lotteries

Variant of lottery

lottery definition

lot·tery (lät′ər ē)

noun pl. lotteries -·ter·ies

  1. 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
  2. any undertaking that involves chance selections, as by the drawing of lots military draft lottery

Etymology: MFr loterie < MDu loterije < lot, lot

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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