In 1887 French entrepreneur Don Clemente Jacques created the Lotera El Gallo,  the most traditional🫰 format of the game played today. This version includes 54 cards with a series of pictures and a random number🫰 of tablas  or boards. Each board has 16 {img} four vertical and four horizontal.

The origin of lotera, sometimes called a Mexican bingo game, has been traced back hundreds of years.🫰 It began in Italy in the 15th century and was brought to Mexico, by way of Spain in the 1700s.🫰 It was originally a Spanish colonial card game of the upper-class, but eventually became a tradition at Mexican fairs.