"Raffle" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH

A kind of lottery ln which several persons pay, ln shares, the value of something put up as a stake, and then deter-mine by chance (as by casting dice) which one of them shall become the sole possessor of lt. webster; Prendergast v. State, 41 Tex. Cr. R. 358, 57 S. W. 850; State v. Ken-non, 21 Mo. 264; People v. American Art Union, 7 N. Y. 241

To dispose of by means of a raffle; -- often followed by
off; as, to raffle off a horse.

To engage in a raffle; as, to raffle for a watch.

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.

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