.
1995 Independent 13 Nov. 1/1 Oflot, the lottery watchdog, is being urged to launch an investigation into the running of the game.
2000 Western Daily Press (Electronic ed.) 20 Dec. Camelot was awarded the first licence to run the National Lottery on May 25, 1994, by Oflot after beating off competition from seven other suitors.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1993- jockette
- jockettes
- jockey
- jockey briefs
- jockey club
- jockey for position
- jockey shorts
- jockey spider
- jockey strap
- jockey trade
- jockey trick
- jockey-back
- jockey-bar
- jockey-boot
- jockey-box
- jockey-boy
- jockey-cap
- jockey-cart
- jockey-coat
- jockey-cut
- jockey-frock
- jockey-gear
- jockey-groom
- jockey-leg
- jockey-like