A game of chance in which players draw out an item, hidden in a roll of writing, by pulling a string to which it is attached. Now historical.

A competition based on chance, in which numbered tickets are sold and prizes are given to the holders of numbers drawn at random; esp. such a…

a lottery with a single drawing on a specified date, as contrasted with one that holds drawings on a daily basis.

a lottery promoted by authority of the English Parliament in 1697 with the malt duty as security.

A private (and illegal) lottery. Also figurative. Cf. great go, n. 1. Now historical.

A lottery run by the state. Cf. little go, n. 1. Now historical and rare.

A kind of raffle or lottery in which numbered tickets are drawn at random, a player winning a prize if the ticket he or she draws corresponds to…

Used chiefly in the possessive (occasionally abbrev. Tatt's n. also Tatts to denote. The name of a lottery which originated in Sydney in 1881, moved…

Sport (originally and esp. Association Football). British. At certain Association Football grounds: a type of lottery won by spectators holding…