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lottery Definition


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lottery
noun lotteries
    1. A system for raising money which involves randomly drawing numbered tickets from a drum, etc and giving prizes to those who hold the tickets with the same numbers as the ones that have been picked out. Compare raffle, tombola.
      Thesaurus: drawing, raffle, sweepstake, gamble, venture.
    2. Anything which is thought of as being a matter of chance. See also National Lottery.
Etymology: 16c: from French loterie, related to lot.



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