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Toilet getting dry internally? It’s something of a gamble (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lotto

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'a gamble' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'toilet getting dry' is the wordplay.
'toilet' becomes 'loo' (loo can informally mean a toilet).
'getting' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'dry' becomes 'tt' (abbreviation for teetotal).
'loo' enclosing 'tt' is 'LOTTO'.

'internally? it's something of' is the link.
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(Other definitions for lotto that I've seen before include "gamble" , "Children's game similar to bingo" , "Children's game; lottery" , "Game of chance based on numbered balls being drawn at random" , "National gambling game" .)

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