花當

花當

1. (Quanzhou Hokkien, gambling, historical) an illegal gambling numbers game, from Early Ming dynasty till it was banned in 1949, historically popular in Fujian, Guangdong, Shanghai, Guangxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Tianjin, Beijing, and further across Mainland China, Taiwan, and abroad

   Synonym: 花會／花会 (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taiwanese)

   1. (gambling, historical) a gambling game using an octangular teetotum with 5 to 8 characters
   2. (gambling, historical) a gambling game played by shaking dice without a teetotum with up to 37 characters

• → English: jueteng, hueteng
• → Spanish: jueteng
• → Tagalog: huweteng, jueteng

• 撚寶／撚宝

• “清末明初的另類彩票——打花會”, in 每日頭條‎, January 8, 2018
• Douglas, Carstairs (1899), “hoe-hē”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, London: Presbyterian Church of England, page 124
• Douglas, Carstairs (1899), “bóe-hoe-tǹg”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, London: Presbyterian Church of England, page 147
• Douglas, Carstairs (1899), “bóe hoe-tǹg”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, London: Presbyterian Church of England, page 512