Taizu and Laojun should normally be worshipped on a low pedestal on the ground, but in an era when the lottery game dajiale is rampant, they have been chosen as youyinggong (a Han Chinese name for lonely and wandering spirits which respond to prayers), and invited up onto the altar. Punters offer cigarettes and use a tray of sand to pick lucky numbers.
本應放在地上低台祭拜的太祖老君，在「大家樂」風行的時候，還被當作「有應公」（漢人稱無主的孤魂野鬼）請上神壇，用香煙祭祀，並有沙盤以求「明牌」。