jueteng

Etymology
Ultimately, via , where the use of $⟨j⟩$ represents // as it is spelled from  during the  in the Philippines. Compare 🇨🇬. Originally from, specifically :
 * + as per Douglas (1873/1899).
 * + according to Manuel (1948).
 * + according to Chan-Yap (1977) while transcribing the latter as ⟨“tn”⟩, though in Chan-Yap (1980), she transcribed the latter instead as ⟨“tŋ̣̆”⟩ (: tǹg) with a different character,, but  publications such as the  use the simplified form of the same initial term she pointed to, “花档” , to refer to the game.  According to ,  used to be written as.

The gambling game traces back to China where it is known more popularly and historically as 花會 and has been played since Early to Late  times starting in Coastal China, specifically in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Tianjin, Beijing, and spreading across Inland China and abroad and finally banned last in China since 1949. It has been made illegal in the Philippines in 1907 under. In the 21st century, it is still played illegally in secret in China and the Philippines under the of both countries, but government-run lotteries are used to regulate and compete against the illegal private practice. See also with  and.

Noun

 * 1)  An illegal numbers game lottery, using a tambiolo/tambola/tómbola container that is spun or a receptacle, sometimes shaped like a bottle or small-necked phial, that is shaken with the winning number from 1 to 37 on a ball or raffle ticket paper drawn after all bets are submitted