a lottery ticket that does not win a prize
それから、くじをひいた。
くじはどうでしたか?
How was the lottery?
in a lottery drawing, a ticket that is one number off from the winning ticket
The number on the lottery card I had bought turned out to be the very next one to the winning number.
We can't investigate without the lot.
I won one million yen in a lottery.
players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots