Synonyms for Lottery
ˈlɒt ə rilot·te·ry

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1. lotterynoun

   something that is regarded as a chance event

   "the election was just a lottery to them"

   Synonyms:
   drawing, raffle

2. lottery, drawingnoun

   players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots

   Synonyms:
   draft, draught, drawing, lottery, drafting, drawing off, draftsmanship

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1. • Accident
   • Game Of Chance

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1. List of paraphrases for "lottery":

   lotteries, raffle, lotto, sweepstakes, jackpot, bingo, betting

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How to use Lottery in a sentence?

1. Melissa Croff:

   It's a little surreal, it's kind of winning the lottery ; the baby lottery.

2. Shelley Clark:

   Brazil has actually done a lottery to have some low-income moms get day care and others not, mexico has started to look at options for expanding child care access for low-income families, and in India too, the government has supported some projects trying to expand access to child care, primarily in the rural areas.

3. George Rash Adams play:

   It's kind of like buying a lottery [ ticket ], even if you don't want to put much money on it, there's a chance for 10, 20, 30x returns, which is just kind of hard to pass up.

4. Sha Yao:

   It felt like winning the lottery! it validated the work that I had put in developing the set.

5. Donna Sullivan:

   The climate got very bad, i think it would be better if the boys club was disbanded and the lottery would go back to doing business of the lottery -- giving money to education.