Lottery
Lottery noun - Players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots.
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Synonyms for Lottery
Nearby Word: lotto
Pot
Pot noun - The total of the bets at stake at one time.
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- Inverted in Lost: Hurley, having won a very large pot in the lottery, quits his McJob after his boss mistreats him, and his friend and co-worker Johnny - not aware of the lottery win - quits as well in a gesture of solidarity.
Source: Never Win the Lottery - Lottery - The representatives of the Intersweep Lottery deliver the prize money of a winner, but not before he put the ticket into the pot of a poker game.
Source: The Magic Poker Equation -
On the short-lived 80's show, Lottery, a man ran out of money playing poker with his buddies and put his lottery tickets in the pot (they credited him $5 for them).
Source: Absurdly High-Stakes Game
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