This is a numbers game that involves the combination of 37 numbers against 37 numbers. It is a form of local lottery where the operators accept bets as small as 25 centavos and as high as P100 per combination. This form gambling caters to the poor and middle class who put in daily bets to keep the business alive.
Thousands of people in Luzon make jueteng their source of livelihood either as collectors of bets or supervisors (cabo as referred to in the local dialect). These people do not know any kind of calling except as participants in the illegal operations of jueteng.
How It Is Played
The numbers 1 to 37 marked in small wooden sizes just like those in bingo games are placed inside a container usually made of rattan. The draw is being witnessed by all the cabos to show a semblance of honesty in the game. Somebody from the group of persons who are witnessing the game shakes the numbers inside the container and then draws one number which will become the first number of the winning combination. The first number taken out is duly recorded and returned to the container for the drawing of the second number of the winning combination. The container is shaken for the second time and another number is drawn for the second number of the winning combination. .
