lottery
US /ˈlɑtəri/
・UK /'lɒtərɪ/
B2
n. (c.)Countable NounBetting game of buying tickets to win money
The chances of you making a fortune by buying a ticket and winning the lottery is tiny
n. (c.)Countable NounCondition in which outcome is determined by luck
The lottery is a game of luck and chance
n. (c.)Countable NounSelection system involving choosing numbers
This school uses a lottery to select students for admission
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Why A $100,000 Salary Can’t Buy The American Dream
- The question is, are you able, given kind of the luck of the birth lottery, are you able to have opportunities that are the same as those of people who may have been born into families that are in better circumstances than your own?
The question is, are you able, given kind of the luck of the birth lottery, are you able to have opportunities that are the same as those of people who may have been born into families that are in better circumstances than your own?
- The birth lottery shouldn't matter, right?
The birth lottery shouldn't matter, right?
BOX SET: English In A Minute 10 – TEN English lessons in 10 minutes!
- I just won the lottery - I'm loaded.
I just won the lottery - I'm loaded.
Casually Explained: Bitcoin
- But if you bought a winning lottery ticket, you would gladly look that person dead in the eye and say, "Correct." There are two popular theories of pricing Bitcoin that are thrown around enough to be worth considering.
But if you bought a winning lottery ticket, you would gladly look that person dead in the eye and say, "Correct." There are two popular theories of pricing Bitcoin that are thrown around enough to be worth considering.
- But if you bought a winning lottery ticket, you would gladly look that person dead in the eye and say, correct.
But if you bought a winning lottery ticket, you would gladly look that person dead in the eye and say, correct.
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- Actually booking it was like, you know, winning the lottery, that type of feeling.
Actually booking it was like, you know, winning the lottery, that type of feeling.
- winning the lottery type of feeling.
winning the lottery type of feeling.
The Best Of Chandler Bing & Joey Tribbiani | Friends | Max
- Well, before with the wishbone, I didn't wish we would win the lottery.
Well, before with the wishbone, I didn't wish we would win the lottery.
- Well, before, with the wishbone, I, uh, I didn't wish we would win the lottery.
Well, before, with the wishbone, I, uh, I didn't wish we would win the lottery.
Gambling Addict Spends $1M On Lottery Tickets
- (Gambling addict spends &1M on lottery tickets)
(Gambling addict spends &1M on lottery tickets)
- Between 2002 and 2008, he started spending thousands of dollars on the lottery in his store every week.
Between 2002 and 2008, he started spending thousands of dollars on the lottery in his store every week.
What's "Hatsumode?"
- So I'm going to get an omikuji, the traditional Japanese lottery for the new year.
So I'm going to get an omikuji, the traditional Japanese lottery for the new year.
- So I'm going to get an omikuji, the traditional Japanese lottery for the New Year.
So I'm going to get an omikuji, the traditional Japanese lottery for the New Year.
Celebration Florida: Disney's Not So Perfect Town
- Announcer: “When it was first announced, demand to live here was so high Disney ran a lottery.
Announcer: “When it was first announced, demand to live here was so high Disney ran a lottery.
- When it was first announced demand to live here was so high, Disney ran a lottery.
When it was first announced demand to live here was so high, Disney ran a lottery.
How Hollywood Builds Its Dream Cars
- The easiest way to put it is, it's a lottery ticket.
The easiest way to put it is, it's a lottery ticket.
- The easiest way to put it is it's a lottery ticket.
The easiest way to put it is it's a lottery ticket.
Death By China 2012 (with subtitles)
- It's got a lottery number, no?
It's got a lottery number, no?
- IT'S GOT A LOTTERY NUMBER. NO.
IT'S GOT A LOTTERY NUMBER. NO.