wahoy

Etymology
, specifically as per Douglas (1873/1899). 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. 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. Compare 🇨🇬. See also with  and.

Noun

 * 1)  a Chinese lottery numbers game of number pairs from 1 to 37, similar to jueteng, but the winning number on a ball or a raffle ticket paper is placed into a /tambiyolo raffle container before betting starts