Definition of Lotteries

1. Noun. (plural of lottery) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lotteries

1. lottery [n] - See also: lottery

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lotteries

lotologist
lotologists
lotong
lotongs
lotophagi
lotos
lotos-eater
lotoses
lots
lots of love
lotsa
lotta
lotte
lotted
lotter
lotteries
lotters
lottery
lottery ticket
lottery winner
lotterylike
lottes
lotting
lotto
lottomania
lottos
loture
lotures
lotus
lotus-eater

Literary usage of Lotteries

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Magazine of History with Notes and Queries (1907)
"The study of lotteries which we are concerned with here relates to the history of lotteries in New York from 1721 to 1833. During this period lotteries were ..."

2. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1900)
"Lotteries sprang up, and in a short time there was a wheel in every city ... It is said there are nearly twenty lotteries on foot in the different States. ..."

3. The Police Power, Public Policy and Constitutional Rights by Ernst Freund (1904)
"Authorised lotteries.—Lotteries have been distinguished from other forms of ... A long list of lotteries authorised in Virginia is given in Jefferson's ..."

4. Commentaries on the Criminal Law by Joel Prentiss Bishop (1868)
"25, 1834, regulating and substantially abolishing lotteries, was held to be constitutional.2 In Missouri there are decisions both for and against the power ..."

5. The Police Power, Public Policy and Constitutional Rights by Ernst Freund (1904)
"Authorised lotteries.—Lotteries have been distinguished from other forms of ... A long list of lotteries authorised in Virginia is given in Jefferson's ..."

6. The Police Power, Public Policy and Constitutional Rights by Ernst Freund (1904)
"Authorised lotteries.—Lotteries have been distinguished from other forms of ... A long list of lotteries authorised in Virginia is given in Jefferson's ..."

7. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Almost all modern states have, at some period of their history, employed lotteries as a means of revenue. But though they supply a ready mode of ..."

8. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1908)
"Betterment Lotteries 1791. Propriety of discontinuing practice of raising money for public use by lotteries. (Govs. mess. May 1791.) 1818. ..."

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