Lottery (disambiguation)
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A lottery
is a form of gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize.
Lottery may also refer to:
Lottery
A lottery is a form of gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize.Lottery is outlawed by some governments, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing a national or state lottery. It is common to find some degree of regulation of lottery by governments...
is a form of gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize.
Lottery may also refer to:
- NBA Draft LotteryNBA Draft LotteryThe NBA Draft Lottery is an annual event held by the National Basketball Association in which the teams who had missed the playoffs in the previous season, or teams who hold the draft rights of another team that missed the playoffs in the previous season, participate in a lottery process to...
, a lottery used to determine draft order in the National Basketball Association - Postcode lotteryPostcode lotteryIn the United Kingdom, the term postcode lottery refers to the way the allocation of postcodes, which often bears little relation to local government boundaries, can affect such things as insurance prices...
, a phrase used in the United Kingdom to describe the differences in services depending on geographic location - Lottery (racehorse)Lottery (racehorse)Lottery was the winner of the 1839 Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree, near Liverpool, England. Often stated as the first running of this famous race as it was the first to truly attract National interest in the United Kingdom...
, a 19th century champion racehorse - "The LotteryThe Lottery"The Lottery" is a short story by Shirley Jackson, first published in the June 26, 1948, issue of The New Yorker. Written the same month it was published, it is ranked today as "one of the most famous short stories in the history of American literature"....
", a short story by Shirley Jackson; this article also describes some dramatizations, including:- The Lottery#1969 film
- The Lottery#1997 film
- The Lottery#1996 TV movie
- The Lottery (2010 film)The Lottery (2010 film)The Lottery is a 2010 documentary film about the controversy surrounding public and charter schools in the United States, directed by Madeleine Sackler. The film was produced by Blake Ashman-Kipervaser, James Lawler, and Madeleine Sackler...
, about a charter school admission lottery - The Lottery (1989 film)The Lottery (1989 film)The Lottery, is a 1989 film directed by Garry Marshall shown at the then Disney MGM Studios in line for the first versions of the Studio Backlot Tour. It was a short comedy film, demonstrating special effects and production making, it stars Bette Midler as a lady who chases a lottery ticket around...
, about a lost winning ticket - "The Lottery in BabylonThe Lottery in Babylon"The Lottery in Babylon" is a fantasy short story by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges...
", a short story by Jorge Luis Borges - Lottery!Lottery!Lottery! is an American drama series premiered on ABC on September 9, 1983. The series aired for one season of 17 episodes and starred Ben Murphy as Patrick Sean Flaherty, and Marshall Colt as Eric Rush...
, an American television show from the 1980s - Mountain Road LotteryMountain Road LotteryThe Mountain Road Lottery was a project conceived in 1767 by George Washington, Captain Thomas Bullitt, and others. Captain Bullitt had served with Washington in the Virginia Regiment during the French and Indian War...
, a lottery sponsored by George Washington in 1768 - Lottery (probability)Lottery (probability)In expected utility theory, a lottery is a discrete distribution of probability on a set of states of nature. The elements of a lottery correspond to the probability that a certain outcome arises from a given state of nature...
, a concept used in Expected Utility Theory