a means of raising money by selling numbered tickets and giving prizes to the holders of numbers drawn at random
彩票销售及抽奖活动,抽彩给奖法。
[in sing. ]a process or thing whose success or outcome is governed by chance
碰运气的事,难以逆料的事
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the lottery of life .生活的机缘。
"mid 16th cent.: probably from Dutch