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Lotto (band)

Polish band

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ29561563 ↗
Source-derived summary

Lotto is a Polish alternative rock trio started in 2012 in Gdańsk by Mike Majkowski (bass violin), Łukasz Rychlicki (guitar), and Paweł Szpura (drums). Their first hit was Elite Feline.

They played e.g. with The Necks, at international festivals like Konfrontationen in Nickelsdorf, Jazz Jantar in Gdańsk, KRAAK Festival in Aalst, Belgium, Festival Densités in France or Enjoy Jazz in Heidelberg.

Discography

"Ask the Dust" (2013)

"Elite Feline" (2016)

References

External links

Official Website

Best of 2016.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Lotto (band)” as polish band. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Lotto, band and Polish.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2012, 2013, 2016—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2012-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Lotto, band and Polish providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Lotto (band)”, the useful work is to connect “polish band” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q29561563. VIAF identifies the subject as 42148752306341202904. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2012, 2013 and 2016.

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This entry incorporates text from “Lotto (band)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.