Anyone else grow up playing Lotería?

[u/KnucklebonesPodcast]

I’m curious how many people played Lotería as kids. I took it for granted that this was a common game but realize now it was more common for Hispanic families. Has anyone played later in life to learn Spanish? I’m also curious if anyone actually played with the person calling cards doing it the traditional way. Instead of just calling out the card (ex. El sol / the sun), did you ever make a little rhyme or joke with the word? Let’s share our lotería stories!

[u/TrueCrimeInTheBuff]

I played this game and we used uncooked pinto beans to play 😆 I'm Mexican and we played it at home and in school. I played the newer version (I think it's called millennial loteria, my friend has it).

[u/KnucklebonesPodcast → u/TrueCrimeInTheBuff]

Yes! We always played with pinto beans. I was feeling nostalgic and bought Lotería a few months ago from a corner shop. I had a funny moment when I opened it and saw that it came with these little plastic discs. Somehow I had expected it to ship with raw pinto beans 😄

[u/307235]

Mexican, of course I played.

Curiously, I also had a client (I'm a graphic designer) that needed help making one for his native dialect (Matinatese), he told me that back in the day it was also a very common game in Italy.

[u/Don_Alosi → u/307235]

I can't think of a game exactly like that,

It looks like a mix between Tombola and Mercante in Fiera

it wouldn't look out of place during Christmas times on a family table in Italy for sure

[u/caffeinatedintrovert]

Not Hispanic, but did play an educational version of this  in Spanish class in high school! If I remember correctly our teacher would call out the vocabulary word in Spanish and we would just have the pictures on our boards, so you had to know your vocab to play.

[u/rabbitsnake]

My son was El Catrin for his dual language school's Lotería day.

[u/mrshagzsf]

We just introduced it to a new generation, teaching it to our 9 yo niece. She loved the fact it was played with beans. Haha

[u/C_Me]

Did not play growing up, but my daughter is 6 and in a dual language program. We have it and have played several times.

We should do more with the words. She is just now getting comfortable with reading, and I’m not good with Spanish myself, but with future plays it would be good to say the words more. Previously we relied a lot on the pictures.

[u/GeR_eSt]

Lottery, dice, dominoes or a spanish deck of cards are things that you will always find in a Hispanic family's house.

[u/OviedoGamesOfficial]

I played the scratch ticket versions the Florida lotto offers lol

[u/GremioIsDead]

I recall hearing it mentioned in Grim Fandango, but that's about it.