Thesaurus: lottery
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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- 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.
- n. Allotment; thing allotted.
- n. something that is regarded as a chance event
- n. players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots
- n:100 n. something that is regarded as a chance event n. players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots