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The shinobi law of numbers

The fighting capacity of the individual ninja is inversely proportionate to the number of similarly dressed shinobi present. Other wise known as the inverse law of ninjas.
The shinobi law of numbers says that all except one ninja will be cannon fodder, and the last one remaining will utterly wtfpwn everything else around him.
by Eloka December 13, 2008
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running numbers

the number runners that worked for organized crime in the 20's and 30's. During this time the Mafia and other gangs controlled a lottery like game which was called the numbers.

The people who worked for the numbers racket were called number runners. They collected the bets from the gamblers and delivered the payoff when the gamblers won. Sometimes, these number runners were said to be "running numbers."

the winning numbers were often determined by the final digits of the winning payoff results of horse races. It is also true that when you compare the numbers game which was an illegal lottery to today's legal state controlled lottery, it did offer higher payoffs.

But, the numbers runners were not bookies. A bookie is a person who takes illegal bets on horse racing or sporting events. Contrairy to what the Wikipedia says, these two professions were not combined because the numbers game and sports betting were usually controlled by different people. Also the bookies took bigger bets and looked down on the number runners who survived by taking many small bets; hence the terms "numbers runner" and "book maker" refer to different people.
Running numbers in a Bronx tale, any old gangster movie
by Sparkyyyyyyy519 September 16, 2013
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Bone Numbers

A phone number you get from a girl who you want to have sexual intercourse with.
"I went to the club last night, picked up a couple of bone numbers"
by Martin Paul-Jean April 15, 2009
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magic numbers

the 6 numbers used to find a specific doujinshi on nhentai.net

often used to discretely ask for sauce
(OP:) posts image
(Viewer:) Magic numbers?
(Stranger:) 215137
by Groobley June 28, 2019
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Sauce Numbers

Me:sauce numbers plz
Person:177013
Me:Son of a bitch!!
by 💩.io September 5, 2018
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Rookie Numbers

Hmm you see this, this right here yeah we can change this so as you can see it is set at 10mm those are rookie numbers god damn it so let’s change that to 2000000000mm yes thats more like it
by GrayStillPlays October 11, 2020
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Playing the numbers

A predecessor to state-run lotteries in the 1960s and '70s that thrived in poor neighborhoods.

The number was determined on a given day, by taking the second and third digits from the total amount of money in bank clearances from a predetermined bank, and the third digit in the Federal Reserve Bank's credit balance. On a day when the bank clearings were $589 million and the Fed's credit balance $116 million, the "89" from the first amount was combined with the "6" of the second to establish the day's winning number, 896.
Say, man You going to be playing the numbers today? Give me a nickel on 821. Make sure you combinate me.
by The Amalamps October 17, 2010
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