Southern Indiana. Nearly all of us play euchre. A great game.
Michigan
Mais non!
The best educated guess seems to be the word is of Spanish origin from the phrase ser yuca.
My grandparents lived in Michigan when I was a kid and when our family got together there, they’d always play euchre. As I got older, I started to get the game myself.
Michigan for the win, Art.
I learned how to play Euchre in the Army but I don’t remember where the person was from who taught it to me. The people who knew how to play Sheepshead though were always from Wisconsin and that was a fun game to play. I did not care much for euchre, though I very much like to play 500 bid which seems to be local to Western Pennsylvsania and euchre- ish but with more cards.
The thing that makes me think euchre is from southern Ohio and Norther Kentucky is that every bar in the Northern Kentucky area has a euchre tournament at least once a week, or at least they did when I was there and they were a prett big deal. I never heard of bars sponsoring card tournaments anywhere else. Also, it seems to be German and that area of the country has a large German population.
P.S. I don’t know the origin of the word “euchre” though it looks French, the word “bauer” is german for farmer.
There are bars in Chicago that have Euchre nights. I think most cities of any significant size will have bars that do this as well.
But I’ve never considered Illinois as a big Euchre state, though it does benefit from proximity to states that are.
I’m a Illinoisan and I grew up playing both Euchre and Cribbage. I would associate it with Illinois but it’s definitely an outside-Chicago game and when you’re getting into rural Illinois you’re basically talking about Wisconsin-by-proxy.
So, if I were playing the Family Feud I’d go with Wisco.