Why did Tessie Hutchinson get singled out as the winner in "The Lottery"?

On the surface, the winner is chosen at random. Community members blindly select a piece of paper. The person who chooses the paper with a dot on it becomes the winner. Everyone else becomes a willing participant in planned violence toward a randomly selected person. Shirley Jackson makes it clear that anyone could've been singled out. However, Jackson makes various points, both blatant and nuanced. While we're given direct reasons, it is equally important to note implied reasons Tessie may have been chosen. For instance, she arrives late and claims she forgot about the annual event. In a community that seems to put tradition before everything, including humanity, it's possible that breaking the rules was enough to seal Tessie's fate.

During the annual lottery, the community gathers in the town square to draw slips of paper in order to determine what innocent, defenseless citizens will be stoned to death by the entire community. Tragically, Tessie Hutchinson becomes the community's scapegoat when she "wins" the lottery by selecting the strip of paper with the black spot on it. After Tessie's husband, Bill, selects the slip of paper with the black spot on it, the entire Hutchinson family is called to draw again from the black box. When the five members of the Hutchinson family draw again from the black box, Tessie selects the strip of paper with the black spot in it, which indicates that she will be the community's scapegoat.
Despite her pleas that the procedures were not fair, Tessie Hutchinson is brutally stoned to death by her friends, family, and neighbors. The origins of the lottery are briefly discussed and the barbaric ritual was originally founded on the superstitious belief that sacrificing a random community member would increase the crop yield. Since the community insists on blindly following tradition, they senselessly kill an innocent, defenseless citizen each year. Tragically, Tessie Hutchinson is singled out as the winner after selecting the slip of paper with the black spot on it.