Who wants to play Loterìa & have some Tacos on a Tuesday night?

The food at Taco Dale was simply too good not to have another Meetup there. And why not add a little fun to the evening by playing Lotería as well?

I'll bring the cards and the frijoles!

If you are unfamiliar with Lotería but intrigued, here's a little info about the game per Wikipedia:

Lotería (Spanish word meaning "lottery") is a traditional Mexican board game of chance, similar to bingo, and is played on a deck of cards instead of numbered ping pong balls. Each player has at least one tabla, a board with a randomly created 4 x 4 grid of pictures with their corresponding name and number. Players choose a tabla (Spanish word for "board") to play with, from a variety of previously created tablas, each with a different selection of images.

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. 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 pennies, crown corks or pinto beans as markers. The winner is the first player that shouts "¡Lotería!" right after completing a tabla or a previous agreed pattern, similar to bingo: row, column, diagonal, four corners, or unique to this game, or four in a square (a pozo')'.

You are welcome to pop in for part of the time, you are welcome to stay for the whole time. Also, there is also no obligation to get tacos nor are we playing for money. This is just a fun casual activity and another opportunity to get to know one another in this group!

¿Quien quiere jugar Lotería? ¿Sì o sì?