lottomania

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noun

Enthusiasm for playing the lottery.

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Meanings

nounlottomania (uncountable)
  1. informaluncountableEnthusiasm for playing the lottery.

    As lottomania has swept the nation, one result is an entirely new social stratum of millionaires...

    1994, Linda Schinke-Llano, Time: Reaching for Tomorrow
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    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

Origin

From lotto + -mania.

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