What does the word lottery mean?
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A distribution of prizes by chance.
Part of speech: noun
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Usage examples for lottery
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Windy night that was I went to fetch her there was that lodge meeting on about those lottery tickets after Goodwin's concert in the supperroom or oakroom of the Mansion house. – Ulysses by James Joyce
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The king wished, this evening, after the lottery, to see Mademoiselle de la Valliere. – Louise de la Valliere by Alexandre Dumas, Pere
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In fact, if ever there was invented in this world a game, of which the old saying, " Heads I win, and tails you lose" held true, it would be of the Papal Lottery. – Rome in 1860 by Edward Dicey