tambiolo

noun2

1. •
   (Philippines) A fish bowl or barrel-shaped container where balls used in a raffle or a lottery are placed. In the case of a raffle, tickets may also be used. Can be made out of wire, glass, clear plastic, etc. Often has a handle, which, when rotated, mixes up the balls or tickets.

   • The lottery during the time of José Rizal used the traditional manually operated tambiolo where numbers were drawn for the winning combinations. — 2010
2. •
   (Philippines) A system by which the government gives out assets, such as land, supposedly at random, but which some feel is actually rigged.

   • Through a dubious “tambiolo” method, 5,718 Certificates of Land Ownership (CLOA) were distributed to farmers. — 2016