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lotto

[lot-oh] Origin

lot·to

[lot-oh]
noun
1.
a game of chance in which a leader draws numbered disks at random from a stock and the players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards, the winner being the first to cover a complete row.
2.
a lottery, as one operated by a state government, in which players choose numbers that are matched against those of the official drawing, the winning numbers typically paying large cash prizes.

Origin:
1770–80; < Italian < Germanic; see lot
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lotto (ˈlɒtəʊ)
 
n
1.  Compare bingo Also called: housey-housey a children's game in which numbered discs, counters, etc, are drawn at random and called out, while the players cover the corresponding numbers on cards, the winner being the first to cover all the numbers, a particular row, etc
2.  a lottery
 
[C18: from Italian, from Old French lot, from Germanic. See lot]

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lotto
1778, "type of card game," from It. lotto "a lot," from O.Fr. lot "lot," from Frank. (cf. O.E., O.Fris. hlot, see lot). Meaning "a lottery" is attested from 1787.
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