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a winning ticket

to win a big prize in a lottery

a lottery ticket that does not win a prize

the winner of a lottery

a situation in which there are no losing tickets in a lottery

to win first prize in a lottery

in lotteries, the numbers that is larger or smaller by one than a winning number

to be elected

The lot fell on me.

And then, I drew a lottery ticket.

How was the lottery?

of a lottery, to draw a blank

I won one million yen in a lottery.

Let's buy some lottery tickets. Who knows? Maybe we'll win.

in a lottery drawing, a ticket that is one number off from the winning ticket

Let's decide the winner by lot.

The number on the lottery card I had bought turned out to be the very next one to the winning number.

making a chance decision by using lots (straws or pebbles etc.) that are thrown or drawn

We can't investigate without the lot.

players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots

Let's draw lots to decide who goes first.

lots thrown to determine God's answers to yes-no questions