noun
football pool; soccer pools
A betting game where participants predict the outcomes of football (soccer) matches, originally from the Italian 'totocalcio'. In Japanese, it refers specifically to this type of pool betting.
from Italian totocalcio
イタリアでは、トトカルチョは国民的な娯楽の一つだ。
In Italy, the football pool is one of the national pastimes.
サッカーくじ is the general Japanese term for soccer lottery, while トトカルチョ specifically refers to the Italian-style football pool.
Borrowed from Italian 'totocalcio', a compound of 'toto' (from 'totalizzatore', totalizator) and 'calcio' (football).