lottery 音標拼音: [l'ɑtɚi]
n . 獎券,彩票,運氣
獎券,彩票,運氣
lottery n 1 :
something that is regarded as a chance event ; "
the election was just a lottery to them "
2 :
players buy (
or are given )
chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots [
synonym : {
lottery }, {
drawing }]
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 the tickets are blanks .
Fig .:
An affair of chance .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
The laws of the United States and of most of the States make private lotteries illegal ,
except in certain circumstances for charitable institutions ;
however ,
many of the states now conduct lotteries tehmselves as a revenue source .
[
1913 Webster PJC ]
2 .
Allotment ;
thing allotted . [
Obs .] --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
LOTTERY .
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 .
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