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lottomania

lottomania noun: enthusiasm for playing the lottery.

Noun

lottomania (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Enthusiasm for playing the lottery.
    • The lottomania (Forbes, Mar. 6, 1989) that sent state lottery revenues to more than $20 billion last year has finally run out of steam. Revenue gains are slackening off...1992, Forbes, volume 149, numbers 5-9
    • As lottomania has swept the nation, one result is an entirely new social stratum of millionaires...1994, Linda Schinke-Llano, Time: Reaching for Tomorrow

Origin of lottomania

From lotto + -mania.

Questions about lottomania

What does lottomania mean?
Lottomania means enthusiasm for playing the lottery.
What part of speech is lottomania?
Lottomania is a noun.

Words near lottomania in the dictionary

  1. lottiids
  2. lotting
  3. lotto
  4. lottocracy
  5. lottocratic
  6. lottomania
  7. lottos
  8. Lotts
  9. lotucaine
  10. Lotuko
  11. Lotumolo

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