Associations to the word «Lottery»

Pictures for the word «Lottery»

Wiktionary

LOTTERY, 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.
LOTTERY, noun. (figuratively) An affair of chance.
LOTTERY, noun. (obsolete) (Shakespeare) Allotment; a thing allotted.
LOTTERY TICKET, noun. A piece of paper drawn in a lottery.

Dictionary definition

LOTTERY, noun. Something that is regarded as a chance event; "the election was just a lottery to them".
LOTTERY, noun. Players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots.

Wise words

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.