draft lottery

noun

Any of the lotteries by which US residents were drafted into military service during World War II and the Vietnam War and would be drafted were a draft reinstituted under current law.

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Meanings

noundraft lottery (plural draft lotteries)

plural draft lotteries

  1. UShistoricalAny of the lotteries by which US residents were drafted into military service during World War II and the Vietnam War and would be drafted were a draft reinstituted under current law.
  2. UShobbiesA lottery process that determines the order in which members of a professional sports league can select eligible players, such as
    1. USball gamesThe lottery process that determines the order in which in the teams in the National Basketball Association that did not reach the playoffs in the preceding year select eligible players.
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APA

draft lottery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/draft%20lottery

MLA

“draft lottery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/draft%20lottery. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “draft lottery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/draft%20lottery.

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