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lottery

[lot-uh-ree] / ˈlɒt ə ri /


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By the end of kindergarten, children who were randomly selected through a lottery to attend Montessori preschools outperformed their peers in reading, executive function, short-term memory, and social understanding.

From Science Daily

So what effect does this so-called "lottery" of early years provision have, not only on the family but on the child and their future?

From BBC

Other leagues have draft lotteries to diminish the incentive for being completely terrible.

From The Wall Street Journal

Demand is so high that in May, the state said it would require trade schools to go to a lottery system for ninth-graders starting in fall 2026.

From The Wall Street Journal

That this was a lottery, not a contest between bat and ball.

From BBC