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lottery

[ lot-uh-ree ]

noun

plural lotteries.
  1. a gambling game or method of raising money, as for some public charitable purpose, in which a large number of tickets are sold and a drawing is held for certain prizes.
  2. any scheme for the distribution of prizes by chance.
  3. any happening or process that is or appears to be determined by chance:

    to look upon life as a lottery.



lottery

/ 藞濒蓲迟蓹谤瑟 /

noun

  1. a method of raising money by selling numbered tickets and giving a proportion of the money raised to holders of numbers drawn at random
  2. a similar method of raising money in which players select a small group of numbers out of a larger group printed on a ticket. If a player's selection matches some or all of the numbers drawn at random the player wins a proportion of the prize fund
  3. an activity or endeavour the success of which is regarded as a matter of fate or luck
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of lottery1

First recorded in 1560鈥70, lottery is from the Middle Dutch word loterie (whence also French loterie ). See lot, -ery
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of lottery1

C16: from Old French loterie, from Middle Dutch loterije. See lot
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He was no longer the hotshot Duke star, the aimless former lottery pick, the reliable NBA starter, the trusted vet or famous podcaster.

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The new regs for 2026 seem like a lottery for teams who either nail or fail them, leading to a dominant team and those lagging behind.

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Participants in the pilot were selected by lottery, with 251 receiving the monthly payments and an additional 370 enrolled in a control group.

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Miliband dismissed the story as "nonsense," saying he would not approve a plan that led to an energy price "postcode lottery".

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I recently attended Downing Street to present a petition to the government to end the postcode lottery for gluten-free prescriptions in my role as an ambassador for the charity Coeliac UK.

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