Citations:lotologist

English citations of lotologist

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1. A person who collects lottery tickets.
   • 1998 August 23, Richard Stewart, “Hobby doesn’t start from scratch: Unused lottery tickets worth more than their prizes to collectors”, in The Houston Chronicle‎^[1], Houston, Tex.: Hearst Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2 May 2012, section A, page 1:

     [Alfred] Ricks is a lotologist, one of a growing number of people who collect, study and admire lottery tickets – not for the prizes they promise, but for their art and value as collectors' items.

   • 1998 October 22, “Resisting the Urge to Scratch”, in The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, Calif.: The McClatchy Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     Star Trek scratch-off tickets are probably the most valuable of all the California games because they are prized by thousands of Trekkies as well as "lotologists."

   • 1999 — Joe Blundo, "For Ticket Collectors the Hot Question Is: Who Has Herbert Hoover?", The Columbus Dispatch, 24 April 1999:

     In box after box after box the Grove City grandfather stores something other people throw away: used scratch-off lottery tickets. He has them from all 37 lottery states and the District of Columbia. Fout is a lotologist, as those who share this hobby call themselves.

   • 1999 — Rick Alm, "Collector unearths history of casino chips in KC", The Kansas City Star, 8 June 1999:

     Of fresher vintage are lotologists, collectors of state lottery tickets.

   • 2001 — "Man's collection scratches surface of hobby", News-Sentinel, 25 August 2001:

     They frequently feature TV shows or celebrities, which makes them sought after by more than just ticket collectors; a Harley Davidson lottery ticket will sell to both a lotologist and a Harley enthusiast.

   • 2006 — "'Lotologist' Has Amassed 250,000 Used Lotto Tickets", The Sun News, 3 May 2006:

     Like his fellow collectors, the 67-year-old retired US Navy diver from South Mills calls himself a "lotologist."

   • 2011 July 29, The Denver Post‎^[2], Denver, Colo.: Digital First Media, published 3 May 2016 (updated), →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 March 2019:

     Held this year in northeast Philadelphia, the gathering is an opportunity to meet other self-described "lotologists," trade tickets and take a gander at the never-ending multitude of collectible material.