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lot·ter·y L0257100 (lŏt′ə-rē)n. pl. lot·ter·ies 1. A contest in which tokens are distributed or sold, the winning token or tokens being secretly predetermined or ultimately selected in a random drawing.2. A selection made by lot from a number of applicants or competitors: The state uses a lottery to assign spaces in the campground.3. An activity or event regarded as having an outcome depending on fate: They considered combat duty a lottery.
[French loterie, probably from Dutch loterije, from Middle Dutch, from lot, lot.]lottery (ˈlɒtərɪ) n, pl -teries1. (Games, other than specified) a method of raising money by selling numbered tickets and giving a proportion of the money raised to holders of numbers drawn at random2. (Games, other than specified) a similar method of raising money in which players select a small group of numbers out of a larger group printed on a ticket. If a player's selection matches some or all of the numbers drawn at random the player wins a proportion of the prize fund3. an activity or endeavour the success of which is regarded as a matter of fate or luck[C16: from Old French loterie, from Middle Dutch loterije. See lot]lot•ter•y (ˈlɒt ə ri)
n., pl. -ter•ies. 1. a gambling game or method of raising money in which a large number of tickets are sold and a drawing is held for prizes. 2. a drawing of lots. 3. any happening or process that is or appears to be determined by chance: Life is a lottery. [1560–70; < Dutch loterij; see lot, -ery] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  lottery - something that is regarded as a chance event; "the election was just a lottery to them"chance event, fortuity, accident, stroke - anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause; "winning the lottery was a happy accident"; "the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck"; "it was due to an accident or fortuity" | | 2. | lottery - players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lotsdrawingtombola - a lottery in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drumgambling game, game of chance - a game that involves gamblinglucky dip - a game in which prizes (e.g., candies or coins) are concealed in a container and for a small sum a player can draw one out at randomnumbers game, numbers pool, numbers racket, numbers - an illegal daily lotteryraffle - a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than moneysweepstakes - a lottery in which the prize consists of the money paid by the participants |
lotterynoun1. raffle, draw, lotto (Brit., N.Z., & S. African), sweepstake the national lottery2. gamble, chance, risk, venture, hazard, toss-up (informal) Which judges are assigned to a case is always a bit of a lottery.Translationslottery (ˈlotəri) – plural ˈlotteries – noun the sharing out of money or prizes won by chance, through drawing lots. They held a public lottery in aid of charity. 抽獎 彩券，抽彩给奖法 lottery
lottery, scheme for distributing prizes by lot or other method of chance selection to persons who have paid for the opportunity to win. The term is not applicable when lots are drawn without payment by the interested parties to determine some matter, e.g., the distribution of property among heirs. The absence of any element of skill or play distinguishes the lottery as a form of gambling. Under common law in England and the United States lotteries were lawful. They paid for many public buildings and founded and supported educational, charitable, and religious enterprises. Private lotteries, which were particularly susceptible to fraudulent practices, were first generally prohibited in the early 19th cent. Most publicly sponsored lotteries were discontinued not long afterward. With the adoption in 1890 of a federal statute prohibiting the transportation of lottery tickets or prizes by mail or in interstate commerce, the largest American state lottery—that of Louisiana—came to an end. It was not until more than 50 years later that state lotteries were again legalized in the United States, when New Hampshire authorized (1963) a sweepstakes lottery, the proceeds of which were to go to education. With the assistance of computers, 42 states and the District of Columbia now operate daily and weekly lotteries with huge payoffs; states also participate in regional and multistate lotteries, ranging from Tri-State Megabucks (Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont) to Powerball (with 31 states and territories). Often the lottery drawings are televised. Lotteries are also lawful in many other countries, some of which jointly operate multinational lotteries.Lottery a voluntary form of revenue raising through the sale of lottery tickets; some percentage of the funds raised is raffled off in the form of money or other prizes. In one type of lottery, called a lotereia-allegri in Russian, lots are drawn immediately after a chance has been bought. In the USSR lotteries are authorized by the Council of Ministers of the USSR or the council of ministers of a Union republic. In the first years of the Soviet power, lotteries were arranged by the local soviet or social organizations to attract funds from the population for cultural, educational, and other purposes. Since 1926 lotteries organized by various voluntary agencies, such as the Society for the Promotion of Defense and Aviation and Chemical Construction, the Red Cross, and the Red Crescent, have been popular. During the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45 funds were raised by state lotteries to finance the strengthening of the country’s defense. From 1958, state lotteries (including money or prize lotteries, sports lotteries, lotteries put on by the All-Union Voluntary Society for Cooperation With the Army, Air Force, and Navy of the USSR, and lotteries of works of art) are organized in the Union republics, with the income from these lotteries going to the state budgets of the republics. In other socialist countries (for example, Bulgaria, Hungary, the German Democratic Republic, Rumania, and Czechoslovakia), money lotteries are conducted on a large scale. Local state agencies and social organizations also organize money lotteries. In capitalist countries, lotteries are organized by municipalities, voluntary social agencies, and local institutions; some countries (Italy and France) conduct state lotteries. lottery1. a method of raising money by selling numbered tickets and giving a proportion of the money raised to holders of numbers drawn at random 2. a similar method of raising money in which players select a small group of numbers out of a larger group printed on a ticket. If a player's selection matches some or all of the numbers drawn at random the player wins a proportion of the prize fund lottery
lottery See Malpractice lottery. Lottery
Related to Lottery: lottoLOTTERY. A scheme for the distribution of prizes by chance.
2. In most, if not all of the United States, lotteries not specially authorized by the legislatures of the respective states are prohibited, and the persons concerned in establishing them are subjected to a heavy penalty. This is the case in Alabama, Connecticut Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont and Virginia. In Louisiana, a license is granted to sell tickets in a lottery not authorized by the legislature of that state, on the payment of $5000, and the license extends only to one lottery. In many of the states, the lotteries authorized by other states, are absolutely prohibited Encycl. Amer. h.t. lottery
Related to lottery: lottoSynonyms for lotterynoun raffleSynonyms- raffle
- draw
- lotto
- sweepstake
noun gambleSynonyms- gamble
- chance
- risk
- venture
- hazard
- toss-up
Synonyms for lotterynoun something that is regarded as a chance eventRelated Words- chance event
- fortuity
- accident
- stroke
noun players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lotsSynonymsRelated Words- tombola
- gambling game
- game of chance
- lucky dip
- numbers game
- numbers pool
- numbers racket
- numbers
- raffle
- sweepstakes
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