English Dictionary

numbers game

noun

A lottery in which bettors attempt to guess which numbers will later be drawn randomly. / The use of inappropriate statistics (numbers) to reflect a desired result (usually misleading).

Playing the numbers game can be a fun way to pass the time.

意味（1）

A lottery in which bettors attempt to guess which numbers will later be drawn randomly.

意味（2）

The use of inappropriate statistics (numbers) to reflect a desired result (usually misleading).

Is it not as misleading to apply a simple numbers game to the Civil Service as it is to the police?

意味（3）

An activity that benefits from having many things to work with or on.

Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, and individual plants are highly heterozygous and do not breed true. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better.