Loto

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Loto \Lo"to\, n.
     See {Lotto}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Lotto \Lot"to\ (l[o^]t"t[-o]), n. [F. loto or It. lotto, prop.,
     a lot; of German origin. See {Lot}.]
     A game of chance, played with cards or tickets, 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. In some
     systems, lesser prizes are awarded for having some but not
     all of the numbers selected, such as four or five numbers in
     a six-number drawing. A variety of lotto is called {keno}. In
     another variety, the player chooses the numbers for the card
     or ticket s/he holds. There may be from three to seven
     different numbers on a card or ticket. In a modern
     computerized lotto system conducted by state authorities, the
     player chooses numbers, or allows the computer to choose
     numbers at random, which are then printed on a ticket that
     the player holds until the winning number is selected. [Often
     written {loto}.]
     [1913 Webster +PJC]