Casino Game - Craps
Craps is a casino dice game, which is especially popular in the United States. Craps is comes from the the Old English word for hazard. In this game the players bet money against the casino on the outcome of one or a series of rolls of two dice. Because of its simplicity, Craps can be played in less formal settings that’s why is very popular among soldiers. In this cases the sides bets on less frequent, with one or several participants covering or “fading” bets against the dice.
Casino Games - Sic bo
Sic bo is a gambling table game which originated fron China. This game is also known as Tai Sai or Dai Siu, which means Big Small. Sic bo is played with three dice that are shaken in a basket or plastic cup. The outcomes ih this game are based on the combinations that come up on the three dice. Winning variations can give you a pay-off from 1 to 1 to 180 to 1. The combinations are listed on a roulette-style table top, which is in most cases lighted from underneath in the winning areas of the layout to indicate winning combinations. The player can make any number of bets on the table that he wants, but the most common bets are “Big”, in which the sum total of the three dice will be from 11 to 17, and “Small”, in which the total must be from 4 to 10. Another option is to bet on specific three-number totals in which the odds may vary from 5:1 to 50:1, or to bet on specific two-number combinations, or on single-number bets that one pays 1 to 1, two pays 2 to 1, three pays 3 to 1( in some casinos three pays 12 to 1). Another variant of this game called “Chuck a luck” or “Birdcage” usually features only the single number bets, in some cases with an additional bet that pays off 30:1 for any triple (three dice of the same number). Chuck a luck in the past was common in Nevada casinos, but now it is a rarity, replaced by Sic bo.
Casino Games - Roulette
Roulette is one of the most known casino games. The name of this game comes from French and it is meaning small wheel. The game begins when the croupier turns a round roulette wheel which has 37 or 38 separately numbered pockets in which a ball must land. The main pockets, numbered from 1 to 36, are alternate between red and black, starting number number 1 which is red. In most casinos in the United States there is also a green pocket numbered 0 but not in Europe. In Europe the roulette has a second zero pocket marked with 00, which is also colored green. If a player who bets on a single number wins, his the payout is 35 to 1, but because the bet is returned too in total it is multiplied by 36. The players can also bet on numbers, combinations, ranges, evens, odds and colors.
