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A '''Whitehall''' is a numbers game selection involving 1 number from the top row, 2 from the 2nd, 1 from the 3rd, and 2 from the bottom. it is named after the old telephone number of the Metropolitan Police (Whitehall 1212).
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[[Image:1212.jpg|right|thumb|250px|An example of the 'Whitehall' selection.]]
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A '''Whitehall''' is a [[numbers game]] selection involving one number from the top row, two from the second, one from the third, and two from the bottom. It is named after the old telephone number of the {{w|Metropolitan Police}} ({{w|Whitehall 1212}}).
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Alternatively, a [[contestant]] could ask for a Backward Whitehall; two from the first and third rows, one from the second and fourth.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 16:30, 16 February 2022

An example of the 'Whitehall' selection.

A Whitehall is a numbers game selection involving one number from the top row, two from the second, one from the third, and two from the bottom. It is named after the old telephone number of the Metropolitan Police (Whitehall 1212).

Alternatively, a contestant could ask for a Backward Whitehall; two from the first and third rows, one from the second and fourth.