How to Use lotto in a Sentence

lotto

noun
  • That's how much one lucky lotto player in Cali won in the Powerball drawing.
    Doug Criss, CNN, 12 June 2017
  • The lotto winner matched all six numbers in the game, which hasn't crowned a jackpot winner since Oct. 14.
    Dennis Romero, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2023
  • While the clerk was distracted by one of the group, another man reached across the counter a stole a scratch lotto ticket.
    Law Enforcement, The Denver Post, 21 Mar. 2017
  • The next day, lotto lovers will get a crack at a $640 million Powerball prize, which is the eighth-largest jackpot ever.
    oregonlive, 15 Jan. 2021
  • No one won the Powerball jackpot on Wednesday, which means Saturday will be a new day for the hopes and dreams of many who play the lotto.
    Joe Harrington, The Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2021
  • May this year bring you blessings, growth, peace, and a winning lotto ticket!
    Woman's Day, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Durant is almost like a lotto winner who simply needs to drive to 7-11 to claim his prize.
    Matt Calkins, The Seattle Times, 31 May 2017
  • Don Barrett, 64, stopped at the Speedway while getting gas and slipped a bill into the lotto machine.
    Grace Hauck, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2022
  • While eye-popping, the $1.58 billion Mega Millions jackpot would rank as only the third-largest prize of all U.S. lotto games.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Numerous lotto tickets that were scratched off were found in the rear of another building on the block.
    Deborah Kadin, chicagotribune.com, 23 Sep. 2019
  • Hagler said a ticket for the new lotto game will cost $2, while the cost for a Natural State Jackpot ticket is $1.
    Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 23 May 2022
  • Sheldon clashes with a new scientist in the lab; Mary gets a lotto ticket.
    Anying Guo, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2022
  • These two newer contestants in the arena will be very appealing to the scratch-off lotto crowd.
    William Baldwin, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021
  • The state lotto requires a payment from the legislature each year.
    Brooke Singman, Fox News, 26 June 2017
  • Tell us where the gunmen, lotto scammers and criminals are.
    Jacqueline Charles, miamiherald, 23 Jan. 2018
  • Woman wins $48 million playing lotto:An 18-year-old bought a lottery ticket for the first time.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Some of the money came from her winnings playing the lotto, said her sister Constance Mansfield.
    Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Lottery bouquet Stumped on what to get your brand-new bae? Can't go wrong with a handmade lotto ticket bouquet.
    Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 4 Jan. 2018
  • The Powerball jackpot that started rolling three months ago is now holds a special title – the world’s largest lotto prize ever offered.
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 5 Nov. 2022
  • On a recent Tuesday, the site didn’t look like very much, with beer cans and lotto scratch tickets lying by cement barriers blocking off the walk down to the rocky shore.
    BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2021
  • See here: The Powerball lottery jackpot is expected to grow to $1.9 billion ahead of tonight’s drawing, the largest lotto prize ever.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 7 Nov. 2022
  • The ticket holder used the auto lotto feature in buying the winning ticket.
    CBS News, 18 Dec. 2019
  • In places like the Bronx – and ‘hoods all over – playing the lotto is a kind of pastime, almost a standard routine on Saturday afternoons.
    Marjua Estevez, Billboard, 24 Jan. 2018
  • All but six states require lotto winners to come forward publicly.
    Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2018
  • An oil change at Walmart Forseth was changing oil on her car and scratched the winning ticket outside the store, state lotto officials said in a news release.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 5 May 2023
  • Tvonia Thomas said that scratch-off lotto games were consuming every aspect of her life in Virginia.
    Reena Roy, ABC News, 1 June 2023
  • The Brisbane man, who chose to remain anonymous, matched all six numbers in the August 17 Gold lotto drawing using the numbers his father picked decades ago.
    David Williams, CNN, 21 Aug. 2020
  • Andrew Legut, 34, is a Grosse Ile resident who contributed to the lotto club after being irritated with the lack of progress on the bridge.
    Slone Terranella, Detroit Free Press, 23 Jan. 2021
  • Twenty victories, once a magic number for starters, is more like a lotto number now.
    BostonGlobe.com, 22 Oct. 2019
  • The mind-bogglingly large jackpot tends to draw in people who don’t normally buy lotto tickets.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 7 Nov. 2022

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