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Bo Bing
Six dice in a bowl: a roll of 1-2-3-4-5-6 is a Bangyan, and its prize is the second largest mooncake
Other namesPo̍ah-(chiōng-gôan)-piáⁿPoa̍h-tiong-chhiu
Years active17th century - present
GenresDice game
Players2+
Random chanceHigh
Materials requiredSix dice, a bowl

Bo Bing (also known as Po̍ah-chiōng-gôan-piáⁿ 博狀元餅 or Po̍ah-piáⁿ 博餅) is a Chinese dice game traditionally played as part of the celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is traditionally played with six dice and a china bowl.

The game dates back to the 1600s when it is said to have been invented by the Chinese general Koxinga of the Southern Ming, along with his lower officer Hong Xu. Zheng was stationed with his troops in Amoy planning the Siege of Fort Zeelandia to take Dutch Formosa, which had been occupied by the Europeans since 1624. The game was an attempt to boost the morale of Tinn's homesick troops during the Mid-Autumn Festival.[1] The game became popular in Amoy (now Xiamen) and is considered a folk game.

The Chinese name Po̍ah-piáⁿ translates as 'gambling for cakes', and the game traditionally has 63 different sized mooncakes as prizes for the winning players: 32 of the smallest cake, half as many of the next largest, and so on ending with a single large Chiōng-gôan cake.[1] In modern times, the game's instructions are often printed on mooncake packaging, although the game is also played with prizes of daily necessities, household appliances or money.[1]

In the Philippines, the game is known as Poa̍h-tiong-chhiu 拔中秋 among the Chinese Filipino community.[2]

Rules[edit]

The game requires six dice and a wide mouthed bowl. The first player is assigned and rolls the dice, and wins a specific prize depending on the dice combination. The dice are then passed to the next person, and the process is repeated until there are no prizes left.[3] A throw is declared invalid if at least one of the dice lands outside the bowl.[2]

PrizeCombination nameNumber of cakes availableDice results
MandarinAmoyEnglish
6th place一秀

yī xiù

一秀

it-siù

?32A 4-face, any number for the five remaining dices.
5th place二举

èr jǔ

二舉

lī-kú

?16Two 4-face, any number for the four remaining dices.
4th place四进

sì jìn

四進

sù-tsìn

?8Four of the same number except four
3rd place三红

sān hóng

三紅

sann-âng

?4Three 4-face, any number for the three remaining dices.
2nd place对堂

duì táng

對堂

tuì-tn̂g

?2All numbers (1,2,3,4,5,6), or three of a number and three of another number.

(Example, Three of two numbers)
1st place状元

zhuàngyuán

狀元

chiōng-gôan

?1Four 4-face, or five of any number
??Ultimate ThrowSix 1-face or Six 4-face
A blank dice denotes a result of any number outside the given exceptions
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Mooncakes

If a player makes an ultimate throw, they receive all of the other mooncakes designated for 6th to 1st place, even those which were already awarded. This rule can be omitted to ensure all players receive a prize.[3]

Rituals[edit]

Some players believe in rituals when playing the game that they believe will give them good luck. Reported practices includes throwing the dice with one or two hands, or exclaiming 'Chiong Wan!'[2]

Gambling

References[edit]

  1. ^ abc'Mooncake gambling odds-on festival favourite'. China Daily. 28 September 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  2. ^ abcSee, Stanley Baldwin (17 September 2015). 'Playing the Mooncake Festival's centuries-old dice game'. GMA News. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  3. ^ ab'Chinese Moon Festival Dice Game'(PDF). Westchester Association of Chinese Americans. Archived from the original(PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
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Rules and Strategies for
Sic Bo


We are quite used to the game of Craps, that uses two dice. It's challenging enough to find winning strategies with two dice, considering all dice combinations. How about an interesting game that uses three dice? The combinations would be much more intriguing, wouldn't they?

I'm referring to the game called 'Sic Bo', that uses three dice on a layout that is quite different than the Craps layout. Sic Bo has been recently popular in Casino of Montreal. Sic Bo is an ancient Chinese dice game still played in many southeast Asian countries, where it's known as big and small. Sic Bo is both exciting and easy to play, and offers players a wide variety of options. Payouts range from even money up to 150 to 1.

The betting options available at Sic Bo are formed by the various combinations obtained with three dice. These wagers and their payouts are reproduced on the gaming table. Players may wager on as many combinations as desired per game. The dice are shaken by dealer, by means of a vibrating platform under a round shape glass cover. After all bets have been made, the dealer activates the dice shaker. The outcome of each of the three dice appears on the display. At the same time, the spaces corresponding to the winning combinations light up on the table. The dealer then removes all losing bets from the table, such as in roulette, and proceeds to pay all winners.

