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Sweepstakes vs Lottery - What's the difference?

sweepstakes | lottery |

As nouns the difference between sweepstakes and lottery

is that sweepstakes is plural of lang=en while 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.

sweepstakes

English

Noun

(head)

    • 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.