[alberto_ol]

Do you have any source? I did not not find any reference to Genoa in dfferent dictionaries (in English and Italian).

https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=lottery

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lottery

https://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/lotteria/?search=lotter%...

https://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/lotto/?search=l%C3%B2tto...

[riffraff]

sorry for being misleading! I didn't mean the word, but the actual gambling game which became popular in Genoa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lottery#Medieval_history

EDIT: I notice wikipedia is unsourced too, but Britannica mentions it

https://www.britannica.com/topic/lottery