talo

From Proto-Philippine *talu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talu.


tong

Borrowed from Hokkien, possibly either:
* 當／当 (tong, “to bear; to take responsibility; to match equally”) as recorded in Barclay (1923) in Douglas (1873), where "the person who supplies a private gambling party with room, cards, and food, (customarily) receives a percentage of the winnings" as per Barclay (1923).
* 東／东 (tong, “host”, literally “east”) according to Manuel (1948) as in 做東／做东 (chòe-tong / chò-tong, “to act as a host”) or 作東／作东 (chok-tong) as recorded in Douglas (1873), because it was customary in China for the host to sit on the east side of the room or table when receiving a guest, who usually stays on the west side, as per Manuel (1948).
Chan-Yap (1980) also records a ⟨“tôŋ”⟩ (POJ: tong), which she described as 'percentage cut of a gambling taken from winners', though she was not clear on which term in Hokkien that she meant by this.
Compare Ilocano tong (“bribe money”), agtong (“to give bribe money”).

(gambling) percentage cut or commission of the winnings taken from the winner/s for the banker/dealer or owner of the gambling house


todo

Borrowed from Spanish todo. Doublet of todas.

(gambling) entirely put as bet in a single game


todo

(gambling) act of betting all one's money in a single game


talon

Compare Malay terjun (“to dive, to jump from a high place”) and Malay turun (“descend; fall”).

cog

(gambling) a kind of bet in the game sakla


salida

(gambling) money paid out to winners in excess of the winnings after each game


golpe

Borrowed from Spanish golpe, from Old Spanish colpe, from Late Latin colpus, syncopation of *colŭpus, alteration of Latin colaphus, from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos). Doublet of gulpi.

(gambling) first prize of money given to the owner of a gambling place


kasa

Borrowed from Spanish cazar (“to hunt”), from Late Latin captiāre (“to catch”).

(gambling) covering bet or acceptance of a bet


todas

Borrowed from Spanish todas, feminine plural of todo. Doublet of todo.


todas

(gambling, slang) appearance of a desired card in order to win


kabo

Borrowed from Spanish cabo, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput. Doublet of hepe and tsip.


balato

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish barato. Doublet of barat and barato.

bor+

Minsan, nilapitan niya ako at binigyan ng balato na kung ilang libong piso. Masayang masaya ako, hindi ako tumaya pero para akong nanalo, hinalikan ko siya sa batok kasabay ang biro kong, “Ito lang ba?”

2003, Ligaya Tiamson-Rubin, Angono, Rizal: Bukal ng sining:

At one time, he approached me and gave me a consolation of around some thousand pesos. I'm very happy, I didn't made a bet but I felt like I won, that I kissed him on the neck along with a chuckle, "Is this it?"

(gambling) share of money or kind given away as goodwill by the winner (in gambling, a business deal, etc., especially in a game of balikutsa)


eskalera

[ʔɛs.kɐˈlɛː.ɾɐ]

(gambling) consecutive number of the same type of card or die


lagay

→ Ilocano: lagay


taob

(gambling, figurative) bankrupt (of a banker)


taob

(gambling, figurative) bankruptcy (of a banker)


kristo

Batikan kasing kristo sa sabungan kaya mahusay magdugtung-dugtong ng mga salita si Tata Peles.

He's an experienced bet collector in the cockpit so he knows how to join together the words of Grandpa Peles.

(gambling) bet collector in cockfighting; agent for bettors in cockfighting


salap

Borrowed from Arabic صَرْف (ṣarf, “money exchange; expense; money”). Compare Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf, “money changer”).

cog

(gambling, colloquial) small goodwill share of money given away by the winner to companions


kotong

Borrowed from Hokkien 股東／股东 (kó͘-tong, “shareholder”).

bor+

(gambling) limited-amount winnings (when playing jueteng)


hulog

From Proto-Philippine *huluʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huluʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *Suluʀ (“to lower, let down, as on a rope”). Compare Paiwan surur (“a taut-stretched line”), Ilocano ulog (“to descend, go down”), Bikol Central hulog, Cebuano hulog, Tausug hulug, Malay hulur (“letting go, slacking or paying out (a line)”), and Manggarai ulur (“to lower, let oneself down”).


huweteng

[ˈhwɛː.t̪ɛŋ]

