Definition of Lotery
Lot"ter*y (?), n.; pl.
Lotteries (#). [Lot + -ery, as in
brewery, bindery.] 1. A scheme for
the distribution of prizes by lot or chance; esp., a gaming scheme in
which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, and
the rest of the tickets are blanks. Fig.: An affair of
chance.
&fist; The laws of the United States and of most of the States
make lotteries illegal.
2. Allotment; thing allotted. [Obs.]
Shak.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- 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, and the rest of tickets are blanks.
- (figuratively) An affair of chance.
- (obsolete; Shakespeare) Allotment; a thing allotted.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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