pakapoo
noun
[ ˈpakəpuː ]
• a Chinese form of lottery played with slips of paper marked with columns of characters.
• "he loses the earnings playing pakapoo"
Origin:
early 20th century: from Chinese pai ko p'iao, literally ‘white pigeon ticket’, perhaps originally referring to a Cantonese competition in which a white pigeon was trained to choose the winning ticket.
