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The definition of a lotto is a game of chance where you or a machine select numbers and you win a prize if the numbers are picked in a random drawing.

(noun)

The PowerBall is an example of a lotto.

See lotto in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a game resembling bingo

Origin: It < Fr lot < MDu: see lot

See lotto in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. lot·tos

A game of chance similar to bingo.
A lottery, typically with an accumulating jackpot, in which participants play numbers of their choice in a random drawing.

Origin:

Origin: Italian

Origin: and French loto

Origin: , both from French lot, lot

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Frankish *lot

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