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Lottery

Lottery Meaning & Definition
Lottery Definition And Meaning

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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