English-Portuguese translations for lottery

• lotaria
  Por isso têm de contar com financiamentos como a lotaria. So, they rely on things like the lottery.
  A mim, faz-me lembrar mais um bilhete falso da lotaria. It is more reminiscent of a fake lottery ticket.
  Eu não concordo que a atribuição de ajudas seja uma espécie de lotaria. I am not in favour of granting aid as if it were a lottery.
• loteria

Definition of lottery

• A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance, especially a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, the other tickets are blanks
• Allotment; a thing allotted

Related words

• lottery win
• lottery ticket
• lottery winnings
• lottery tax
• ladder lottery
• Dutch state lottery
• select by lottery
• state lottery