There are 8 different ways you can bet.

1) You can bet on one number, which must appear on all three dice. This is called a Three of a Kind. Obviously, you have the least chances of hitting a winning bet, as there are 216 (6 X 6 X 6) dice combinations and only one of them can give you a 1,1,1 or 2,2,2 or 3,3,3 or 4,4,4 or 5,5,5 or 6,6,6. If you do win however, it pays 150 to 1. Considering your winning chances to be 1 out of 216, this gives the casino a huge advantage.

2) You can bet on one number, which must appear on two of the three dice. This is called a Two of a Kind, such as a 1,1 or 2,2 or 3,3 or 4,4 or 5,5, or 6,6. This pays 8 to 1, although your chances of winning is 5.82%, as there are 12 ways of making such a combination.

3) You can bet that the same number from 1 to 6 will appear on all three dice, such as either a 1,1,1 or 2,2,2 or 3,3,3 or 4,4,4 or 5,5,5 or 6,6,6. This is called Any Three of a Kind and it pays 24 to 1. You have 6 times more chances to win relative to the Three of a Kind. The probability is still 6 out of 216 or about 2.78%.

4) There is an area called Small, that pays even money, where you bet that the sum of the three dice will be equal to 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 excluding a Three of a Kind. That's why the 3 (3 ones) is not a winning bet, neither are the hardways 6 and 9, which provides the casino edge.

5) Similarly, there is an area called Big, that also pays even money, where you bet that the sum of the three dice will be equal to 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, or 17 excluding a Three of a Kind. That's why the 18 (3 sixes) is not a winning bet, neither are the hardways 12 and 15, which again provides the casino edge.

6) On the Sic Bo layout, there is a wide area with the numbers 4 to 17 written on them. Those numbers correspond to the sum of the three dice. So, you bet on a number from 4 to 17, which are the sum of all 3 dice and the payout table is as follows:

  • If the sum is 4, winning bets are paid 50 to 1;

  • If the sum is 5, winning bets are paid 30 to 1;

  • If the sum is 6, winning bets are paid 18 to 1;

  • If the sum is 7, winning bets are paid 12 to 1;

  • If the sum is 8, winning bets are paid 8 to 1;

  • If the sum is 9, winning bets are paid 6 to 1;

  • If the sum is 10, winning bets are paid 6 to 1;

  • If the sum is 11, winning bets are paid 6 to 1;

  • If the sum is 12, winning bets are paid 6 to 1;

  • If the sum is 13, winning bets are paid 8 to 1;

  • If the sum is 14, winning bets are paid 12 to 1;

  • If the sum is 15, winning bets are paid 18 to 1;

  • If the sum is 16, winning bets are paid 30 to 1;

  • If the sum is 17, winning bets are paid 50 to 1;

You can see the symmetrical pattern of payouts, depending on the dice combinations and their probability of appearance, always with an edge on the casino side, of course.

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7) You can bet on two different numbers, which must appear on at least two of the three dice. This bet is called Duo, and it pays 5 to 1. The dice combinations you can bet on are: 1,2 or 1,3 or 1,4 or 1,5 or 1,6 or 2,3 or 2,4 or 2,5 or 2,6 or 3,4 or 3,5 or 3,6 or 4,5 or 4,6 or 5,6, as long as the two numbers are not the same.

8) And the last type of bet is called a simple One of a Kind, where you bet on a single number that must appear on one, two or all three dice. This is shown in the layout as the dice face 1, or 2, or 3, or 4, or 5, or 6.

The payout table of this bet depends on the following:

  • If the number you chose appears on one of the three dice, you are paid even;

  • If the number you chose appears on two of the three dice, you are paid 2 to 1;

  • If the number you chose appears on three of the three dice, you are paid 3 to 1.

The game is called Sic Bo, meaning Small Big, probably because of the type of bets that pay even - types 4 and 5 above, which could be attractive to bet using our even money bet strategies (Superior Roulette, Reward, etc.). What we need to determine is the percentage of the casino edge, in order to compare this type of bet to Baccarat or Roulette.

Taking the Small bet, we can see that half of all dice combinations will give us a 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10. If we exclude the Three of a Kind, we are excluding the 1,1,1, the 2,2,2 and the 3,3,3. Therefore, we are excluding 3 possibilities out of 108 (216/2). In other words our chances of winning is 105 out of 216 or 48.61%.

Comparing this to roulette, our chances of winning on even bets are 18 out of 37 or 48.64% on a single zero wheel and 18 out of 38 or 47.37% on a double zero wheel. So playing Sic Bo on even money bets such as Small Big is comparable to single zero roulette, the Three of a Kind decision acting as a zero.

So we can easily use any even bet strategy that we have developed for Roulette, that performs even better for single zero wheels.

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