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What is the noun for lottery?

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lottery
  1. 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.
  2. (figuratively) An affair of chance.
  3. (obsolete, Shakespeare) Allotment; a thing allotted.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “The evening news was interrupted by the weekly lottery drawing.”
      “After quitting his job, he decided to invest his savings into a risky lottery by starting his own business, despite having little knowledge about entrepreneurship.”
      “Yet somehow the worthies who distribute our lottery money could not see that.”
lotto
  1. a game of chance similar to bingo
  2. a lottery
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The jackpot in the weekly parish fundraiser in the form of a lotto was not won.”
      “However, the habits of many lotto players suggest that winning a million wouldn't be worth the effort.”
      “A beachfront flea-market vendor here became an instant millionaire when he correctly matched six lotto numbers on Saturday.”
lottomania
  1. (informal) Enthusiasm for playing the lottery.
lotteries
  1. plural of lottery
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The gambling empire rakes in hundreds of millions of dollars each year from sweepstakes, lotteries and of late, poker machines.”
      “Many state lotteries, particularly in Europe, are selling tickets online, and more will join.”
      “Thus, under federal law, as it is now written, Internet casinos and lotteries are legal.”
lottos
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