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numbers game

noun

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 Often shortened tonumbers

It isn't just the numbers game that works to bring these two men together.

But after a few harrowing days for Democrats, something deeper than the numbers game may become clear.

Many Republican wags, such as David Frum and Erick Erickson, are already onto the Boehner paint-by-numbers game of the “Pledge.”

Instead, the staff played a sterile numbers game, seeking to impose a strict ratio everywhere.

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