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Sic bo (骰寶), also known as tai sai (大細), dai siu (大小), big and small or hi-lo, is an unequal game of chance of ancient Chinese origin played with three dice. Grand hazard and chuck-a-luck are variants, both of English origin. The literal meaning of sic bo is 'precious dice', while dai siu and dai sai mean 'big [or] small'.
Sic bo is a casino game, popular in Asia and widely played (as dai siu) in casinos in Macau. It is played in the Philippines as hi-lo.[1] It was introduced to the United States by Chinese immigrants in the early 20th century, and can now be found in most American casinos. Since 2002, it can be played legally in licensed casinos in the United Kingdom.
Gameplay involves betting that a certain condition (e.g. that all three dice will roll the same) will be satisfied by a roll of the dice.[2] Cazino lounge las vegas. Love guru online.
Gameplay[edit]
Players place their bets on certain areas of the table as shown in the picture above. The dealer then picks up a small chest containing the dice, which he/she closes and shakes. Finally the dealer opens the chest to reveal the combination.
Comparison to craps[edit]
Sic bo is one of two casino games involving dice, the other being craps. Sic bo is strictly a game of chance because every roll on the dice results a win or loss on any bet. In craps, some bets require certain rolls before they can become winning or losing bets, thus encouraging strategy.
Betting options[edit]
| Type | Wager | Probability | United Kingdom | New Zealand | Macau | No House Edge | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odds | House Edge | Odds | House Edge | Odds | House Edge | Odds | |||
| Big (大) | The total score will be from 11 to 17 (inclusive) with the exception of a triple | 48.61% | 1 to 1 | 2.78% | 1 to 1 | 2.78% | 1 to 1 | 2.78% | 37 to 35 |
| Small (小) | The total score will be from 4 to 10 (inclusive) with the exception of a triple | 48.61% | 1 to 1 | 2.78% | 1 to 1 | 2.78% | 1 to 1 | 2.78% | 37 to 35 |
| Odd | The total score will be an odd number with the exception of a triple | 48.61% | 1 to 1 | 2.78% | 1 to 1 | 2.78% | 37 to 35 | ||
| Even | The total score will be an even number with the exception of a triple | 48.61% | 1 to 1 | 2.78% | 1 to 1 | 2.78% | 37 to 35 | ||
| Specific 'Triples' or 'Alls' (圍一 圍二 圍三 圍四 圍五 圍六) | A specific number will appear on all three dice | 0.46% | 180 to 1 | 16.2% | 180 to 1 | 16.2% | 150 to 1 | 30.1% | 215 to 1 |
| Specific Doubles | A specific number will appear on at least two of the three dice | 7.41% | 10 to 1 | 18.5% | 11 to 1 | 11.1% | 8 to 1 | 33.3% | 25 to 2 |
| Any Triple or All 'Alls' (全圍) | Any of the triples will appear | 2.8% | 30 to 1 | 13.9% | 31 to 1 | 11.1% | 24 to 1 | 30.6% | 35 to 1 |
| Three Dice Total (a specific total score in the range of 4 to 17 inclusive) | 4 or 17 | 1.4% | 60 to 1 | 15.3% | 62 to 1 | 12.5% | 50 to 1 | 29.2% | 71 to 1 |
| 5 or 16 | 2.8% | 30 to 1 | 13.9% | 31 to 1 | 11.1% | 18 to 1 | 47.2% | 35 to 1 | |
| 6 or 15 | 4.6% | 18 to 1 | 12% | 18 to 1 | 12% | 14 to 1 | 30.6% | 103 to 5 | |
| 7 or 14 | 6.9% | 12 to 1 | 9.7% | 12 to 1 | 9.7% | 12 to 1 | 9.7% | 67 to 5 | |
| 8 or 13 | 9.7% | 8 to 1 | 12.5% | 8 to 1 | 12.5% | 8 to 1 | 12.5% | 65 to 7 | |
| 9 or 12 | 11.6% | 7 to 1 | 7.4% | 7 to 1 | 7.4% | 6 to 1 | 19% | 191 to 25 | |
