When too many tickets were distributed, numbers were classified into major categories such as shochikubai (pine, bamboo and plum trees), shunkashuto (spring, summer, autumn and winter), kachofugetsu (flower, bird, wind and moon) or Ichi-fuji, ni-taka, san-nasubi (Mt. Fuji, a hawk or an eggplant), five seasonal festivals, the seven gods of good fortune, the 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac etc., and then put numbers on them – for example, if No. 2353 of pine tree won, the same numbers of bamboo and plum trees were also given some amount of prize money.
札数が大多数に上る時は、番号には松竹梅、春夏秋冬、花鳥風月、または一富士、二鷹、三茄子、五節句、七福神、十二支という様に大分類を行い、そのそれぞれに番号を付け、たとえば松の2353番が当せんした時は竹、梅の同番号の札にもいくぶんかの金額を与えることがあった。