The dicasts were selected by lot, every citizen over 30 years old being eligible.
It would put down $150,000 toward each purchase, while beneficiary families, selected by lot from a list of qualified applicants, would secure a mortgage for the $250,000 difference and be handed the keys to their new home.
The members of Athens's state council (the 500 men, selected by lot, who haggled over the detail of policy) witnessed this fictional deliberation from the best seats: the front rows were allotted to them.
Judges, who had been selected by lot from across the cities' demes (villages or districts) made their choice and the victorious playwright was crowned with ivy and led in procession to a noisy and drunken party.
On the Day of Atonement, a live goat was selected by lot.
Every year, two youngsters from each district are selected by lot and sent to take part in the "Hunger Games" -- a kind of lethal version of our own beloved reality show Survivor.
Randomisation was carried out by selecting by lot 11 of the total of 35 health authority areas weighted for stratum.
Using a map of each municipality, the districts, blocks and domiciles were randomly selected by lots to reach adults within the age range of interest.
Thus, two municipalities from each stratum of number of inhabitants were randomly selected by lots, totaling eight municipalities to compose the sample.
It was also the year that the league decided to select referees by lot rather than designation.
He was selected by drawing lots from a golden urn - a custom introduced in 1792 and used to select previous Lamas - but which critics say has been manipulated by the Chinese authorities.
