Number (game)

Number is an early 1970s text-based computer game for BASIC designed by People's Computer Company in which one must guess a number from one to 100, which the computer is "thinking of." The game appeared on page 2 of the book What to Do After You Hit Return or P.C.C.'s First Book of Computer Games.
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"Cut number" redirects here; "cut number" also refers to the codes used to identify pasta varieties.The numbers game, or policy racket, is an illegal lottery played mostly in poor neighborhoods in U.S. cities, wherein the bettor attempts to pick three or four digits to match those that will be randomly drawn the following day. The gambler places his or her bet with a bookie at a tavern, or other semi-private place that acts as a betting parlor. A runner carries the money and betting slips between the betting parlors and the headquarters, called a "numbers bank" or "policy bank". The name "policy" is from a similarity to cheap insurance, both seen as a gamble on the future.
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