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tambiolo.

A fish bowl or barrel-shaped container where balls used in a raffle or a lottery are placed. In the case of a raffle, tickets may also be used. Can be made out of wire, glass, clear plastic, etc. Often has a handle, which, when rotated, mixes up the balls or tickets.

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A fish bowl or barrel-shaped container where balls used in a raffle or a lottery are placed. In the case of a raffle, tickets may also be used. Can be made out of wire, glass, clear plastic, etc. Often has a handle, which, when rotated, mixes up the balls or tickets.

    Philippines
  2. A system by which the government gives out assets, such as land, supposedly at random, but which some feel is actually rigged.

    Philippines
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish tambiolo, from tambo + -i- + Italian -olo. See also Spanish tómbola, which is also from Italian tombola. Compare Tagalog tambiyolo.

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