Bible Dictionaries
Lottery
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) Allotment; thing allotted.
(2):
(n.) A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance; esp., a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, and the rest of tickets are blanks. Fig. : An affair of chance.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Lottery'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/l/lottery.html. 1828.