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lotteries
Variant of lottery
noun pl. lotteries
- a game of chance in which people buy numbered tickets, and prizes are given to those whose numbers are drawn by lot: sometimes sponsored by a state or organization as a means of raising funds
- any undertaking that involves chance selections, as by the drawing of lots: military draft lottery
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