Borrowed from Hokkien, specifically Quanzhou Hokkien 花當／花当 (hoe-tǹg):
* 買／买 (bóe, “to buy; to purchase”) + 花當／花当 (hoe-tǹg) as per Douglas (1873/1899).
* 花 (hoe, “to spend”, literally “flower; to bloom; to blossom”) + 當／当 (tǹg, “to pawn; to take on mortgage”) according to Manuel (1948).
* 花 (hoe, “to spend”, literally “flower; to bloom; to blossom”) + 檔／档 (tòng, “space”) according to Chan-Yap (1977) while transcribing the latter character as ⟨“tn”⟩. Though in Chan-Yap (1980), she transcribed the latter instead as ⟨“tŋ̣̆”⟩ (POJ: tǹg) with a different character, 擋／挡 (tòng). However, Chinese publications in the Philippines currently use 花檔／花档 to refer to the game. According to (Wang, 1982), 擋／挡 used to be written as 當／当.
The gambling game traces back to China where it is known more popularly and historically as 花會 and has been played since Early Ming Dynasty to Late Qing Dynasty 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. It has been made illegal in the Philippines in 1907 under American rule. In the 21st century, it is still played illegally in secret in China and the Philippines under the informal economy of both countries, but government-run lotteries are used to regulate and compete against the illegal private practice.
See also wahoy with Zhangzhou Hokkien 花會／花会 (hoa-hōe) and Xiamen Hokkien 花會／花会 (hoe-hē).

(gambling) jueteng (an illegal Chinese numbers game lottery of number pairs from 1 to 37 on balls or raffle ticket papers stored in either a tambiolo container which is spun or a bottle-shaped or small-necked phial receptacle which is shaken, then the winning number is drawn after all bets are submitted)

History of the Philippines (1898–1946)
Ming Dynasty
Pe̍h-ōe-jī
Qing Dynasty
Thomas Barclay (missionary)
informal economy


kurap

(gambling) crap (losing throw of 2, 3, or 12 in craps)


talunan

(gambling) defeated resulting in death (of a gamecock in cockfighting)


talunan

(gambling) gamecock defeated in a cockfight resulting to death


kobrador

tl-noun

kobradór (feminine kobradora, Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜊ᜔ᜇᜇᜓᜇ᜔)

kobradór (canonical)
kobradora (feminine)
ᜃᜓᜊ᜔ᜇᜇᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish cobrador. By surface analysis, kobra (“act of collecting debts”) + -dor.

surf

Mas marami ngayon ang kobrador at dumami ang kabo; lumaki ang kita, dumami ang taya o tumataya kahit may implasyon, at lalong lumaki ang suhol sa mga lokal na opisyal ng gobyerno, sa mga pulis at provincial commander , sa mga ...

2005, Sawikaan 2005: mga salita ng taon, UP Press, →ISBN, page 11:

There are more bet collectors and also the chief collectors; more income is flowing in, bets or bettors increased despite inflation, and bribes to local government officials, the police and the provincial commander, etc. increased.

(gambling) bet collector (esp. in jueteng)


wahoy

Borrowed from Hokkien, specifically Zhangzhou Hokkien 花會／花会 (hoa-hōe) 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 Ming Dynasty to Late Qing Dynasty 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. Jueteng has been made illegal in the Philippines in 1907 under American rule. In the 21st century, it is still played illegally in secret in China and the Philippines under the informal economy of both countries, but government-run lotteries are used to regulate and compete against the illegal private practice.
Compare Tausug wahuy. See also huweteng with Quanzhou Hokkien 花當／花当 (hoe-tǹg) and Xiamen Hokkien 花會／花会 (hoe-hē).

(gambling) 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 tambola/tambiyolo raffle container before betting starts

History of the Philippines (1898–1946)
Jueteng
Ming Dynasty
Qing Dynasty
Thomas Barclay (missionary)
informal economy


tiyope

[ˈt͡ʃoː.pɛʔ]

Uncertain. Possibly from Hokkien 籌備／筹备 (tiû-pī, “to make preparations”), according to Manuel (1948), or from Spanish torpe.

der

(gambling, cockfighting) bet on by an unlucky bettor (of a gamecock)


tiyope

[ˈt͡ʃoː.pɛʔ]

(gambling, cockfighting) gamecock that an unlucky bettor places a bet on


bangkero

[bɐŋˈkɛː.ɾo]

(gambling) banker (dealer in a gambling house)


balasador

balasadór (canonical)
ᜊᜎᜐᜇᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

From balasa (“shuffle”) + Spanish -dor. Compare Spanish barajador.

(gambling) person who shuffles; shuffler


sakla

Ultimately from Sanskrit चक्र (cakra, “circle; wheel”). Compare Malay cakra. Doublet of siklo.

(gambling) a game similar to a raffle where a player would bet on a pair of cards from a deck placed on the table, and after reshuffling the deck, the player would win if both cards reappear


porsiyento

tl-noun

porsiyento (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

ᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ (Baybayin)

(gambling) percentage of winnings taken by a machine owner


sentensiyador

sentensiyadór (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜇᜓᜇ᜔)

sentensiyadór (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜇᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

[sɛn̪.t̪ɛn̪.ʃɐˈd̪oɾ]

Borrowed from Spanish sentenciador (“sentencer; judge”).

bor+

(gambling) judge or referee in a cockfighting or horse race


liyabe

Borrowed from Spanish llave (“key”), from Latin clāvis (“key”). Compare Bikol Central lyabe. Doublet of yawe.


saklob

(gambling) partnership or joint venture of two partners


saklob

(gambling) sharing with each other in an investment (especially of bankers in a gambling venture)