English-Spanish translations for lottery

• lotería
  Conque han de recurrir a cosas como la lotería. So, they rely on things like the lottery.
  Pero recuerda más a una papeleta de lotería amañada. It is more reminiscent of a fake lottery ticket.
  ¿Va a jugar a la lotería o qué? Is he going to play the lottery or what?

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