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Lottery

A lottery is a form of gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize. It usually involves the organizer selling a large amount of numbered tickets and conducting draw to select the winning numbers. Lotteries are usually run to raise revenue in addition to taxes by government agencies.

Contributors in Lottery

Lottery

fixed payouts

Gambling; Lottery

Fixed lottery prizes for each dollar played.

four-digit or 4-digit game

Gambling; Lottery

A numbers game played with four digits between 0 and 9. Numbers may be repeated.

Gopher 5

Gambling; Lottery

A Minnesota cash lotto game that lets players pick five numbers between 1 and 42, and win by matching three, four or five numbers. If the player matches all five numbers, he wins a jackpot that ...

handle

Gambling; Lottery

The sum of all money wagered at a video lottery terminal.

Harvest Gold

Gambling; Lottery

A scratch ticket game that features two separate game plays. In Game 1, the player removes the scratch-off material to reveal six prize symbols. If three of the six prize symbols are identical, the ...

hopper

Gambling; Lottery

A rotating container where the lottery balls labelled one through 49 are placed that continually mixes the balls.

Hot Lotto

Gambling; Lottery

Hot Lotto is Minnesota's jackpot game with jackpots starting at $1 million and continue to grow until someone wins. To play Hot Lotto, a player simply picks five numbers from 1 to 39. Next, the ...

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