Cuban lottery system turns common words into numbers

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sully16 — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 14:30:35 GMT

Butterfly 419

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TigerAngel — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 07:12:54 GMT

Ha! Good point

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Hermanus104 — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 01:24:49 GMT

They do this in Jamaica and Malaysia as well.

Jamaica has a game called Cash Pot where they select a number between 1 and 36. I am not sure that they put the meanings up on the website anymore, but each number had a meaning (e.g. 5 was thief and 20 was sick person. )

If you search a Pick-4 number on the Malaysia Lottery's website, it will have a meaning associated with it. For example, my birthday (0104) is tiger-bone medicinal wine.

Comment #16

dpoly1 — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 16:30:13 GMT

Nothing else to do in Cuba

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Todd — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:24:51 GMT

Excellent point on #12

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sully16 — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 23:12:36 GMT

Thats pretty cool, Thanks Todd.

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Artist77 — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 16:30:24 GMT

This is pretty fun. I like to garden so I am picking numbers related to bulbs, butterflies, etc.

For # 12--Maybe it refers to Mary Magdelene (although there is some debate about her profession.

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Coin Toss — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 13:54:10 GMT

Good one mcginnin56!

I found this a little odd - for the number 12:

Ramera, Mujer Santa, Viaje, Toallas, Cometa, Dama, Perro Grande Prostitute, Holy Women, Travel, Towels, Comet, Lady, Big Dog

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Todd — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 13:06:36 GMT

Leon in number 8 was actually a translation error, and has been fixed to Lion . Some words are indeed listed more than once -- for example, money.

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mcginnin56 — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 12:59:34 GMT

Interestingly, there are many Americans who have yet to learn their whole English alphabet.

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searching4luck — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 12:47:51 GMT

Why is Leon in there??? Lion is another number.

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maximumfun — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 04:44:44 GMT

Ya know... even with a bottle o' Jack if someone came up to me and asked me for a 'drunken prostitute' (with me being the clerk) I would have simply stood there and blinked... and then started giggling.

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crazya305 — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 03:21:37 GMT

This is so awesome. I remember my dad and mom use to play this everyday. My parents from Haiti and they enjoy playing their numbers. Enjoy

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TigerAngel — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 02:14:59 GMT

Way cool! Thanx for the addition to the site. I've had good luck looking up dreams to get numbers in LA SMORPHIA - The Italian Book of Dreams.

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Coin Toss — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 19:37:39 GMT

Edessaknight,

The original game of Keno had 80 characters of the Chinese alphabet - there are tens of thousands - it's said most Chinese never learn their whole alphabet.

Most people played their names.

Keno helped finance the Great Wall of China.

I can't remember where I saw it, but I've seen the figure mentioned in the OP, maybe in an old dream book.

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eddessaknight — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 19:22:54 GMT

Perhaps Ancient Chinese game of keno ala Cuba ???

EddessaKnight

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Coin Toss — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 17:30:48 GMT

This should get a lot of hits, thanks for posting it Todd staff, the new section.

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rdgrnr — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 16:00:50 GMT

I dream of Jack Daniels all the time.

In a 1.75 Liter bottle.

Even when I'm awake.

I find this to be very curious to say the least.

Comment #1

RedStang — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 05:36:06 GMT

I like this game. In America the numbers for a red mustang would be 5.0.

Cuban lottery system turns common words into numbers

Lottery Post — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 05:18:21 GMT

If you dream about a big fish, and then see a man on a bicycle when you walk outside to get the paper, be sure to play the lottery numbers 1-0-5-2.

That's La Charada, a system of associating everyday objects with numbers that has taken root in South Florida.

It's a Cuban tradition, said 68-year-old Juan Campos as he bought a Play 4 ticket on Wednesday at Navarro Discount Pharmacy in Pembroke Pines.

Pescada grande, he explained, is 10. Bicicleta is 52.

The tradition goes back to the... [ More ]