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1. lottery
   [n] - something that is regarded as a chance event 2. [n] - players buy chances and prizes are distributed according to the drawing of lots
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2. lottery
   Game of chance in which tickets sold may win a prize. State-sponsored lotteries are an effective means of raising revenue, often used for charitable and other public needs. Types of lottery In the...
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3. lottery
   licence award procedure on the basis of lotteries,which has been used particularly in the United States Category: News-systems and communications
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4. Lottery
   Lot'ter·y noun ; plural Lotteries . [ Lot + -ery , as in brewe ry , bind ery .] 1. A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance; esp., a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing pa...
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5. lottery
   noun players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots
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6. lottery
   noun something that is regarded as a chance event; `the election was just a lottery to them`
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7. Lottery
   • (n.) Allotment; thing allotted. • (n.) A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance; esp., a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, and the rest of tickets are blanks. Fig. : An affair of chance.
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8. lottery
   procedure for distributing something (usually money or prizes) among a group of people by lot or by chance. The type of lottery considered here is a ... [4 related articles]
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9. Lottery
   A scheme in which making a required purchase gives a person a chance to win a prize which is awarded at random, usually through an electronic drawing. Lotteries may not be used as promotion devices under U.S. laws.
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10. Lottery
    [horse] Lottery was the winner of the 1839 Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree, near Liverpool, England. Often stated as the first running of this famous race as it was the first to truly attract National interest in the United Kingdom. It was actually recorded by the press of the time as...
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11. Lottery
    [disambiguation] A lottery is a form of gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize. Lottery may also refer to: == See also == ...
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12. Lottery
    A lottery is a form of gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize. Lottery is outlawed by some governments, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing a national or state lottery. It is common to find some degree of regulation of lottery by governments. At the beginning of the...
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13. lottery
    
    • something that is regarded as a chance event
    • players buy chances and prizes are distributed according to the drawing of lots
    
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14. lottery
    lottery, scheme for distributing prizes by lot or other method of chance selection to persons who have paid for the opportunity to win. The term is not applicable when lots are drawn without payment by the interested parties to determine some matter, e.g., the distribution of property among heirs. T...
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15. Lottery
    A lottery is a scheme for the distribution of prizes by chance, the plan being generally to have a certain number of prizes and a much greater number of tickets, the prizes being allotted according as the drawing of numbered tickets from a suitable receptacle shall decide. Lotteries on the large sca...
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16. lottery
    Game of chance in which tickets sold may win a prize. State-sponsored lotteries are an effective means of raising revenue, often used for charitable and other public needs
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17. Lottery
    [probability] In expected utility theory, a lottery is a discrete distribution of probability on a set of states of nature. The elements of a lottery correspond to the probability that a certain outcome arises from a given state of nature. In economics, individuals are assumed to rank lotter...
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