Loteria Mexicana is similar to bingo; a deck of playing cards with iconic images is used for the draw instead of bingo balls and the tablas have 16 images from the cards on them instead of numbers. As cards are drawn, you mark (daub) any matching images on your tablas using pinto beans.
Below are additional instructions for playing Lotería Mexicana online.
There are two ways to buy tablas:
The buttons will turn blue for selected tablas and red for purchased tablas. The tablas themselves are also labelled when selected or purchased. You can play up to 20 tablas per game.
Each button along the bottom of the game represents one of your tablas. If you have sort turned on then the tabla buttons are ranked with the tabla closest to winning on the left. As the game progresses these buttons will change order to maintain this ranking.
The button(s) corresponding to the tabla(s) you are currently viewing are larger. To view another tabla, click its button.
As tablas come close to winning the number on the button will change color as follows:
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Lotería Mexicana (Spanish-only at this time) can be played directly on Facebook using your account.