Noun: lottery ló-tu-ree
- Players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots
"Millions of people bought tickets for the national lottery";
- drawing
- Something that is regarded as a chance event
"the election was just a lottery to them"
Derived forms: lotteries
Type of: accident, chance event, fortuity, gambling game, game of chance, stroke
Encyclopedia: Lottery