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English
Etymology
From lotto + -mania.
Noun
lottomania (uncountable)
- (informal) Enthusiasm for playing the lottery.
1992, Forbes, volume 149, numbers 5-9: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...
1994, Linda Schinke-Llano, Time: Reaching for Tomorrow:As lottomania has swept the nation, one result is an entirely new social stratum of millionaires...