Word
lottery, n.
(lotteries)
players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots
<noun.act>
drawing
lottery
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
draw
semantic pointers
hyponym
tombola
lucky dip
numbers game, numbers pool, numbers racket, numbers
raffle
sweepstakes
hypernym
game of chance, gambling game
something that is regarded as a chance event
<noun.event>
lottery
sample sentences
"the election was just a lottery to them"
semantic pointers
hypernym
accident, stroke, fortuity, chance event