Lottery
Lottery noun - Players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots.
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Odds and lottery are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Odds" instead a noun "Lottery".
Nearby Word: lotto
Odds
Odds noun - A measure of how often an event will occur instead of another.
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The odds of winning a state lottery are 1 in 120 million, yet people (even Mensans!) will blow money every day on it.
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In Dilbert, Dogbert once sold "value-priced lottery tickets;" half price, odds of winning only one in ten million less.
- Sliders: Has an episode featuring a world where all economic troubles are solved by allowing anyone who wishes to withdraw as much money as they want from ATMs in exchange for increasing the odds of winning a lottery.
Source: Artistic License Economics
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