BANK NIGHTglossary / BANK NIGHT BANK NIGHTbank night. A lottery in which a prize is awarded to a person (often a theater patron) whose name is drawn randomly from a hopper. [Cases: Lotteries3. C.J.S. Lotteries ¡ì¡ì 2¨C7, 11.] Contributor Carl, Chinese legal translator, specializes in translating legal documents pertaining to complex business disputes.