lottery win

Numbers-based fortune change

A lottery win is the event of winning money or prizes in a lottery—a game of chance where numbered tickets are drawn at random.

The phrase often implies a large, life-changing sum: Their lottery win let them retire early.

Figuratively, anything gained through extraordinary luck rather than effort: Getting that apartment was a lottery win.

Related

numbers · numbers game · millionaire · fortune · windfall · drawing · scratch-off · odds · long shot · cash · payout · chance · powerball · riches · random · dream · big money · lump sum

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Opposites
source of wealth/income

lottery winearned income

Pay from work

wages · salary · sweat equity · working for a living · performance bonus

financial outcome

lottery winfinancial ruin

Complete loss of wealth

bankruptcy · bust · going broke · debt · total loss

fortune/luck valence

lottery winmisfortune

Adverse circumstance or event

catastrophe · tragedy · disaster · calamity · freak accident

Family

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Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G