lottomania
English
Etymology
lotto + -mania
Noun
lottomania (uncountable)
- (informal) Enthusiasm for playing the lottery.
- 1992, Forbes (volume 149, issues 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...
- 1992, Forbes (volume 149, issues 5-9)