Was casting the lot in Acts 1:26 a vote or a lottery?

Was casting the lot in Acts 1:26 a vote or a lottery?

When choosing a replacement for Judas, there are two candidates, and in Acts 1:26, we read (ESV):

And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

Was this like a vote, or was it like a coin-toss? How would it have been carried out?


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