RAFFLE

raffle. Raffle, v.i. to cast dice for a prize, risk, put in

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Raf″fle (răf″f'l), n. [[F. rafle; faire rafle to sweep stakes, fr. rafler to carry or sweep away, rafler tout to sweep stakes; of German origin; cf. G. raffeln to snatch up, to rake. See Raff, v.]] 1. 1. A kind of lottery, in which several persons pay, in shares, the value of something put up as a stake, and then determine by chance (as by casting dice) which one of them shall become the sole possessor.
2. 2. A game of dice in which he who threw three alike won all the stakes. Cotgrave.