lottery

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A system of raising money by selling numbered tickets and giving prizes to holders of numbers drawn at random.

• She won ten million dollars in the lottery.
• They hold a lottery every week to raise funds for charity.
• He bought a lottery ticket on his way home.
• Many state governments rely on lottery revenues to fund public education programs, though economists debate the equity of this approach.
• The research team used a lottery system to randomly assign participants to control and experimental groups, ensuring unbiased sample selection.
• Historical records indicate that colonial Americans organized lottery schemes to finance infrastructure projects such as roads and bridges.

Eş anlamlılar: raffle, draw, sweepstake, lotto

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Something whose success or outcome is governed by chance.

• Getting a job in this field is a lottery.
• Life is a lottery; you never know what will happen next.
• Finding parking downtown is a complete lottery.

Eş anlamlılar: gamble, chance, risk, luck

Zıt anlamlılar: certainty, guarantee