[lot-oh] 
| 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. |
| 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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