| 10 or 11 | 12.5% | 6 to 1 | 12.5% | 6 to 1 | 12.5% | 6 to 1 | 12.5% | 7 to 1 | |
| Dice Combinations | Two of the dice will show a specific combination of two different numbers (for example, a 3 and a 4) | 13.9% | 6 to 1 | 2.8% | 6 to 1 | 2.8% | 5 to 1 | 16.7% | 31 to 5 |
| Single Dice Bet | The specific number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 will appear on one, two, or all three dice | 1: 34.72% 2: 6.94% 3: 0.46% | 1: 1 to 1 2: 2 to 1 3: 3 to 1 | 7.9% | 1: 1 to 1 2: 2 to 1 3: 12 to 1 | 3.7% | 1: 1 to 1 2: 2 to 1 3: 3 to 1 | 7.9% | 1: 1 to 1 2: 3 to 1 3: 5 to 1 (simplest version) |
| Four Number Combination | Any three of the four numbers in one of the following specific combinations will appear: 6, 5, 4, 3; 6, 5, 3, 2; 5, 4, 3, 2; or 4, 3, 2, 1 | 11.1% | 7 to 1 | 11.1% | 7 to 1 | 11.1% | 7 to 1 | 11.1% | 8 to 1 |
| Three Single Number Combination | The dice will show a specific combination of three different numbers | 2.8% | 30 to 1 | 13.9% | 30 to 1 | 13.9% | 35 to 1 | ||
| Specific Double and Single Number Combination | Two of the dice will show a specific double and the third die will show a specific, different number | 1.4% | 50 to 1 | 29.2% | 60 to 1 | 15.3% | 71 to 1 |
The most common wagers are 'Big' and 'Small'.
Variants[edit]
Grand Hazard is a gambling game of English origin, also played with three dice. It is distinct from Hazard, another gambling game of English origin, played with two dice. The dice are either thrown with a cup or rolled down a chute containing a series of inclined planes ('hazard chute') that tumble the dice as they fall.[3] Threes-of-a-kind are known as 'raffles' and pay out at 18 to 1.
Chuck-a-luck, also known as 'sweat cloth', 'chuckerluck' and birdcage,[3] is a variant in the United States, which has its origins in grand hazard. The three dice are kept in a device that resembles a wire-frame bird cage and that pivots about its centre. The dealer rotates the cage end over end, with the dice landing on the bottom. Chuck-a-luck usually features only the single-number wagers, sometimes with an additional wager for any 'triple' (all three dice showing the same number) with odds of 30 to 1 (or thereabouts). Chuck-a-luck was once common in Nevada casinos but is now rare, frequently having been replaced by sic bo tables.
See also[edit]
- Cee-lo - a gambling game played with three six-sided dice
Notes[edit]
- ^Online Online Sic Bo Guide
- ^'Rules and Strategies for Sic Bo'. Retrieved December 3, 2010.
- ^ abThe Official World Encyclopaedia of Sports and Games 1979 Diagram Group p 128
References[edit]
Regulation in the United Kingdom
Regulation in New Zealand
There's something about the randomness of a dice roll that makes dice drinking games really fun. Dice games are usually very simple, yet can involve more strategy than you may think.
In this article, we're sharing our top 7 dice drinking games to play at home or at parties. Dice drinking games are a perfect way to start a night out, or for a night in with friends. Let's go!
The Best Dice Drinking Games
Six Cups
The four divine beasts. Players: 3+ | Required Dice: 1
6 cups is an easy to learn, extremely fun drinking game for 3-6 players. You'll only need one 6-sided dice and 6 cups for beer / other drinks.
How to play Six Cups
- Start with 6 numbered, empty cups on a table (cup 1, cup 2, etc.)
