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Lottery vs Gambling - What's the difference?

lottery | gambling |

As nouns the difference between lottery and gambling

is that lottery is a scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance, especially a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, the other tickets are blanks while gambling is an activity characterised by a balance between winning and losing that is governed by a mixture of skill and chance, usually with money wagered on the outcome.

As a verb gambling is

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lottery

English

(wikipedia lottery)

Noun

(lotteries)
  • A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance, especially a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, the other tickets are blanks.
  • (figuratively) An affair of chance.
  • (obsolete, Shakespeare) Allotment; a thing allotted.

    • gambling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en-noun)
  • An activity characterised by a balance between winning and losing that is governed by a mixture of skill and chance, usually with money wagered on the outcome.

    • See also

    * game of chance