Mochina Fafi Numbers Guide

Fafi, more commonly known in the townships as Mo-china, is one of the most popular forms of gambling in South African townships, especially Gauteng. Fafi or Mo-china is a form of mobile lottery where punters bet on which number will be drawn by selecting a number between 1 and 36. Although township people bet small amounts, the potential for winning is great as each number is paid at odds of 28/1. Corner/spaza shop owners play the role of a bookie, also known as the runner, they usually take bets three times a day, morning, afternoon, and in the evening. Once all bets have been taken by the runner, the draw is done inside a luxury car with tinted windows that can be spotted cruising around the townships, the driver of the car is known as Mo-china.

The store owner or runner is employed to collect all bets and distribute the winnings. The runner collects bets on a board numbered from 1 to 36. To prevent any manipulation from the runner, Mo-china holds up the number drawn so the punters can see what is the winning number. Six numbers are usually blocked and no bets can be placed on these numbers, these are numbers which have been drawn in the previous three rounds.

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Where does Fafi come from?

The exact origins of this lottery-style game is unknown, however, this game has many ties to the Chinese community in South Africa.

How do players choose their numbers?

Players don’t always choose numbers randomly, there’s usually a good reason why a punter will bet on a specific number, and that reason, most of the time, is a dream. Numbers 1-5 carry a specific meaning, as shown below:

1 – King, human blood, white man, left eye
2 – monkey, native, a spirit, chief, copper, money, jockey
3 – sea water, accident, frog, sailor, sex
4 – dead man, turkey, small fortune, bed
5 – tiger, fight, strong man

Amongst the black culture, and probably many other cultures around the world, dreams carry meaning and significance in the real world. Their interpretation and meaning is taken seriously, hence why punters wont dismiss dreams as just that, but rather take it communication from the other side.

How is the winning number drawn?

Many punters have confirmed that they do not know how the draw is done or how the winning number is selected. Many have speculated that Mo-china himself determines what the winning number is with full knowledge of what bets have been placed.

Many punters seem to not have a problem with this as they feel this is a fair way of determining the winning number.

Mo-china numbers and meaning

NUMBER	SYMBOL	MEANING
1	King	Human blood, white man, left eye
2	Monkey	Native, spirit chief, copper money, jockey
3	Sea Water	Accident, frog, sex, sailor
4	Dead Man	Turkey, small fortune, bed
5	Tiger	Fight, strong man
6	Ox Blood	Gentleman, milk
7	Lion	Thief, big stick, chickens
8	Pig	Drunken man, loafer, fat man, Chinese king
9	Moon	Baby, hole, owl, devil, anything round, pumpkin
10	Eggs	Train, boat, grave, anything oval
11	Carriage	Wood, tree, furniture, bicycle, flowers
12	Dead Woman	Ducks, small fire, Chinese Queen
13	Big Fish	Ghosts, spirits
14	Old Woman	Fox, detective, nurse, native woman
15	Bad Woman	Prostitute, canary, white house, small knife
16	Small House	Coffin, pigeon, letter, young woman, paper money
17	Diamond Woman	Queen, pearls, diamonds, star, worms, white woman
18	Silver Money	Servant girl, right eye, butterfly, hook, rain
19	Little Girl	Smoke, bread, big bird, left hand
20	Cat	Hankerchief, body, music, minister, naked woman
21	Old Man	Stranger, fisherman, knife, elephant, nose, teeth
22	Bats	Motor car, big ship, left foot, shoes
23	Horse	Doctor, head, hair, crown
24	Mouth	Wild cat, vixen, lioness, purse
25	Big House	Church, boxer, hospital
26	Bees	Big crown, bad man, big bush, geeral funeral, mad man
27	Dog	Policeman, newborn baby, medicines, sad news
28	Sardines	Small fish, thief, night, foot, sulemene, surprise, small baby
29	Small Water	Coffin, rain, tears, big knife, right hand
30	Fowl	Graveyard, Indian, threat, forest
31	Big Fire	Bishop, excitement, guinea fowl, fig, big spirit, woman, feathers
32	Gold Money	Dirty woman, snake
33	Little Boy	Spider
34	Meat	Human dung, anything dirty, sick woman, honey, cripple, tramp
35	Clothes	Sheep, big hole, big grave
36	Shrimp	Stick, admiral, gun, cigar

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