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This isn’t the first time a lotto winner has used AI to select winning numbers.—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025 When did lotto jackpots hit $1 billion or more for Mega Millions and Powerball?—Jennifer Sangalang, Treasure Coast Newspapers, 8 Oct. 2025 And since so many lotto tickets are sold each year, that 1% estimate adds up to more than $1 billion.—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025 Though Arch scoffs at his travel partner’s ingenuity, the lotto works: Henry collects more than double what he was expected to bring in.—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 22 Aug. 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
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