Definition of lottery

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Lottery (n.) 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..

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Drawing :: Drawing (n.) The distribution of prizes and blanks in a lottery.
Ticket :: Ticket (v.) A certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other scheme for distributing money, goods, or the like..
Policy :: Policy (n.) A method of gambling by betting as to what numbers will be drawn in a lottery; as, to play policy..
Raffle :: Raffle (v.) A kind of lottery, in which several persons pay, in shares, the value of something put up as a stake, and then determine by chance (as by casting dice) which one of them shall become the sole possessor..
Allottery :: Allottery (n.) Allotment.
Lot :: Lot (n.) A prize in a lottery.
Tern :: Tern (a.) That which consists of, or pertains to, three things or numbers together; especially, a prize in a lottery resulting from the favorable combination of three numbers in the drawing; also, the three numbers themselves..
Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To take from a box or wheel, as a lottery ticket; to receive from a lottery by the drawing out of the numbers for prizes or blanks; hence, to obtain by good fortune; to win; to gain; as, he drew a prize..
Lottery :: Lottery (n.) Allotment; thing allotted.
Bunko :: Bunko (n.) A kind of swindling game or scheme, by means of cards or by a sham lottery..
Prize :: Prize (n.) That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery..
Blank :: Blank (n.) A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated.
Lottery :: Lottery (n.) 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..
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