Hua Hui now
Hua-Hui and the lists are still played or used today :
- in a few places in its original form : riddles and a fixed list of names
- in some places the traditional local list has been transformed in an official lottery
- in some places the 2D, 3D, 4D lists are still very popular and used to choose lucky numbers in local lotteries
Here are some pictures of charts, tickets, and booklets used today. (All pictures were found on the web, except Sabah Chart from Fook Chen Tai).
The original game : riddles about one of fixed list of names
China
The game is illegal but played, using the names of 字花, 花会, 36种动物谜语... on markets (from time to time the game appears and is quickly removed by the police) and on the web.
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Hua-Hui at Indonesia and Sabah
Although gambling is forbidden, Hua-Hui is played in Indonesia. For the Sabah's version, there is a
mobile-app.
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Cổ Nhơn in Vietnam
Cổ Nhơn (古人) is played at Bình Định on every Tết festival (Lunar new year festival).
The way it is played is very close to the original game, the names used too.
There is a
Cổ Nhơn mobile-app (giving the list of the 40 animals).
2D books, like Bí Ẩn Những Giấc Mơ, can be found in Vietnam.
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Lotteries using a list derived from Hua-Hui
Lottery in Laos
The official Lao lottery is based on the 40 names' list (an extension of the 36 names' list present in many countries in South-East Asia).
There is an
app for mobile phones.
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Cashpot in Jamaica
Cashpot is now an official lottery in Jamaica, it is based on the 36 names' list of Drop-pan.
There is an
official applet for mobile phones.
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Play Whe in Trinidad and Tobaggo
Play-whe is an official lottery played in Trinidad and Tobaggo, it is based on the 36 names' list of Whe-Whe.
There is an
official applet for mobile phones.
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Play Way in Grenada
Play-way is an official lottery played in Grenada, it is a variant of Play-Whe from Trinidad and Tobaggo.
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Animalitos in Venezuela
Animalitos is played in many provinces of Venezuela, it is derived from Animal Felix from Panama.
The number of animals vary from 31 to 100. Other lotteries use fruits (Las Frutas), or Liquors (Licores).
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Extensions (2D, 3D, 4D, ....)
La Diaria in Honduras
La Diaria is an official lottery played in Honduras, it is derived from the Duky from Belize.
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Fafi in South-Africa
Fafi is illegal in South-Africa, but some "instant lotteries" use the symbols of the list....
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2D,3D in Indonesia
In Indonesia, dreams books for 2D, 3D and 4D lotteries are generally knwon as "tafsir mimpi" (dreams' interpretation).
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2D,3D in Malaysia
In Malaysia, dream books and mobile apps are used to gamble on lotteries' numbers.
There are many mobile apps :
Dabogong 大伯公,
Guan Yin 观音,
Magnum 4D
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2D,3D in Thailand
In Thailand, dreams books for 2D, 3D and 4D lotteries are very popular.
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