Games of chance. In Turkish: Ad ya da numara çekilerek oynanan oyunlara verilen genel ad, Lotarya

lottery
\lot"ter*y\ (?), n.; pl. lotteries (#). [lot + -ery, as in brewery, bindery.]
1. 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 tickets are blanks. fig. : an affair of chance.
note: the laws of the united states and of most of the states make lotteries illegal.
2. allotment; thing allotted. [obs.]
lottery
n
1. something that is regarded as a chance event; "the election was just a lottery to them"
2. players buy chances and prizes are distributed according to the drawing of lots [syn: drawing]




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loterie, jeu de hasard et de chance où plusieurs billets sont vendus et le gagnant déterminé le tirage au sort d'un seul billet choisi; jeu où le gagnant est désigné par la chance ou le sort

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