lotteria — meaning in English
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English meaning
- lottery noun A game in which people buy numbered tickets and prizes are awarded to whichever numbers are drawn at random.
- raffle noun A fundraising draw in which people buy tickets for a chance to win a prize.
- sweepstake noun A lottery where the total prize money is made up entirely of the money paid in by entrants.
Senses
lotteria is used for these senses in English:
- lottery 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, the other tickets are blanks.
- lucky dip (UK) A game in which prizes are covered up and mixed together in a container, so that contestants can dip their hand into the container and randomly pull out a prize.
- raffle A drawing, often held as a fundraiser, in which tickets or chances are sold to win a prize.
- sweepstake A lottery in which the prize or prizes constitute all the money paid by the participants.
lottery — full definition
- noun A game in which people buy numbered tickets and prizes are awarded to whichever numbers are drawn at random.
- noun Something whose outcome depends entirely on chance rather than effort or skill.
raffle — full definition
- noun A fundraising draw in which people buy tickets for a chance to win a prize.
- verb To give away something as the prize in a raffle.
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