lottery

a game in which people buy tickets with numbers or symbols, and prizes are given to those whose ticket has the winning number or symbol chosen at random

lotería, sorteo

• win a lottery

Collocations national lottery · lottery ticket

• She won the lottery and became a millionaire.

  Ella ganó la lotería y se convirtió en millonaria.

money that is raised by selling lottery tickets and used for a particular purpose, such as helping people or funding projects

fondos de lotería, financiamiento por lotería

• raise money through a lottery

Collocations lottery funding · charity lottery

• The government uses lottery funds to support education.

  El gobierno utiliza fondos de lotería para apoyar la educación.