Two-up
May 2nd, 2009
Two-up (also known as swei or swy) is a gambling game, and one of Australia’s many contributions to the world of gambling (another being the totalisator).
Rules of the Game
The game is conducted in a flat circle of approximately 20 feet (6 metres) or larger. The only equipment required (aside from materials for [...]
Trente et Quarante
April 5th, 2009
Trente et Quarante, also called Rouge et Noir (Red and Black), is a game of French origin played with cards and a special table. It is one of the two games played in the gambling rooms at Monte Carlo, roulette being the other.Two croupiers sit on each side of the table, one [...]
Panguingue
March 20th, 2009
Panguingue (also known as Pan) is a gambling card game similar to rummy. It is particularly popular in Las Vegas and other casinos in the American southwest.The game is played using a 320-card deck, contstructed from eight decks of playing cards, removing all eights, nines, tens, and Jokers.
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Pai Gow Strategy
March 5th, 2009
The basic decision to be made in Pai Gow is how to arrange one’s hands. Given any four tiles, there are always three ways to arrange them into two hands (although some arrangements may be functionally identical to others). Sometimes one way will be clearly superior to another, but at other times [...]
Pai Gow rules
February 15th, 2009
The set-up
Tiles are randomized on the table, and are stacked into eight stacks of four tiles each. This assembly is known as the woodpile. Various ritualistic “shuffles” are made, rearranging the tiles in the woodpile in standard ways that result in a new woodpile. Bets are then made.
Next, each player (including the [...]
Pai Gow
February 5th, 2009
A set of Chinese dominoes. The top double-row of tiles lists the eleven matching pairs, in descending value from left to right. Below them are five non-matching pairs, worth less than the matching pairs, and also in descending value from left to right. The Gee Joon tiles, lower right, are the [...]
Oicho-Kabu
January 26th, 2009
Oicho-Kabu (おいちょかぶ) is a traditional Japanese gambling game similar to the Western games blackjack and baccarat. It is typically played with special kabufuda cards. A hanafuda deck can also be used, if the last two months are discarded. (Western playing cards can be used, if the face cards are removed from [...]
Handgame
January 20th, 2009
Handgame, also known as stickgame, is a Native American guessing game.
Rules
Stickgame is played with a pair of bones, one white and one black or striped; and ten “point sticks,” which are used as counters. The two teams, one “defending” and one “guessing,” sit opposite one another; two members of the “defending” [...]
Fan-Tan
November 25th, 2008
Fan-Tan, or fantan (Simplified Chinese: 番摊; Traditional Chinese: 番攤; pinyin: fāntān) is a form of gambling long played in China and among Chinese immigrants to America and other countries.
History
Fan-tan is no longer as popular as it once was, having been replaced by modern casino games, and other traditional Chinese games such as Mah Jong and Pai Gow. [...]
Dead pool
November 9th, 2008
A dead pool, or deathpool is a game of prediction which involves guessing when someone will die. Sometimes it is a bet where money is involved. The combination of dead or death and betting-pool, refers to such a gambling arrangement. A typical modern dead pool might have players pick out celebrities [...]
