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Lottery People Numbers Noun Type Gambling Game Buy

word lottery
definition
noun
A lottery is a type of gambling game in which people buy numbered tickets. Several numbers are then chosen, and the people who have those numbers on their tickets win a prize.
...the national lottery.
If you describe something as a lottery, you mean that what happens depends entirely on luck or chance .
The stockmarket is a lottery.
Which judges are assigned to a case is always a bit of a lottery.
inflections lotteries
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