Question of the Day — 3 Oct 2021

I once saw a game played with 3 dice in a cup at Foxwoods. It had a large illuminated table top to lay bets on all the various outcomes that 3 dice could produce. It seemed to be popular among an Oriental crowd and I assumed it was an Asian game. I thought I might see it at Resorts World, but never came upon it while there. I have never seen it anywhere else but Foxwoods. Does it ring a bell to the point you know the name of the game? If you do know the game, do you know if it is anywhere in Vegas?

This sounds like sic bo to us. 

According to WizardofOdds.com, sic bo is an ancient Chinese dice game that's very popular in Macau. The game uses three dice and a table, as you saw at Foxwoods, with a variety of betting options based on the various results of rolling the three dice. The WizardOfOdds page goes into minute detail about the different bets and their house edges and the varying rules by jurisdiction, covering Macau, Australia, and Atlantic City. Though the game used to be much more common here, Las Vegas isn't mentioned on the page. 

As far as we know, the only casino that offers sic bo in Las Vegas is the Venetian. At least the last time we were there, they had one table. That makes sense, since before the pandemic curbed international travel, the Venetian hosted plenty of Asian players as a result of the cross-marketing with its Macau and Singapore casinos. Whether or not sic bo survives the sale of the property later this year is anyone's guess, but we tend to doubt it. 

 


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