1. Tombola. Gagner ŕ la loterie.
2. (Au figuré) Choix au hasard. Ce concours est une loterie.
Players buy chances and prizes are distributed according to the drawing of lots; SYN. drawing.
Game of chance in which tickets sold may win a prize. State-sponsored lotteries are an effective means of raising revenue, often used for education and other public needs.
In the us, the players choose numbers that, if selected in a random drawing, can bring the winner millions of dollars. In Illinois in 1984 one ticket brought a prize of $40 million.
A lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money.
A winning of all the stakes or prizes; a sweepstake.