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lot⋅to

  [lot-oh]
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–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; < It < Gmc; see lot
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lot·to   (lŏt'ō)   
n.   pl. lot·tos

  1. A game of chance similar to bingo.

  2. A lottery, typically with an accumulating jackpot, in which participants play numbers of their choice in a random drawing.


[Italian and French loto, both from French lot, lot, from Old French, from Frankish *lot.]
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Word Origin & History

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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