- First player rolls the dice
- Fill the corresponding cup with beer
- The next player rolls the dice
- The number rolled corresponds to each cup – an empty cup is filled, and a filled cup must be drunk
- If a player threads the last cup (making all 6 cups empty or all 6 cups full) they may assign someone else a shot
6 cups is the perfect dice drinking game for a larger party or at a rowdy pub with friends. Easy to learn, fun for everyone, and a quick way to end up tipsy.
Pig
Players: 2+ | Required Dice: 1
Pig is a simple dice game that makes for a great drinking game. Each player takes turns rolling the dice. During your turn, you may roll as many times as you like, adding each roll's number together. The aim is to get to as high a number as possible. The winner is the first player to reach 100 or more points.
Sounds pretty easy, right? I'll just roll a bunch of times until I reach 100!
Not so fast. If you roll a 1, your score for that turn roll is set to 0 points. You must decide when to end your turn. Maybe after three rolls, maybe four?
The idea of Pig is that you start to get greedy for more points during each turn, risking just one more roll for a few extra points. But if you happen to roll a 1, all that turn's points are gone and the next player gets to roll.
How to make Pig into a dice drinking game
So how do you make this simple dice game into a drinking game? Easy. every time someone rolls a 1, that person must take as many drinks as they rolled the dice during that turn.
Chō-Han
Players: 2+ | Required Dice: 2
Chō-han is an incredibly simple Japanese dice game. It is commonly seen in Yakuza films, and has been played for generations. A simple choice for one of the quickest and easiest dice drinking games.
How to play Chō-Han:
- One person rolls 2 six-sided dice, and hides the result from other players
- Other players make bets on whether the total is Odd (Han) or Even (Chō)
- The roller reveals the dice
To make Chō-Han a drinking game, the losing bets must take a drink. To make it more interesting, betters can 'wager' additional drinks before the dice roll has been revealed. For example, I bet 3 sips that the dice roll is odd. This requires that all betters agree on a wager. If you lose, the wager must be drunk.
Chō-Han is a both fun and historic, and can be played for hours on end (or until everyone is too drunk!).
Yahtzee (Drinking Game)
Players: 2+ | Required Dice: 5
Yahtzee is the classic poker-style dice game. It's pretty fun in original form, but you know what makes it more fun? Making it a dice drinking game of course!
Rules of the Yahtzee Drinking Game
- Play Yahtzee as normal
- When a player rolls a 1, they must take a drink
- If a player rolls 4-of-a-kind, they must take that number of drinks (ex. if you roll four 2s, you must take 2 drinks, four 6s, take 6 drinks)
- If a player rolls a Yahtzee, they may tell one other player to finish his/her drink
Yahtzee is a longer game, so the fun can continue for a while before the game is done. Feel free to add in other rules before beginning your game. There are endless possibilities when each player is rolling 5 dice.
Liar's Dice (Pirate's Dice)
Players: 3+ | Required Dice: 5 per player
Pirates of the Caribbean famously portrayed Liar's Dice as 'Pirate's Dice' when Will challenges Davy Jones to a match.
Liar's Dice is a bit more complicated, but once the rules are well understood the game is extremely fun and even strategic. Liar's Dice is largely based on bluffing and guessing.
How to play Liar's Dice
- Each play rolls their 5 dice, and keeps the result hidden from other players (use a cup or your hands)
- Each player's 5-dice are called their 'stash' and the total collection of all dice is called the 'pool'
- To start a round, one player states a quantity and type of dice, for example 'three 4s' – this player is guessing that there are at least three 4s in the pool
- The next player can either challenge or continue the game
- To challenge, the next player disagrees that there are at least three 4s in the pool. All players now reveal their stash. If the challenging player is wrong, they lose one of their dice. If they are correct, the last player loses one of their dice
- To continue the game, the next player has to raise the original guess by increasing either the quantity of dice or the type of dice. For example he could say 'two 5s' or 'four 1s'. In the former, the type of dice was increased. In the latter, the quantity of dice was increased
- This continues until a challenge is made
- The winner is the last player to have any dice remaining
How to make Liar's Dice a Drinking Dame
- Anytime someone guesses a quantity and type of the same number, they must drink (ie. three 3s, four 4s)
- A caught liar must drink
- A failed challenger must drink twice
You can also add rules for the total pool's numbers, for example if the pool has six 6s, everyone must finish their drink.
