Lottery

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.

Industry: Gambling

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sports lottery

Gambling; Lottery

Games where outcomes are determined by the results of sports events. Sports lotteries are popular lottery games in much of the world, where they are frequently called 'Toto' or 'Totocalcio' (Italy) ...

straight bet

Gambling; Lottery

A bet of 3 or 4 numbers that must be drawn in the exact order. The player attempts to match both the numbers drawn and the order in which they are selected. For example, if the numbers 1, 2, 3 are ...

Super Lotto Plus

Gambling; Lottery

Super Lotto Plus is a large payoff game with jackpots ranging from $7 million to $50 million or more. The jackpot rolls over and grows whenever there is no winner. The game is played with the player ...

terminal

Gambling; Lottery

A computerized device located at a lottery retailer that is used to sell lottery tickets and online games and to validate winning tickets of lottery, online and instant games. Terminals are connected ...