tambiolo

Meanings

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

Etymology

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