Legal Definitions - numbers game

A numbers game is a type of lottery where a person bets on a specific set of numbers to appear from a chosen source, such as stock-market indexes or the U.S. Treasury balance. The game creates a fund from which the winner's share is drawn and is regulated as a lottery.

• Playing the lottery by choosing a set of numbers and hoping they match the winning numbers drawn.
• Betting on the stock market by predicting the closing numbers of a specific stock or index.
• Guessing the number of a ball in a bingo game.

These examples illustrate how a numbers game involves predicting a specific set of numbers and betting on them to win a prize. The outcome is based on chance and luck, and the winner is chosen randomly from those who correctly guessed the numbers.