lottery

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lot‧te‧ry /ˈlɒtəri $ ˈlɑː-/ BrE AmE noun (plural lotteries)
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: loterie, from Middle Dutch, from lot 'lot']
1. [countable] a game used to make money for a state or a ↑charity in which people buy tickets with a series of numbers on them. If their number is picked by chance, they win money or a prize ⇨ raffle, draw:
a lottery ticket
Do you really think winning the lottery would make you happy?
national/state lottery
2. [uncountable and countable] American English a system of deciding who will get something by choosing people’s names by chance
by lottery
The State Department issues 55,000 visas each year by lottery.
3. a lottery a situation in which what happens depends on chance and is not certain to be successful:
That’s the trouble with capitalism. It’s a lottery.

lotteryhu

◎	['lɔtəri]
※	danh từ
	■	sự thu tiền bằng cách bán vé và tặng giải cho những người có vé được chọn ra một cách ngẫu nhiên; xổ số
		☆	a lottery ticket
			tấm vé số
		☆	to win in the lottery
			trúng số
	■	điều may rủi
		☆	many people think that marriage is a lottery
			không ít người cho rằng hôn nhân là chuyện may rủi