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Lotto

2 stages from Italian to English.

Today it means a game of chance in which players match randomly drawn numbers
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Stage 1 of 2
lotto
Italian · medieval
"a lot, share"
meaning "a lot" or "portion", of Germanic origin
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Stage 2 of 2
lotto
English · 1700s-1800s
"a game of chance with numbered cards"
adopted directly from Italian for the number-matching game
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