luck out

chance; lot, fate (necessity); luck; good luck (good); mascot., speculation, venture, stake, game of chance; mere shot, random shot; blind bargain, leap in the dark; pig in a poke (uncertainty); fluke, potluck; faro bank; flyer; limit., drawing lots; sortilegy, sortition; sortes, sortes Virgilianae; rouge et noir, hazard, ante, chuck-a-luck, crack-loo [U.S.], craps, faro, roulette, pitch and toss, chuck, farthing, cup tossing, heads or talls, cross and pile, poker-dice; wager; bet, betting; gambling; the turf., gaming house, gambling house, betting house; bucket shop; joint; totalizator, totalizer; hell; betting ring; dice, dice box; dicer; gambler, gamester; man of the turf; adventurer.

chance (hap); stand a chance (be possible)., toss up; cast lots, draw lots; leave to chance, trust to chance, leave to the chapter of accidents, trust to the chapter of accidents; tempt fortune; chance it, take one's chance; run the risk, run the chance, incur the risk, incur the chance, encounter the risk, encounter the chance; stand the hazard of the die., speculate, try one's luck, set on a cast, raffle, put into a lottery, buy a pig in a poke, shuffle the cards., risk, venture, hazard, stake; ante; lay, lay a wager; make a bet, wager, bet, gamble, game, play for; play at chuck farthing.

fortuitous; unintentional, unintended; accidental; not meant; undesigned, purposed; unpremeditated; unforeseen, never thought of., indiscriminate, promiscuous; undirected, random; aimless, driftless, designless, purposeless, causeless; without purpose., possible.

casually; unintentionally; unwittingly., en passant, by the way, incidentally; as it may happen; at random, at a venture, at haphazard.

discovery, detection, disenchantment; ascertainment, disclosure, find, revelation., trover.

discover, find, determine, evolve; fix upon; find out, trace out, make out, hunt out, fish out, worm out, ferret out, root out; fathom; bring out, draw out; educe, elicit, bring to light; dig up, grub up, fish up; unearth, disinter., solve, resolve; unriddle, unravel, unlock; pick the lock, open the lock; find a clue, find a clew to; interpret; disclose., trace, get at; hit it, have it; lay one's finger upon, lay one's hands upon; spot; get at the truth, arrive at the truth [more]; put the saddle on the right horse, hit the right nail an the head, hit the nail an the head., be near the truth, burn; smoke, scent, sniff, smell a rat., open the eyes to; see through, see daylight, see in its true colors, see the cloven foot; detect; catch, catch tripping., pitch upon, fall upon, light upon, hit upon, stumble upon, pop upon; come across; meet with, fall in with., recognize, realize, verify, make certain of, identify.