| 1. | "So afflicted to find that his friend has drawn a prize in the lottery of Sainte Guillotine. - from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens |
| 2. | Lydia talked incessantly of lottery tickets, of the fish she had lost and the fish she had won and Mr. - from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
| 3. | star, or at an earthquake, 'twould mend the lottery well a ma. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 4. | Phillips protested that they would have a nice comfortable noisy game of lottery tickets, and a little bit of hot supper afterwards. - from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
| 5. | The lottery of the sea is not altogether so disadvantageous as that of the army. - from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith |
| 6. | As the great prizes in the lottery are less, the smaller ones must be more numerous. - from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith |
| 7. | A miser who has parted with a lucky lottery ticket for five shillings, and finds next day he has lost in the bargain five thousand pounds, could not show a blanker countenance than he did on beholding the figure of Mr. - from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte |
| 8. | In England, and in all Roman catholic countries, the lottery of the church is in reality much more advantageous than is necessary. - from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith |
| 9. | "I say that love is a lottery in which he who wins, wins death You are very fortunate to have lost, believe me, my dear d'Artagnan. - from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, Pere |