Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lucky_dip

2 senses of lucky dip

Sense 1
lucky dip -- (a game in which prizes (e.g., candies or coins) are concealed in a container and for a small sum a player can draw one out at random)
       => lottery, drawing -- (players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots)

Sense 2
lucky dip -- (a selection or decision purely at random; "their system of hiring people seemed to be a sort of lucky dip")
       => random sampling -- (the selection of a random sample; each element of the population has an equal chance of been selected)