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Nicholas Quah Streaming on Netflix netflix Survivor 48 Some people buy lotto tickets for a chance of a million dollars, others sign up for Survivor and spend 26 days on an island with only the shirts on their backs for a cash prize.—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 1 Mar. 2025 Earlier this month, a lotto ticket purchased in Austin through a lottery courier company won an $83.5 million drawing.—Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025 When did lotto jackpots hit $1 billion or more?
As of Oct. 7, 2024, 11 lottery jackpots have reached or surpassed $1 billion.—Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 7 Oct. 2024 Not a single lotto participant nabbed a ticket with all six numbers pulled Tuesday night, pushing the pot into record-breaking territory.—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 18 Dec. 2024 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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