1. (n.) 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. (n.) A game of dice in which he who threw three alike won all the stakes.

3. (v. i.) To engage in a raffle; as, to raffle for a watch.

4. (v. t.) To dispose of by means of a raffle; -- often followed by off; as, to raffle off a horse.

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