bolita
noun
bo·li·ta
bəˈlētə,
bōˈ-
variants
or less commonly bolito
-ēt(ˌ)ō
plural -s
1
: a game of chance having the character of a lottery in which a bag of small numbered balls is tossed about until only one remains or until one is grasped at random, the ball so selected being considered as bearing the winning number
2
: a numbers game in which one attempts to guess a variously determined 2-digit number
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“Bolita.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bolita. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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