| NOUN | event | lottery | something that is regarded as a chance event |
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| act | lottery, drawing | players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots |
| Sounds | laa'teriy | |
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| Rhymes | accessory ... worry: 201 rhymes with eriy... | |
| Meaning | Something that is regarded as a chance event. | |
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| Example | "the election was just a lottery to them" | |
| Broader | accident, stroke, fortuity, chance event | Anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause |
| Meaning | players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots. | |
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| Synonym | drawing | |
| Narrower | lucky dip | A game / game in which prizes (e.g., candies or coins) are concealed in a container and for a small sum a player can draw one out at random |
| numbers pool, numbers game, numbers racket, numbers | An illegal daily lottery | |
| raffle | A lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money | |
| sweepstakes | A lottery in which the prize consists of the money paid by the participants | |
| tombola | A lottery in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drum | |
| Broader | game of chance, gambling game | A game / game that involves gambling |
| Spanish | lotería, loto | |
| Catalan | loteria | |
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