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Draw Biblical refugee, having recalled Old Testament (5)

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I believe the answer is:

lotto

'draw' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'biblical refugee having recalled old testament' is the wordplay.
'biblical refugee' becomes 'lot' (I've seen this before).
'having' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'recalled' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (to recall can mean to bring something back).
'old testament' becomes 'ot'.
'ot' reversed gives 'to'.
'lot'+'to'='LOTTO'

(Other definitions for lotto that I've seen before include "form of gambling" , "Game of chance based on numbered balls being drawn at random" , "Children's game similar to bingo" , "Prize draw" , "house" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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