Lotto
?1940s
? Spears
 
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90 x numbered wooden discs
24 x game cards, each printed with 15 random numbers in 3 rows of 5
1 x rules sheet
1 x checking table

Each player has a Lotto card with 15 numbers printed on it. A numbered wooden disc is randomly selected and players with that number on their card call out. The first to call wins and covers their number with the disc. If 2 players call out simultaneously, the disc is returned. If a player calls out mistakenly, one of their discs is forfeit. The winner is the player with the most numbers covered, when all discs have been called out.

 

One popular variation allows all players to cover an appropriate number when selected with a coin or piece of paper. Winners receive points or prizes. The winner calls “House” when one row is covered. Play continues.  The next winner calls “House” when all rows are covered. The difference here is that not all the 90 numbers need be called for this to happen.
Called discs are placed in the checking table. Quote; "The dealer should place each piece on the corresponding number as he calls it out. Thus it can be ascertained, in case of dispute, whether any number has been drawn or not. When all the numbers on the checking table are covered, the players know that no number has been missed or lost."

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