Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Lotto"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lotto
n : a game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and
players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards
[syn: {bingo}, {beano}, {keno}]
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