1. a game of chance in which people buy numbered tickets and winners are chosen by random drawing
2. a situation whose outcome depends on chance or luck
Usage: figurative

Examples

• She bought a lottery ticket at the convenience store.
• The state lottery raised millions for education funding.
• He won fifty dollars in the weekly office lottery.
• The school held a lottery to select students for the field trip.
• Getting a good job can feel like a lottery sometimes.
• The housing lottery assigned apartments to qualified applicants.
• They organized a charity lottery to raise money for the hospital.