lottery

  1. Noun.  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.
  2. Noun.  (figuratively) An affair of chance.
  3. Noun.  (obsolete, Shakespeare) Allotment; a thing allotted.

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