About The Word Lottery
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Lottery
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What's The Definition Of Lottery?
[n] players buy chances and prizes are distributed according to the drawing of lots
[n] something that is regarded as a chance event; "the election was just a lottery to them" Synonyms | Synonyms for Lottery: drawing Related Terms | Find terms related to Lottery: See Also | accident | chance event | fortuity | gambling game | game of chance | lucky dip | numbers | numbers game | numbers pool | numbers racket | raffle | sweepstake | sweepstakes | tombola Lottery In Webster's Dictionary \Lot"ter*y\, n.; pl. {Lotteries}. [Lot + -ery, as in
brewery, bindery.]
1. A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance;
esp., a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing
particular numbers draw prizes, and the rest of tickets
are blanks. Fig. : An affair of chance.
Note: The laws of the United States and of most of the States
make lotteries illegal.
2. Allotment; thing allotted. [Obs.] --Shak.
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