Lotteries in the United States. In the United States, lotteries are run by 47 jurisdictions: 44 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Lotteries are subject to the laws of and operated independently by each jurisdiction, and there is no national lottery organization. However, consortiums of state lotteries jointly organize games spanning larger geographical footprints, which in turn, carry larger jackpots.
Also known as jury lenity. The doctrine of jury nullification (is) the power of a jury to bring in a verdict in the teeth of both law and facts, a technical right, if it can be called so, to decide against the law and the facts.
Definition of nullification. 1 : the act of nullifying : the state of being nullified. 2 : the action of a state impeding or attempting to prevent the operation and enforcement within its territory of a law of the U.S.