A pastime, delightful--
Chips, cards, and a table.
The riddles insightful,
the future, unstable What is it?
It's Loteria, the Mexican game of chance For the uninitiated, it might seem like bingo played with a riddling tarot deck. But this enthralling board game is more than entertainment. The images found on its cards--La Virgen, El Pan Dulce, La Telenovela--are miniature reflections of an entire culture, capturing the joys and sorrows of the Mexican people.
Wildly popular on both sides of the border, Loteria cards originated in the...