lottery
Other forms: lotteries
A lottery is a contest where players buy tickets and have a random (and low) chance of winning. Finding true love and getting hit by lightning are often said to be as likely as winning the lottery.
A lottery can be a state-run contest promising big bucks to the lucky winners, or a lottery can also be any contest where the winners are selected at random. For example, some schools choose students by using a lottery system. Regardless of the type of lottery, a lottery works where there is great demand for something and only a limited number of winners.
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players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lotssynonyms: drawingtypes:tombolaa lottery in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drumlucky dipa 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 randomrafflea lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than moneysweepstakesa lottery in which the prize consists of the money paid by the participantstype of:
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something that is regarded as a chance event“the election was just a lottery to them”type of:accident, chance event, fortuity, strokeanything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause
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Vocabulary lists containing lottery
This list covers "Sympathy," Ten Days in a Mad-House (Chapter IV), and "The Lottery."
Stories about the Boston Marathon, a "burned toast" comet, and highly adaptable birds all contributed words to this list of vocabulary from the week's news.