1 The probability of winning the lottery is really very low.
2 Marriage is a lottery with more blanks than prizes.
3 Her life changed completely when she won the lottery.
4 She wheedled her husband into buying a lottery ticket.
5 The lottery is probably the most popular form of gambling.
6 We're having a lottery to raise money for homeless families.
7 The idea behind the national lottery is to raise money for good causes.
8 Dave, let's go to buy some lottery tickets, we have chance to win 1 million tonight.
9 Nothing excites Esther; even when she won the state lottery, she still preserved her air of bovine calm.