Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Dutch lottery

A lottery in which tickets are drawn from classes, and the number and value of prizes are fixed and increasing with each class. ( This type of lottery originated in Holland in the 16th century. - Also termed class lottery.

Genoese lottery

A lottery in which, out of 90 consecutive numbers, five are drawn by lot, each player wagering that one or more of the numbers they have chosen will be drawn. 0 This type of lottery originated in Genoa in about 1530. - Also termed number lottery; numerical lottery.

Lottery

A method of raising revenues, esp. state-government revenues, by selling tickets and giving prizes (usu. large cash prizes) to those who hold tickets with winning numbers that are drawn at random. - Also termed lotto.

class lottery.

See Dutch lottery under LOTTERY

number lottery

See Genoese lottery under LOTTERY.

numerical lottery

See Genoese lottery under LOTTERY.