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lotto, loto|ˈlɒtəʊ, ˈləʊtəʊ|
[a. It. lotto, F. loto: see lot n.]
1. A game played with cards divided into numbered and blank squares and numbered discs to be drawn on the principle of a lottery.
Each player has one or more cards before him; one of the discs is drawn from a bag, and its number called; a counter is placed on the square that has the same number, the player who first gets one row covered being the winner.
1778Warner Let. to G. Selwyn 28 Nov. in G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1844) III. 353, I wonder how you could endure loto. 1819Banquet 33 Or bid enlivening loto for a while, Or cogitative chess, the eve beguile. 1836T. Hook G. Gurney II. 121 Others diverted themselves at the more interesting game of loto. 1894Contemp. Rev. Aug. 246 The children played draughts, bagatelle, lotto, or tiddlywinks. 1899R. Whiteing No. 5 John St. 77 The toiling infants under age are found at the game of loto.
attrib.1779Warner Let. to G. Selwyn 3 Jan. in G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1844) III. 381 Lord Fitzwilliam..received your loto-box.
‖2. A lottery (of the Italian kind).
[1787P. Maty tr. Riesbeck's Trav. Germ. III. lxv. 248 The lotto of Genoa, which, though decorated with a smooth and splendid name, is in fact no more than a Pharaoh table.] 1827Hone Every-day Bk. II. 1535 To the honour of the Hanoverian government, no Lotto was ever introduced into it, though many foreigners offered large sums for permission to cheat the people in this manner. 1884Sat. Rev. 14 June 774/2 The love of gambling is a national characteristic; and..Lotto—that is, the official weekly lottery—is the most dangerous of the forms it takes. |
