People of all classes and both sexes played huahui. There is a story of a woman in Chaozhou, in Fujian Province, who nearly bankrupted her family playing a 36-name version.
花會的參與者不分階層男女，潮州三十六人名的花會上，有老太太終年押注某一人，弄得還沒得彩就已經傾家蕩產。