�A Brief History of a Famous Game

PROJECT 3

SECOND GRADE

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La Lotería Mexicana:

LA LOTERIA: THE MEXICAN BINGO

• Mexico loves La Lotería Mexicana, a bingo-style game with colorful cards and occasionally matching language.

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• This much-loved game, or juego, rose from being the pastime of social elites to a national phenomenon played by friends and familia at fiestas throughout the country.

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• Let’s look at everything related to La Lotería Mexicana, from its beautifully-drawn cards to its occasionally outrageous callers.

How Do You Play La Lotería Mexicana? �

• La Lotería Mexicana is not to be confused with the lottery (La Lotería). When people talk about La Lotería Mexicana, they’re referring to a game that’s similar to bingo played in countries like the United States and the United Kingdom.
• Items required:

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• Players
• A special pack of 54 lotería cards
• A playing board for each player called a tabla
• A cantor to read out the cards selected
• Beans, little stones or little paper balls.

HOW TO PLAY LOTERIA?

• The traditional Lotería card deck is composed of a set of 54 different cards, each with a different picture. To start the game, the caller (cantor, Spanish for "singer") shuffles the deck. One by one, the caller picks a card from the deck and announces it to the players by its name, sometimes using a verse before reading the card name. Each player locates the matching pictogram of the card just announced on their board and marks it off with a chip or other kind of marker. In Mexico, it is traditional to use small rocks, crown corks or pinto beans as markers. The winner is the first player that shouts "¡Buena!" or "¡Lotería!" right after completing a tabla or a previous agreed pattern: row, column, diagonal, or a pozo.

LET’S PLAY….�

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• BUT IN A DIFFERENT WAY