- noun
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- way of raising money by selling numbered tickets and giving prizes to the holders of numbers selected at random [Barron]
- a drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance [Taisha]
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- American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language:
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