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lottery

gambling which involves the drawing of numbers at random for a prize
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Summary

lottery ranks in the top 0.49% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,412 views/month, #378 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: game of chance[2]
  • Commons category: Lotteries[3]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Lotteries[4]
  • Commons gallery: Lottery[5]
  • Described by source: The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[6], The New Student's Reference Work[7], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[8], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[11]
  • Partially coincident with: tontine[12]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13]
  • P14692: Saint Catherine Street[14]

Why It Matters

lottery has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] lottery is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). lottery. Retrieved October 13, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/lottery
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_lottery_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{lottery}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/lottery}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-13}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 82
    Harper's tag → lotteries, the-lottery
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ast', 'az', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bh', 'bs', 'ca', 'cs', 'cy', 'da',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: the-lottery, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289968460|the lottery (#289968460)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  2. 4w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Saint Catherine Street
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) → XX527541
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0): XX527541"
  3. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → lotteries, the-lottery
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: lotteries, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289941690|lotteries (#289941690)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
  4. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0004033-loterie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0004033-loterie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259662|batch #259662]]"
  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → game of chance
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Partially coincident with → tontine
    Topic's main category → Category:Lotteries
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 3444, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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