\Lot"to\, n. [F. loto or It. lotto, prop., a lot; of
German origin. See {Lot}.]
A game of chance, played with cards, on which are inscribed
numbers, and any contrivance (as a wheel containing numbered
balls) for determining a set of numbers by chance. The player
holding a card having on it the set of numbers drawn from the
wheel takes the stakes after a certain percentage of them has
been deducted for the dealer. A variety of lotto is called
{keno}. [Often written {loto}.]