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English to English noun
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something that is regarded as a chance event |  | Example: the election was just a lottery to them
source: wordnet30
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players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots | | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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