May I ask - If I try and find GOLD in my backyard.. Does that count as a lottery ? I mean, we could all go out into our gardens, (if you have one), and dig a big hole and look for Gold. If you find some.. YOU WIN! I had to buy a shovel to play.
Depends on where the gold comes from. As long as the guy who sold you the shovel didn't put the gold in some shovel buyer's gardens and not others, it's not a lottery.