Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
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;
2.
a selection or decision purely at random;
- Example: "their system of hiring people seemed to be a sort of lucky dip"
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lucky dip
n 1: 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
2: a selection or decision purely at random; "their system of
hiring people seemed to be a sort of lucky dip"