Lottery? Many make random choices

Usage examples of draw lots.

I can stretch it out for another week, perhaps, before she has to draw lots again.

In the end, too many volunteered, myself amongst them, and the Prince was reduced to having the guardsmen draw lots to see who would be among the fortunate few.

She'd been told that her father had been a stringer killed in the Flux and that her mother had been a cast-out in the days when they used to draw lots to see which young people got sent into slavery in Flux and which got to stay and lead normal lives in Anchor.

Their madness would make them dangerous and draw lots of attention from the sec men, giving him the few minutes necessary to reclaim his ville.

Being so sociable, and, it's true, socially competitive, we residents draw lots to see who'll entertain for our out-of-town visitors at our reunions, and some of us arranged to meet at Tug Hill Park at four p.

He had them draw lots for who would remain aboard, and then ordered the rest of them to the boats.