In the Philippines, especially in Visayas and Mindanao, “hearing” is an everyday word amongst people who are addicted to playing suertres or Swertres. People usually ask “Anong hearing ngayon?” or “Anong hearing sa inyo?”. It’s another term for actually saying “Can you give me a probable number I can use to bet?” If they receive the same number, or the same “hearing” from several Suertres players (for instance 1-2-3), most likely they would visit a Lotto outlet and bet.