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Lottery (film)
A lottery is a form of gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize. Lottery may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Publications * "The Lottery", a 1948 short story by Shirley Jackson * Lottery (novel), ''Lottery'' (novel), a novel by Patricia Wood * Lottery (short story), ''Lottery'' (short story), a 1933 short story by Munshi Premchand * The Lottery (novel), a 2002 novel by Beth Goobie Films and television * ''The Lottery'', a 1969 film based on the short story "The Lottery#1969 film, The Lottery" * ''The Lottery'', a 1996 TV film based on the short story "The Lottery#1996 TV film, The Lottery" * The Lottery (1989 film), ''The Lottery'' (1989 film), an American comedy short film * Lottery (2009 film), a Bollywood romance thriller film * The Lottery (2010 film), ''The Lottery'' (2010 film), an American documentary film * Lottery (2018 film), an Iranian romance film * The Lottery (TV series), ''The Lottery'' (TV series), a 2014 drama television series * ''Lottery! ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lottery
A lottery is a form of gambling that involves the drawing of numbers at random for a prize. Some governments outlaw lotteries, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing a national or state lottery. It is common to find some degree of regulation of lottery by governments. The most common regulation is prohibition of sale to minors, and vendors must be licensed to sell lottery tickets. Although lotteries were common in the United States and some other countries during the 19th century, by the beginning of the 20th century, most forms of gambling, including lotteries and sweepstakes, were illegal in the U.S. and most of Europe as well as many other countries. This remained so until well after World War II. In the 1960s, casinos and lotteries began to re-appear throughout the world as a means for governments to raise revenue without raising taxes. Lotteries come in many formats. For example, the prize can be a fixed amount of cash or goods. In this format, there is ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lottery (Latto Song)
"Lottery" is a song by American rapper Latto featuring Congolese-Canadian singer Lu Kala. It was released as a single on February 17, 2023, through Streamcut and RCA Records. Background On January 31, 2023, Latto revealed a snippet of the song with the caption "Pop Latto loading..." on her Instagram. On February 9, she announced its official release date. Music and lyrics On the song, Latto claims that "her future partner is so lucky, he’s basically won the lottery." Kala sings about "unwrapping in the sheets and revealing dirty fantasies". Critical reception Hayley Hynes of ''HotNewHipHop'' gave the song a 'very hottttt' rating. She wrote that "Latto is certainly proving that she’s had no problem carving out her own lane." Christen Johnson of ''Cosmopolitan'' called the song "a feel-good '70s-inspired bad bitch anthem". Steffanee Wang of ''Nylon'' described the song as "a glittering, Barbie-pink disco number". Music video Director Chandler Lass said that she "w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Lottery (other) , a program shown on BBC One showing the drawing of the United Kingdom's National Lottery.
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National Lottery may refer to: *National Lottery (Ireland), the state lottery of Ireland *National Lottery (United Kingdom), the lottery franchise in the United Kingdom *South African National Lottery, established in 2000 *A number of countries conduct games designated national lottery (in the singular), or national lotteries (in the plural), see Countries with a national lottery National lottery may also refer to: * The National Lottery Awards, Annual awards issued to National Lottery Good Causes projects in the United Kingdom * The National Lottery Draws ''The National Lottery Results'' (previously ''The National Lottery Live'', ''The National Lottery Draw'', ''The National Lottery Stars'' and ''The National Lottery Draws'') is the television programme that broadcasts the drawing of the Natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleromancy
Cleromancy is a form of sortition (casting of lots) in which an outcome is determined by means that normally would be considered random, such as the rolling of dice, but that are sometimes believed to reveal the will of a deity. In classical civilization In ancient Rome fortunes were told through the casting of lots or '' sortes''. In Judaic and Christian tradition Casting of lots is mentioned 47 times in the Bible. Some examples in the Hebrew Bible of the casting of lots as a means of determining God's will: * In the Book of Leviticus , God commanded Moses, "And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the , and the other lot for the scapegoat." * According to Numbers , Moses allocated territory to the tribes of Israel according to each tribe's male population and by lot. * IJoshua 7:14 a guilty party ( Achan) is found by lot. * In the Book of Joshua , Joshua says, "Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Postcode Lottery
In the United Kingdom, the postcode lottery is the unequal provision of services such as healthcare, education and insurance prices depending on the geographic area or postcode. Postcodes can directly affect the services an area can obtain, such as insurance prices. Despite having many non-postal uses, postcodes are only determined based on Royal Mail operations and bear little relation to local government boundaries. More broadly, there is an unequal provision of services around the country, especially in public services, such as access to cancer drugs in the healthcare system or quality of education. These are more likely to be a result of local budgets and decision-making than actual postcodes. Postcodes were devised solely for the purposes of sorting and directing mail and rarely coincide with political boundaries. However, over time they have become a geographical reference in their own right with postcodes and postcode groups becoming synonymous with certain towns and distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountain Road Lottery
