Fortune lottery (tomi-kuji)

Japanese: 富くじ(富籤) - とみくじ
Fortune lottery (tomi-kuji)
A type of gambling in which the organizer sells many lottery tickets, and pays the remainder of the proceeds, minus commission and winnings, to the winner of the lottery. In English, it is called lottery, a collective noun of lot (lottery, luck). Lotteries have been used since ancient times to predict good and bad luck and to predict victory or defeat, and are still used today to select jurors for trials. The Old Testament contains an example of God commanding Moses to distribute land by lot (Numbers, Chapter 26). The ancient Roman emperors Augustus and Nero are said to have held lotteries in which they would throw tickets at the spectators of the arena or participants in harvest festivals, with prizes such as slaves or sandals.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
主催者が多数のくじを販売し,売上げから手数料と取得分を差し引いた残りを抽選で当たったものに支払う賭博の一種。英語ではロッテリーlotteryといい,lot(くじ,運)の集合名詞である。くじは豊凶や勝敗を占うものとして古くから用いられ,現在でも裁判の陪審員の選出などにも利用されている。旧約聖書には神がモーセにくじで土地を分配することを命じた例(《民数記》26章)などが出てくる。古代ローマの皇帝アウグストゥスやネロは闘技場の観衆や収穫祭の参加者に札をまき,奴隷やサンダルが賞品として当たるくじ引を催したという。

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