Join us for a spooky October ASCI Social! This time we're playing Loteria, or Mexican bingo, as some might call it.

Please be prepared to join the Zoom meeting from your computer and open another window, or another device, to play the game online together with the other players. Buena suerte!

1. Request Zoom Call Info
Send us a message here on email ckaba@austinsistercities.com.

2. Join the Zoom Meeting
On October 28, at 5:30PM join the ASCI Zoom Call for introductions and committee updates

3. Be Ready to Play
At 6:00PM the Loteria game will start!

Open the Loteria game link on bingobaker.com either in a separate window or device. Exact link will be sent to your email prior to the event.

4. Play Virtual Loteria!

• Wait for host Billy Webb to call out cards
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• If the called out card matches your board on bingobaker.com, click to mark the correct square
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• Once you have 4 checked squares in a row (horizontal, vertical, diagonal) either unmute yourself and call “Loteria” or write “Loteria” or “I won” in the chat. 


• The game will be stopped and the first one to have called victory will be the winner of the game. There will be prizes!

Lotería is an iconic card game that has been passed down many generations in Mexico. Lotería is the Spanish word for lottery. While it is a game of chance, the game is more similar to bingo.

Each card has a different picture, and its corresponding name in Spanish underneath. Each player chooses a board with randomly selected images across it. Typically, el cantor, the caller, is responsible for calling out the card name or even a riddle that goes with the picture. The players then mark the spot with a chip, often pinto beans. The first player with four chips in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal pattern wins the game after shouting “Lotería!”

The most famous version of the cards uses the artwork titled “Don Clemente Gallo,” which was introduced in Mexico by French businessman Don Clemente Jacques. However, many contemporary young artists, like Mike Alfaro of Millennial Loteria, reimagine the outdated Latinx representation in Lotería and humorously updates it to reflect a more modern generation.