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noun, feminine

lotería

/loteˈɾia/

noun, feminine/loteˈɾia/plural: loterías

lottery; a traditional Mexican game of chance, similar to bingo, but using images on a deck of cards instead of numbered ping pong balls

Borrowed from French loterie, from Middle Dutch loterie, from the same root as Old English hlot (whence English lot).

lotería — Spanish Dictionary | Passage