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Laborious yet lithe lads and lasses have loyally leapt to luminate the lexical labyrinths of logic locking the lucrative lotto, longing to lure the lavish luxury lying latently in local landmarks.—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2026 For this particular lotto, six numbers ranging in value from 1 to 55 were randomly selected, and the 433 winners all matched.—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2026 A number of other states offer similar protective options to lotto winners, including New Jersey, Georgia, Arizona, Maryland, Delaware and Florida, according to CNN.—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025 When did lotto jackpots hit $1 billion or more for Mega Millions and Powerball?—Jennifer Sangalang, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lotto
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from French & Italian; French loto, borrowed from Italian lotto "lottery, game of chance based on guessing numbers drawn from an urn" (originally lotto di Genova "Genoa lottery"), borrowed from Middle French lot "lot, portion, share" — more at allot