If you don't have enough actual dice to play this game, consider downloading a simple dice rolling app or using a dice roll website on your phone.
Higher or Lower
Players: 2+ | Required Dice: 2
Big Dice Games For Kids
Higher or Lower was featured in our top 15 drinking games for 2 players article (check out this article for awesome drinking game ideas for just 2 people).
Big Dice Games For Groups
However, this is one of the dice drinking games that can also be played with more than 2 players as well. It is a very simple game with an easy learning curve.
How to play Higher or Lower (Dice Drinking Game)
- One person holds two 6-sided dice
- The other players guess what number will be rolled (between 2-12). Let's say that the guess is '5'
- The roller guesses whether the roll will be higher or lower than what was guessed. Let's say 'higher'
- The dice is rolled – Let's pretend that the actual number is 9
- If the roller is right, I have to drink however many numbers my guess was away from the actual rolled number. In this case, 4 (9 – 5 = 4)
- If the roller is wrong, then he has to drink the difference
- If the roll is the same as the guess, the roller has to finish their drink
- After each roll, pass the dice to the next person to be the roller
It might seem like a good idea to guess numbers right in the middle, but it gets more fun when you start making bolder guesses. With just 2 dice required and such simple rules, Higher or Lower is a great place to start if you're looking for simple dice drinking games.
Left Center Right (LCR)
Players: 3+ | Required Dice: 3 per player (custom dice) | Buy On Amazon
Left Center Right is a dice game that uses custom made dice. Each dice contains 3 sides with 'L' 'C' and 'R' respectively, and 3 sides with a dot.
How to play LCR
- Each player receives 3 or more chips
- Players take turns rolling the 3 custom dice
- For each L rolled, the player passes one chip to the player to their left
- For each R rolled, the player passes one chip to the player to their right
- For each C rolled, the player adds a chip into the center 'pot'
- Each dot rolled has no effect
- When a player has less than 3 chips remaining, they can only roll that many dice on their turn (if you have 2 chips, you only roll 2 dice)
- If a player runs out of chips, they can still accumulate chips back from other players
- If a player has no chips for 2 turns, they are out of the game
How to make LCR a dice drinking game
- For every dot that a player rolls, he/she must take that number of drinks
- For every turn that you go without any chips, you may give a drink to one other player
- If you are knocked out of the game, you must finish your drink
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Variants[edit]
Grand Hazard is a gambling game of English origin, also played with three dice. It is distinct from Hazard, another gambling game of English origin, played with two dice. The dice are either thrown with a cup or rolled down a chute containing a series of inclined planes ('hazard chute') that tumble the dice as they fall.[3] Threes-of-a-kind are known as 'raffles' and pay out at 18 to 1.
Chuck-a-luck, also known as 'sweat cloth', 'chuckerluck' and birdcage,[3] is a variant in the United States, which has its origins in grand hazard. The three dice are kept in a device that resembles a wire-frame bird cage and that pivots about its centre. The dealer rotates the cage end over end, with the dice landing on the bottom. Chuck-a-luck usually features only the single-number wagers, sometimes with an additional wager for any 'triple' (all three dice showing the same number) with odds of 30 to 1 (or thereabouts). Chuck-a-luck was once common in Nevada casinos but is now rare, frequently having been replaced by sic bo tables.
See also[edit]
- Cee-lo - a gambling game played with three six-sided dice
Notes[edit]
- ^Online Online Sic Bo Guide
- ^'Rules and Strategies for Sic Bo'. Retrieved December 3, 2010.
