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noun (plural lotteries)
  1. A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance, especially a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, and the rest of tickets are blanks.
  2. (figuratively) An affair of chance.
  3. (obsolete; Shakespeare) Allotment; a thing allotted.
Translations: 
  • German: Lotterie
    (trans-mid)

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Lottery – (noun) literally 'a drawing of lots', assumed to be a random selection. Modern usage refers to a genre of gambling games, played with tickets that contain entries to a future drawing or with instant games, which use scratch cards to determine whether a player wins or loses. Lotteries are popular throughout the world, used chiefly by governments and charities to provide operating revenues.


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