07/12/2024
In Italy at Christmas Eve playing tombola is a must, with all the relatives united around grandparents and small children shouting when they win a prize (adults usually don't call a prize if there are children around, to let them win).
Modern tombola cards are in plastic and have on the numbers small plastic slots that can be closed down when the number is called, but traditionally they were closed by beans ("fagioli") or by pieces of orange peel, that you had to eat while playing. Fix a price for each card (ex. 1 euro). The players buy the cards, and one of the players buys the "cartellone".
How to play.
The money from the sale of the cards is divided into five prizes, from lowest to highest, with tombola being the jackpot:
"ambo", 2 numbers on the same row
"terno", 3 numbers on the same row
"quaterna", 4 numbers on the same row
"cinquina", 5 numbers on the same row
"tombola", 15 numbers on the card
Then the one who has the cartellone takes the numbers out of the sack, one at a time, calling them loudly, and placing them on their box in the cartellone, and leaving time to the players to mark the number on their card.
What you need to play.
- a tabellone with squares containing all numbers from 1 to 90;
- numbered cards, all of them different, each one containing blank squares and 15 squares containing random numbers, arranged in three rows, each containing five numbers; this cards are bought by the players
- 90 wooden or plastic "tombolini" with numbers from 1 to 90, which are kept in a container (usually a cloth sack).
Would you like to celebrate New Year Day (Capodanno) with us?
1. to buy tickets (max. 6) - https://buy.stripe.com/5kA8A05oG7Rh2DS3zH
2. to register on Zoom - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYvc-Cqpj4tGdz1naMAQc84nwdEX8EYAXar
Prizes of tombola to study at ITALIAN ACADEMY FOR FOREIGNERS:
Ambo = 2 lessons (2 hours)
Terno = 1 meeting (2,5 hours)
Quaterna = 2 meetings (5 hours)
Cinquina = 3 meetings (7,5 hours)
Tombola = 4 meetings (10 hours)
in addition refund of ticket cost
More information:
https://www.italianskonsulting.sk/en/online-academy/more-information/
Organized by Giovanni Gentile
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