- ^ abThe Official World Encyclopaedia of Sports and Games 1979 Diagram Group p 128
References[edit]
Regulation in the United Kingdom
Regulation in New Zealand
There's something about the randomness of a dice roll that makes dice drinking games really fun. Dice games are usually very simple, yet can involve more strategy than you may think.
In this article, we're sharing our top 7 dice drinking games to play at home or at parties. Dice drinking games are a perfect way to start a night out, or for a night in with friends. Let's go!
The Best Dice Drinking Games
Six Cups
The four divine beasts. Players: 3+ | Required Dice: 1
6 cups is an easy to learn, extremely fun drinking game for 3-6 players. You'll only need one 6-sided dice and 6 cups for beer / other drinks.
How to play Six Cups
- Start with 6 numbered, empty cups on a table (cup 1, cup 2, etc.)
- First player rolls the dice
- Fill the corresponding cup with beer
- The next player rolls the dice
- The number rolled corresponds to each cup – an empty cup is filled, and a filled cup must be drunk
- If a player threads the last cup (making all 6 cups empty or all 6 cups full) they may assign someone else a shot
6 cups is the perfect dice drinking game for a larger party or at a rowdy pub with friends. Easy to learn, fun for everyone, and a quick way to end up tipsy.
Pig
Players: 2+ | Required Dice: 1
Pig is a simple dice game that makes for a great drinking game. Each player takes turns rolling the dice. During your turn, you may roll as many times as you like, adding each roll's number together. The aim is to get to as high a number as possible. The winner is the first player to reach 100 or more points.
Sounds pretty easy, right? I'll just roll a bunch of times until I reach 100!
Not so fast. If you roll a 1, your score for that turn roll is set to 0 points. You must decide when to end your turn. Maybe after three rolls, maybe four?
The idea of Pig is that you start to get greedy for more points during each turn, risking just one more roll for a few extra points. But if you happen to roll a 1, all that turn's points are gone and the next player gets to roll.
How to make Pig into a dice drinking game
So how do you make this simple dice game into a drinking game? Easy. every time someone rolls a 1, that person must take as many drinks as they rolled the dice during that turn.
Chō-Han
Players: 2+ | Required Dice: 2
Chō-han is an incredibly simple Japanese dice game. It is commonly seen in Yakuza films, and has been played for generations. A simple choice for one of the quickest and easiest dice drinking games.
How to play Chō-Han:
- One person rolls 2 six-sided dice, and hides the result from other players
- Other players make bets on whether the total is Odd (Han) or Even (Chō)
- The roller reveals the dice
To make Chō-Han a drinking game, the losing bets must take a drink. To make it more interesting, betters can 'wager' additional drinks before the dice roll has been revealed. For example, I bet 3 sips that the dice roll is odd. This requires that all betters agree on a wager. If you lose, the wager must be drunk.
Chō-Han is a both fun and historic, and can be played for hours on end (or until everyone is too drunk!).
Yahtzee (Drinking Game)
Players: 2+ | Required Dice: 5
Yahtzee is the classic poker-style dice game. It's pretty fun in original form, but you know what makes it more fun? Making it a dice drinking game of course!
Rules of the Yahtzee Drinking Game
- Play Yahtzee as normal
- When a player rolls a 1, they must take a drink
- If a player rolls 4-of-a-kind, they must take that number of drinks (ex. if you roll four 2s, you must take 2 drinks, four 6s, take 6 drinks)
- If a player rolls a Yahtzee, they may tell one other player to finish his/her drink
Yahtzee is a longer game, so the fun can continue for a while before the game is done. Feel free to add in other rules before beginning your game. There are endless possibilities when each player is rolling 5 dice.
Liar's Dice (Pirate's Dice)
Players: 3+ | Required Dice: 5 per player
Pirates of the Caribbean famously portrayed Liar's Dice as 'Pirate's Dice' when Will challenges Davy Jones to a match.
