Converse of subject

• allocate: They looked at charter schools in Chicago, where school places are allocated by lottery when a school is over-subscribed.

Converse of object

• win: The chances of an MP winning the lottery for the first question is once every six years.

• promote: We report additional ways we have helped to promote the lottery 's impact in Celebrating the lottery's impact.

Adjective modifier

• unlawful: Whether or not a particular scheme constitutes an unlawful lottery is a matter which only a court can define authoritatively.

• national: NOTES 1. Canada does not have a state backed national lottery.

• fair: From today Brits can take part in a fairer weekly lottery.

• Canadian: The OFT campaign The OFT is launching a campaign to make people aware of the ' Canadian lottery ' scam.

• weekly: There is also likely to be a weekly lottery.

• Irish: With up to £ 100 bonus on your first bet play Irish lottery and 49s at Betfred now.

Modifies a noun

• distributor: Awards for All Awards for All is a lottery grants distributor aimed at local community projects.

• jackpot: The probability of winning the lottery jackpot with a given ticket is approximately 1 in 14,000,000.

• ticket: Five pounds a week for lottery tickets worth £ 2?

• scam: There are many lottery scams in circulation from all over the world.

• syndicate: Euro lotto Play the National Lotto and Euro Millions EuroMillions Euro lottery Euro lotto in a lottery syndicate from anywhere in the world.

• funding: Lottery funding has produced a building which meets these aims.

Noun used with modifier

• postcode: There is no NHS postcode lottery with the gospel.

• post-code: For example, members of all political parties rail against the so-called ' post-code lottery ' in the NHS.

• euromillions: At the same time, the man who was behind Ms McNamara in the queue for EuroMillions lottery tickets spoke of his heartache.

• Monday: The monday lottery is regulated by the Gambling Commission and adheres to its code of practice.

• heritage: We have identified areas of Wales which have not received their fair share of heritage lottery grants.