They're cursed... horrible horrible luck. That's one way of looking at it. Another is good luck I guess, cause they were used to win the lottery then his whole family died and he crashed on an island... most people jsut think of them as "the numbers" cause they're everywhere on and off that island. Soccer jerseys... the code for "the button"... the side of the hatch... just totally random mentions of them there numbers all over the place.