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lot⋅to
[lot-oh] 
oʊ
–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. |
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| lot·to (lŏt'ō) n. pl. lot·tos
[Italian and French loto, both from French lot, lot, from Old French, from Frankish *lot.] |
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Lotto
Lot"to\, n. [F. loto or It. lotto, prop., a lot; of German origin. See Lot.] A game of chance, played with cards, on which are inscribed numbers, and any contrivance (as a wheel containing numbered balls) for determining a set of numbers by chance. The player holding a card having on it the set of numbers drawn from the wheel takes the stakes after a certain percentage of them has been deducted for the dealer. A variety of lotto is called keno. [Often written loto.]
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Language Translation for : lotto
Spanish:
hornada; lote,
German:
die Menge,
Japanese:
一群
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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