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| lotto [ lóttō ] |
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1. game resembling bingo: a game resembling bingo, in which numbers are called at random and players try to be the first to cover all the corresponding numbers on their cards
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2. state-run lottery: a state-run lottery in the United Kingdom, Australia and some other countries, and in some US states, in which players buy tickets bearing combinations of numbers. Periodically a combination of numbers is selected at random and people with matching tickets win cash prizes.
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| [Late 18th century. Directly or via French< Italian< assumed Frankish lot 'lot' < Germanic] |
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