He hopes to win the ghetto lottery with his new business idea.
ghetto lottery
idiomA financial windfall obtainable by a socioeconomically disadvantaged person.
Many people in the neighborhood view professional sports as their only chance to win the ghetto lottery.
While some critics dismiss the pursuit of sudden wealth as a desperate fantasy, others argue that the ghetto lottery represents a rare, systemic escape for those born into poverty.
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genetic lottery
The concept that any advantageous or disadvantageous genetic traits and abilities that a person inherits from their parents are largely determined by chance.
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ghetto bird
A police helicopter, specifically in the context of patrolling or searching impoverished, high-crime urban areas (the ghetto).
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win the lottery
To experience an extraordinary or highly fortunate event.