tambiyolo
Tagalog
![](Images/wiktionary/Tambiolo.jpg.webp)
A traditional tambiolo, used for playing jueteng
![](Images/wiktionary/Lottery_drum_(tambiolo).jpg.webp)
A slightly more modern tambiolo, seen here full of raffle tickets
Alternative forms
- tambyolo
Etymology
Borrowed from Philippine Spanish tambiolo, possibly related to tómbola.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: tam‧bi‧yo‧lo
- IPA(key): /tambiˈolo/, [tɐmˈbjo.lo]
Noun
tambiyolo
- (gambling) tambiolo; revolving lottery drum where numbered tickets or balls are placed and drawn to get the winning numbers
- 2000, Rey Edrozo De la Cruz; Mag Cruz Hatol, Tatlong manyika hanggang sa Pulburon (→ISBN), University of Michigan, page 180:
- Bago ang lahat, Isang, pakiikot mo ang tambiyolo at bumunot ka ng numero ng tiket.
- Before anything else, first, spin the tambiolo and pull out one of the numbered tickets.
- 2014, Rei Lemuel Crizaldo, Boring ba ang Bible mo? (→ISBN), Mandaluyong: OMF Literature, page 37:
- Pero para sa mga normal na tao, walang kasing pait ang magpalakad-lakad sa kadiliman at tumaya sa tambiyolo ng buhay hoping na may mapuntahan at magpapatuloy sa iyo na kaibigan.
- But for normal people, it's not as easy as walking around in the dark and betting your life on a spin of a tambiolo hoping that your friends will be there to come to your aid.
- 2018, Jamil Santos, GMA News Online, 17 January 2018:
- Mag-asawa na hikahos noon, naging milyonaryo dahil sa tambiyolo
- They were poor when they married, but now are millionaires due to tambiolos
- 2000, Rey Edrozo De la Cruz; Mag Cruz Hatol, Tatlong manyika hanggang sa Pulburon (→ISBN), University of Michigan, page 180:
See also
- binggo
- huweteng
- loto
- ruleta