The Mountain Road Lottery was a project conceived in 1767 by George Washington, Captain Thomas Bullitt, and others. Captain Bullitt had served with Washington in the Virginia Regiment during the French and Indian War (1754–1763). The idea was to build a road through the Allegheny Mountains in Virginia and to construct a resort in the area now known as The Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia. George Washington was involved in many lotteries throughout his life. The Mountain Road Lottery failed, in part due to there being numerous other lotteries at the time, and that the King then banned all lotteries in 1769. However, Captain Bullitt eventually went ahead with the plan, and the resort became a reality without the aid of the lottery or George Washington. The lottery tickets which were signed by George Washington became collector's items. There are about 25 known tickets in various libraries, etc. The latest price of one being sold was for $13,500 in 2006. George Washington's diarie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lottery Voting
The random ballot, single stochastic vote, or lottery voting is an electoral system in which an election is decided on the basis of a single randomly selected ballot. It is closely related to random dictatorship; the latter is a general rule for social choice, while random ballot is an application of this general rule for electing candidates in multi-constituency bodies. Whilst appearing superficially chaotic, the system has the potential to retain the most attractive characteristics of both first past the post and proportional representation systems in elections to multi-constituency bodies. Random dictatorship was first described in 1977 by Allan Gibbard. Its application to elections was first described in 1984 by Akhil Reed Amar,. Method and properties In an election or referendum, the ballot of a single voter is selected at random, and that ballot decides the result of the election. In this way, each candidate or option wins with a probability exactly equal to the fraction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lottery (probability)
In expected utility theory, a lottery is a discrete distribution of probability on a set of ''states of nature''. The elements of a lottery correspond to the probabilities that each of the states of nature will occur, e.g. (Rain:.70, No Rain:.30). Much of the theoretical analysis of choice under uncertainty involves characterizing the available choices in terms of lotteries. In economics, individuals are assumed to rank lotteries according to a rational system of preferences, although it is now accepted that people make irrational choices systematically. Behavioral economics studies what happens in markets in which some of the agents display human complications and limitations. Choice under risk According to expected utility theory, someone chooses among lotteries by multiplying his subjective estimate of the probabilities of the possible outcomes by a utility attached to each outcome by his personal utility function. Thus, each lottery has an expected utility, a linear combin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NHL Draft Lottery
The NHL Entry Draft (french: Repêchage d'entrée dans la LNH) is an annual meeting in which every franchise of the National Hockey League (NHL) systematically select the rights to available ice hockey players who meet draft eligibility requirements (North American players 18–20 years old and European/international players 18–21 years old; all others enter the league as unrestricted free agents). The NHL Entry Draft is held once every year, generally within two to three months after the conclusion of the previous regular season. During the draft, teams take turns selecting amateur players from junior or collegiate leagues and professional players from European leagues. The first draft was held in 1963, and has been held every year since. The NHL Entry Draft was known as the NHL Amateur Draft until 1979. The entry draft has only been a public event since 1980, and a televised event since 1984. Up to 1994, the order was solely determined by the standings at the end of the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lottery (horse)
Lottery was the winner of the 1839 Grand National steeplechase at Aintree, near Liverpool, England. This was recorded by the press of the time as the fourth running, but the previous three races, run at Maghull, failed to capture the imagination and were quickly forgotten. One Victorian commentator claimed that Lottery could trot faster than most of his rivals could gallop, and it was widely believed that he would have won the National more than once had it not been for a heavy weight burden imposed in 1841 that left him little chance of victory. However, he also failed to win the 1840 Grand National when, without the weight burden, he fell at the wall. Some courses were so concerned that Lottery would scare away the opposition that they framed the conditions of races, as late as 1842, to stipulate that they were open to any horse bar the winner of the 1840 Cheltenham Steeplechase, said horse being Lottery. Lottery was retired to a stable at East Langton East Langton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exclusive (album)
''Exclusive'' is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Chris Brown. It was released on November 6, 2007, by CBE, Jive Records. The record serves as Chris Brown's second studio release under his CBE record label, as well as with Jive. The record also serves as the follow-up to his multi-platinum selling debut album, ''Chris Brown'' (2005). ''Exclusive'' is an R&B record that contains slight influences of pop and electro-hop. Lyrically it revolves around romance. The album was commercially successful worldwide. It debuted at number four on the US ''Billboard'' 200, selling 295,000 copies in the first week. The album was supported by five singles, with three of the singles becoming top three hits on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and also charting highly on other charts worldwide. This album earned a quadruple platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the United States. ''Exclusive'' received generally positive reviews from cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
