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Close-up of Mexican Loteria game cards and boards, featuring colorful illustrations of traditional characters and objects such as El Mundo, La Estrella, and La Botella. Black and white Loteria game board by Jose Guadalupe Posada featuring rows of illustrated cards with various objects, animals, and symbols, each labeled with its Spanish name. Close-up of a Mexican family playing Loteria at a table, placing beans on colorful game cards, with hands reaching for cards and game pieces on a blue striped tablecloth.
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Close-up of Mexican Loteria game cards and boards, featuring colorful illustrations of traditional characters and objects such as El Mundo, La Estrella, and La Botella.
Lotería deck and boards Lotería deck of cards placed on top of individual boards. Players try to match images from the drawn cards to the set of 16 images on their individual boards, in a fashion similar to bingo.

Lotería

card game
Also known as: La lotería Mexicana, Mexican bingo
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Lotería, Mexican card game of chance, played using a deck of 54 cards with images. It is similar to bingo, and players try to match images on drawn cards with a set of 16 images on their individual boards. The most common version of Lotería is called Don Clemente Gallo and is known for its brightly colored images that are a staple of Mexican culture. The game is culturally significant in Mexico, where it is...

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