So there I was, driving in a taxi from Bog Walk to Spanish Town. It was about 11pm and I couldn’t find any legal taxis available. The first robot taxi that came my way was my ticket back to town. It appeared to be an old Toyota wagon, still running through the grace of God. The doors were handless , windowless and paintless. The car squeaked at every rotation of the wheel. Upon entry I was slapped in the face woth the smell of some high grade weed.
“Spanish Town ?”
“Den nuh muss Spanish Town mi a guh yow, nuh inna nuh hitchin enuh”
I immediately refrained from ‘hitchin’ and got in the vehicle. With a stranger in his car he found it necessary to make acquaintance. He initiated the conversation with a dream he had the night before. He believed the Gods have spoken to him through a vision, giving him secret codes for the Cash Pot numbers. It started with him riding a bicycle then parking it near his house. It was then stolen. He was then teleported into a taxi which was driving up a hill where the driver decided to park but didn’t pull up his hand brakes. The car rolled away and fell into a nearby ravine. I responded with ‘mmh’ at the end of every sentence to indicate that I was listening. He was so excited to tell me his story but all I could think about was his consumption of white rice after 7pm the night before. In Jamaica it is said that one will have dreams if such meals are consumed after 7pm. I am yet to verify.
The driver was so convinced that he should buy ‘black man’ and ‘thief’. Whether or not his vision would result in the successful selection of a Cash Pot number would depend on how well he interpreted the codes in his vision. But the vision was infallible. I provided no council, nor did I aim to cash in on the potential winnings. As a visionless man with a very small pocket, such a potentially financially advancing vision is just what I needed. I would also need a little faith in the method as I did not purchase the guaranteed winning numbers.
Cash Pot is a gambling game popular in Jamaica where numbers drawn represents an item person or place. It is based on the games of chance known as ‘Drop Pan’. You may place a bet on 1 number with a minimum of $10 Jamaican or up to $500 Jamaican. There are 36 numbers (1-36) making the odds of winning 36:1. winners receive 26 times the amount of the bet placed. $100 can win $2600. ‘Drawing of numbers take place five times per day at 8:30am, 10:30a.m., 1pm, 5pm and 8:25pm from the first day of the week to the seventh. Players win when the number they selected matches the randomly selected number chosen at the live Television Jamaica and IRIE FM radio station draw daily.’ (Supremeventures.com).
Each number has several meanings, below is a list of all the main meanings of the numbers:
#1 – duppy
#2 – small fire, batty
#3 – dead
#4 – egg, sex
#5 – thief
#6 – strong man, stone
#7 – married woman, hog
#8 – belly, hole
#9 – old man, old dead
#10 – small house, crib, coop
#11 – boy, two legs
#12 – head
#13 – police, black woman
#14 – mouth
#15 – running, swimming
#16 – young girl
#17 – old dead, chiney man
#18 – doctor, doctor bird, doctor fish
#19 – silver money
#20 – sick
#21 – bad girl
#22 – white woman
#23 – black man
#24 – fresh water
#25 – john crow
#26 – white man
#27 – big fire
#28 – fowl
#29 – parson
#30 – fish
#31 – lizard, long stick, penis
#32 – gold
#33 – big house
#34 – baby
#35 – goat, vagina
#36 – old woman
The taxi driver did not win the Cash Pot draw. Could it be a misinterpretation of the vision?
– Aldeam Facey 2017
