lottery

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noun

1. something that is regarded as a chance event
- the election was just a lottery to them
• Hypernyms:
accident, stroke, fortuity, chance event
2. players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots
• Syn:
drawing
• Derivationally related forms:
draw (for: drawing)
• Hypernyms:
game of chance, gambling game
• Hyponyms:
tombola, lucky dip, numbers pool, numbers game, numbers racket,
numbers, raffle, sweepstakes