If you are interested in playing a casino table game that is different from the widely known games like Blackjack, 3 Card Poker, Craps and Roulette, you can give it a try. Sic Bo.

The game is very popular in Southeast Asia, Korea, and the world’s newest gaming destination, Macau, China. It is less well known in the west, although it can be found in some high-end casinos in Las Vegas and Atlantic City, generally confined to areas designated for Asian gaming.

Sic Bo’s goal

The objective is to bet on the result of several numerical groupings when three dice they roll up. The payouts of the winning combination of the fifty bets allowed range from 1 to 1 to 180 to 1.

Sic Bo is played at a large rectangular table with a house dealer, although the table layout, components, and payouts will vary slightly between jurisdictions. There are fourteen betting stations, but there is no limit to the number of players. The table minimum is usually five dollars. Three dice from one to six sit on a vibrating platform under a glass dome.

Betting options are displayed in pictorial configuration with their payout amounts. Bets are placed directly on the desired combinations. The dealer starts the first round of table play by activating the vibrating platform. When stopped, you will enter each die face number on a keyboard that it turns on the winning combinations. Then, turning around the table, each player takes their turn in vibrant the dice in the electric cage shaker after placing your bets. The dealer will re-enter the numbers from the die face on the keyboard.

There are seven different types of bets in Sic Bo:

Small or big bet

Betting that the total will be between 4 and 10 (small) or between 11 and 17 (large). A win pays the same money at 1 to 1. These are your best odds, although any combination of three of the same numbers is a loss to the player, as a 2-2-2 combo equals 6 in the game. small bet. This provides a house edge of approximately 3%.

Single number bet

Betting that a combination of two particular numbers will appear. Payment of 5 to 1.

Total sum of three numbers

Betting on the combined total of the three dice from 4 to 17. Payouts range from 6 to 1 up to 60 to 1 as indicated in the table.

Double bet

Betting that the resulting roll will contain two of any number. Country 10 to 1.

Any triple bet

Betting that the resulting roll will contain three of any number. Country 30 to 1.

Triple bet

Betting that the resulting roll will contain three of a specific number. The payout is huge at 180 to 1, but this is the worst bet in Sic Bo. There are 216 (6x6x6) possible combinations of dice and only one can be a winner. True probabilities; 216 to 1!

You may find this game fun as it is unlike any other board game.

Good luck!