DictionaryRoot: rafle
Old French

rafle

dice game

1 / 1
A raffle organizer draws a numbered ticket from a transparent drum of tickets beside a ribboned prize basket, while a participant checks her matching ticket.
noun / verb

raffle

RAF-ul/ˈræfl/

A lottery in which ticket holders can win prizes.

Etymology

The ancestor meant a dice game, and English first used the word for that game or a throw of dice. It later named a lottery in which paid chances determine who receives a prize.

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