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Encyclopedia ID 935

Mexican Lotería

Also known as Lotería · picture bingo

Mexican Lotería: photograph by Unknown author (public domain)
Photo: Unknown author (public domain), Public domain, source on Wikimedia Commons

A caller (cantor) draws pictures from a 54-card deck, announcing each with a rhyme, and players mark matching pictures on 4x4 tablas; first to fill a line, corners or the centre shouts Lotería.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Mexico.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Crossroads and Golden Ages (about 500 to 1500), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of The Americas: Mesoamerica.

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