noun Download 🔗Share A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance, especially a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, the other tickets are blanks. Examples : "Many countries run national lotteries where people buy tickets for a chance to win large sums of money. " entertainment business economy game finance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An affair of chance. Examples : "Many people play lotteries hoping to win money, even though winning is an affair of chance. " entertainment game outcome society business Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (Shakespeare) Allotment; a thing allotted. Examples : "In old families, important heirlooms were often divided by lotteries, each family member drawing a paper to determine their allotted share. " literature thing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading