lottery
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lottery
noun allotment by chance, bet, chance, draw, drawing, gamble, game of chance, lot, raffle, sors, sortitio, sweepstake, wagerLOTTERY. A scheme for the distribution of prizes by chance.
2. In most, if not all of the United States, lotteries not specially
authorized by the legislatures of the respective states are prohibited, and
the persons concerned in establishing them are subjected to a heavy penalty.
This is the case in Alabama, Connecticut Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, Tennessee, Vermont and Virginia. In Louisiana, a license is granted
to sell tickets in a lottery not authorized by the legislature of that
state, on the payment of $5000, and the license extends only to one lottery.
In many of the states, the lotteries authorized by other states, are
absolutely prohibited Encycl. Amer. h.t.