OK Spooky - I have to admit, I lol'd at the wiki...

OK Spooky - I have to admit, I lol'd at the wiki explanation.

Which of these 2 would you rather:

Seven
The number 7 (Æß, Pinyin: q¨©) symbolizes "togetherness". It is a lucky number for relationships. It is also recognized as the luckiest number in the West, and is one of the rare numbers that is great in both Chinese and many Western cultures. It is a lucky number in Chinese culture, because it sounds alike to the Chinese character Æð (Pinyin: qi3) meaning arise.

[edit] Eight
The word for "eight" sounds similar to the word which means "prosper" or "wealth". In regional dialects the words for "eight" and "fortune" are also similar, eg Cantonese "baat3" and "faat3".

There is also a visual resemblance between two digits, "88", and ‡Ö, the "shu¨¡ng xĭ" ('double joy'), a popular decorative design composed of two stylized characters ϲ ("xĭ" meaning 'joy' or 'happiness').

A telephone number with all digits being eights was sold for USD$270,723 in Chengdu, China.

The opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Beijing began on 8/8/08 at 8 seconds and 8 minutes past 8 pm (local time).[1]

The Horseshoe Casino, in Hammond, Indiana, USA, also chose 08/08/08 as the opening date for its new facility.

A man in Hangzhou offered to sell his license plate reading A88888 for RMB 1.12 million (roughly $164,000 USD).[1]

Dragon Fish Industry in Singapore, a breeder of rare Asian Arowanas (which are "lucky fish" themselves, and, being a rare species, are required to be microchipped), makes sure to use numbers with plenty of eights in their microchip tag numbers, and appears to reserve particular numbers especially rich in eights and sixes (e.g. 702088880006688) for particularly valuable specimens.[2][3]

The value of eight could also be linked with buddhism and the meaning of Lotus flower (eight petals).

As part of grand opening promotions, a Commerce Bank branch in New York's Chinatown raffled off safety deposit box #888.

I would prefer to see 88888888's in the buying section of CNP - as it relates to wealth/prosperity.