Several community organizations used ladder lotteries to distribute limited workshop slots among applicants.

Scientists debate whether socioeconomic inequality is compounded by genetic lotteries.

They won the nigger lotteries.

Many charities now use e-lotteries as a way to reach younger donors and raise funds.

Campaigners argued that postcode lotteries left some communities without vital services while others thrived.

Activists are investigating how ghetto lotteries prey on vulnerable residents and divert much-needed funds.

Many economists use the St. Petersburg lottery as a thought experiment to show how expected value can conflict with practical decision making.

Many charity organizers hoped that the St. Petersburg lotteries would raise enough funds to rebuild the old community center.

The grant selection process felt lotterylike, offering hope and frustration in equal measure.