Definition of Lottery. Meaning of Lottery. Synonyms of Lottery

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Definition of Lottery

Lottery
Lottery 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.

Meaning of Lottery from wikipedia

- A lottery (or lotto) is a form of gambling that involves the drawing of numbers at random for a prize. Some governments outlaw lotteries, while others...
- "The Lottery" is a short story by Shirley Jackson that was first published in The New Yorker on June 26, 1948. The story describes a fictional small American...
- Immigrant Visa program, also known as the green card lottery, is a United States government lottery program for receiving an immigrant visa followed by...
- The National Lottery is the state-franchised national lottery established in 1994 in the United Kingdom. It is regulated by the Gambling Commission, and...
- Look up lottery in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A lottery is a form of gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize. Lottery may also refer...
- season. In 1995, the NHL draft lottery was introduced where only teams who had missed the playoffs could parti****te. The lottery winner moved up the draft...
- Draft lottery can refer to: A draft lottery conducted to determine the order for the first selections in a sports draft NBA draft lottery, used in the...
- The Vietnam war draft were two lotteries conducted by the Selective Service System of the United States on December 1, 1969, to determine the order of...
- Lottery! is an American anthologic drama that premiered on ABC on September 9, 1983. The series aired for one season of 17 episodes and starred Ben Murphy...
- States, lotteries are run by 48 jurisdictions: 45 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Lotteries are subject...