What is the meaning of Lottery?

(n.) Allotment; thing allotted.
(n.) 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, and the rest of tickets are blanks. Fig. : An affair of chance.

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