Lottery

:For other articles concerned with Lotteries see Lottery (disambiguation).

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A lottery is a popular form of gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize. Some governments forbid it, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing a national lottery.

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• Austria: Lotto 6 aus 45 and Zahlenlotto
• Australia: Lotto and various others
• Belgium: Loterie Nationale or Nationale Loterij
• Brazil: Mega-Sena and various others
• Canada: Lotto 6/49 and Super 7
• Dominican Republic: leidas,s.a.
• Denmark: Lotto
• Finland: Lotto
• France: La Fran?aise des Jeux
• Germany: Lotto 6 aus 49 and Spiel 77 and Super 6
• Hong Kong: Mark Six
• Ireland: The National Lottery
• Israel: "lotto", "pais"
• Italy: Superenalotto
• Japan: Takarakuji
• Mexico: Loter?a Nacional para la Asistencia P?blica
• Netherlands: Staatsloterij
• New Zealand: Lotto
• Norway: Lotto
• Poland: Lotto
• Portugal: Lotaria Cl?ssica and Lotaria Popular
• Puerto Rico: Loter?a Tradicional & Loter?a Electr?nica
• Russia: Sportloto
• Serbia and Montenegro: Narodna Lutrija
• South Africa: South African National Lottery
• Spain: Loter?as y Apuestas del Estado
• United Kingdom: formerly The National Lottery, now Lotto

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Lotteries come in many formats. The prize can be fixed cash or goods. In this format there is risk to the organizer if insufficient tickets are sold. The prize can be a fixed percentage of the receipts. A popular form of this is the "50-50" draw where the organizers promise that the prize will be 50% of the revenue. The prize may be guaranteed to be unique where each ticket sold has a unique number. Many recent lotteries allow purchasers to select the numbers on the lottery ticket resulting in the possibility of multiple winners.

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Lottery related Images and Photos (experimental)

Lottery Ticket	Lottery Ticket (Blu-ray)	Biobidjan Lottery Ticket	Outside the Lottery Copenhagen 1836
OZET No. 5 Birobidjan Lottery	England Drawing of the State Lottery at the Guildhall London