Liar's Dice is a bit more complicated, but once the rules are well understood the game is extremely fun and even strategic. Liar's Dice is largely based on bluffing and guessing.
How to play Liar's Dice
- Each play rolls their 5 dice, and keeps the result hidden from other players (use a cup or your hands)
- Each player's 5-dice are called their 'stash' and the total collection of all dice is called the 'pool'
- To start a round, one player states a quantity and type of dice, for example 'three 4s' – this player is guessing that there are at least three 4s in the pool
- The next player can either challenge or continue the game
- To challenge, the next player disagrees that there are at least three 4s in the pool. All players now reveal their stash. If the challenging player is wrong, they lose one of their dice. If they are correct, the last player loses one of their dice
- To continue the game, the next player has to raise the original guess by increasing either the quantity of dice or the type of dice. For example he could say 'two 5s' or 'four 1s'. In the former, the type of dice was increased. In the latter, the quantity of dice was increased
- This continues until a challenge is made
- The winner is the last player to have any dice remaining
How to make Liar's Dice a Drinking Dame
- Anytime someone guesses a quantity and type of the same number, they must drink (ie. three 3s, four 4s)
- A caught liar must drink
- A failed challenger must drink twice
You can also add rules for the total pool's numbers, for example if the pool has six 6s, everyone must finish their drink.
If you don't have enough actual dice to play this game, consider downloading a simple dice rolling app or using a dice roll website on your phone.
Higher or Lower
Players: 2+ | Required Dice: 2
Big Dice Games For Kids
Higher or Lower was featured in our top 15 drinking games for 2 players article (check out this article for awesome drinking game ideas for just 2 people).
Big Dice Games For Groups
However, this is one of the dice drinking games that can also be played with more than 2 players as well. It is a very simple game with an easy learning curve.
How to play Higher or Lower (Dice Drinking Game)
- One person holds two 6-sided dice
- The other players guess what number will be rolled (between 2-12). Let's say that the guess is '5'
- The roller guesses whether the roll will be higher or lower than what was guessed. Let's say 'higher'
- The dice is rolled – Let's pretend that the actual number is 9
- If the roller is right, I have to drink however many numbers my guess was away from the actual rolled number. In this case, 4 (9 – 5 = 4)
- If the roller is wrong, then he has to drink the difference
- If the roll is the same as the guess, the roller has to finish their drink
- After each roll, pass the dice to the next person to be the roller
It might seem like a good idea to guess numbers right in the middle, but it gets more fun when you start making bolder guesses. With just 2 dice required and such simple rules, Higher or Lower is a great place to start if you're looking for simple dice drinking games.
Left Center Right (LCR)
Players: 3+ | Required Dice: 3 per player (custom dice) | Buy On Amazon
Left Center Right is a dice game that uses custom made dice. Each dice contains 3 sides with 'L' 'C' and 'R' respectively, and 3 sides with a dot.
How to play LCR
- Each player receives 3 or more chips
- Players take turns rolling the 3 custom dice
- For each L rolled, the player passes one chip to the player to their left
- For each R rolled, the player passes one chip to the player to their right
- For each C rolled, the player adds a chip into the center 'pot'
- Each dot rolled has no effect
- When a player has less than 3 chips remaining, they can only roll that many dice on their turn (if you have 2 chips, you only roll 2 dice)
- If a player runs out of chips, they can still accumulate chips back from other players
- If a player has no chips for 2 turns, they are out of the game
How to make LCR a dice drinking game
- For every dot that a player rolls, he/she must take that number of drinks
- For every turn that you go without any chips, you may give a drink to one other player
- If you are knocked out of the game, you must finish your drink
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Left Center Right is a classic, fun dice game that is perfect for a drinking game. It requires the custom dice and chips, but is usually available online or in stores for less than $10.
We hope you enjoyed our favorite dice drinking games and found the perfect one for you! If not, take a look at some of our other drinking game articles. Or, check out our YouTube channel for quick videos on the best drinking games to play.
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