"If three dice correspond with a bet, the bettor receives three times their money. For instance, if one were to place $3 on fish, and the dealer rolls 2 fish and 1 stag, then the bettor would receive $6 while keeping the $3 they had bet. Any money not rewarded for the round is kept in a central pool managed by the dealer, who rolls the dice. ""Bầu Cua Tôm Cá"" is essentially the Vietnamese variation of Hoo Hey How (Fish-Prawn-Crab) played in China, the dice game Crown and Anchor played by British sailors, or chuck-a-luck played in America. ""Bau"
"unlawful on Anzac Day. The table below show the current bets that can be made at Crown Perth. A person is selected as the spinner (generally greeted to loud calls of ""Come in spinner!"" from the rest of the players). The spinner tosses the coins in the air using the kip until they win or lose. The basic format of the game: The spinner is required to place a bet (which must be on heads) before their first throw which must be covered (equalled) by another player. If the spinner wins they keep the bet and cover, otherwise it goes"
"Gambling ship A gambling ship was a barge or other large vessel used to house a casino and often other venues of entertainment. Under the old three-mile limit of territorial waters they were anchored usually just over three nautical miles off the United States coastline to avoid governmental interference. Organized crime was frequently involved in their operation. Some state governments later tried to control the effect of gambling ships through the use of convoluted statutes. When territorial waters were redefined to 12 nm, this made the prospect of maintaining a gambling ship by any means extremely impractical. In 1928, the"
"Shell game The shell game (also known as thimblerig, three shells and a pea, the old army game) is portrayed as a gambling game, but in reality, when a wager for money is made, it is almost always a confidence trick used to perpetrate fraud. In confidence trick slang, this swindle is referred to as a ""short-con"" because it is quick and easy to pull off. The shell game is related to the cups and balls conjuring trick, which is performed purely for entertainment purposes without any purported gambling element. In the shell game, three or more identical containers (which"
"Bầu cua cá cọp The game Bầu Cua Tôm Cá (bầu cua tôm cá ""gourd-crab-shrimp-fish"") is a Vietnamese gambling game using three dice. The six sides of the dice, instead of showing one to six pips, have pictures of a fish, a prawn, a crab, a rooster, a calabash gourd, and a stag. Players place wagers on a board that has the six pictures, betting on which pictures will appear. If one die corresponds with a bet, the bettor receives the same amount as their bet. If two dice correspond with a bet, the bettor receives two times their money."
"Fast and Loose (con game) Fast and Loose is a cheating game played at fairs by sharpers. It is also known as Pricking the Garter (Renaissance), The Strap (1930 con man argot), The Old Army Game (World War II), The Australian Belt, and Pricking at the Belt. The basic game is played with a circle of some sort of material, typically belts or garters in the past, or loops of string or jewellery chains in modern times. It is placed on a table in such a way that it forms two open loops. The player, or mark, places their finger"
"Ship, captain, and crew Ship, Captain, and Crew (also referred to as Ship of Fools, Motha Fuc*a Jones , Gary's Dice Game, Clickety Clack, 6-5-4 or Destroyer) is a drinking game played with five dice. The game can be played with as few as two people, but is usually played in a group of five or more. The object of the game is to roll a six (the ""ship""), a five (""captain""), and a four (""crew"") with three dice, and get the highest score with the other two dice (""the ship's cargo""). Alternatively, the game may be played for antes"
"win. It is possible to play this game for money, either by anteing or by playing for a set value per point. Ship, captain, and crew Ship, Captain, and Crew (also referred to as Ship of Fools, Motha Fuc*a Jones , Gary's Dice Game, Clickety Clack, 6-5-4 or Destroyer) is a drinking game played with five dice. The game can be played with as few as two people, but is usually played in a group of five or more. The object of the game is to roll a six (the ""ship""), a five (""captain""), and a four (""crew"") with three"
"by the heraldic terms ""anchry"" or ""ancre"". Anchor An anchor is a device, normally made of metal, used to connect a vessel to the bed of a body of water to prevent the craft from drifting due to wind or current. The word derives from Latin ""ancora"", which itself comes from the Greek ἄγκυρα (""ankura""). Anchors can either be temporary or permanent. Permanent anchors are used in the creation of a mooring, and are rarely moved; a specialist service is normally needed to move or maintain them. Vessels carry one or more temporary anchors, which may be of different designs"
"the banker has a substantial edge. In a game at a festival or casino, the house will be banker. In a game among friends, each person serves as banker in turn. A similar version of the game is played in Nepal, called ""Langur Burja"" (). There is a similar Flemish version called ""Anker en Zon"" (""Anchor and Sun""), in which a sun symbol replaces the crown. The French version again uses the sun, and is called ""Ancre, Pique, et Soleil"" (""Anchor, Spade, and Sun""). A similar game played in China called ""Hoo Hey How"" (, Fish-Prawn-Crab in Hokkien) and Vietnam"
"submariners, serving as an ""official"" pastime. The wardroom of the oldest active submarine in the United States Pacific Fleet carries the personal cribbage board of World War II submarine commander and Medal of Honor recipient Rear Admiral Dick O'Kane on board, and upon the boat's decommissioning the board is transferred to the next oldest boat. Play proceeds through a succession of ""hands"", each hand consisting of a ""deal"", ""the play"" and ""the show"". At any time during any of these stages, if a player reaches the target score (usually 121), play ends immediately with that player being the winner of"
"pricing part of the game begins, and once the first small prize is announced, no further shuffling is permitted. Federal game show regulations are designed to ensure the game is legally a game that can be won. Shell game The shell game (also known as thimblerig, three shells and a pea, the old army game) is portrayed as a gambling game, but in reality, when a wager for money is made, it is almost always a confidence trick used to perpetrate fraud. In confidence trick slang, this swindle is referred to as a ""short-con"" because it is quick and easy"
"from 1557. The colloquial expression to ""play fast and loose"" — to act or live recklessly or thoughtlessly — has come into our common usage from Shakespeare. Sometime in the 18th or 19th century, the scam was resurrected with a new method — one which used a continuous loop of string. The scam artists who worked the docks would often play this con on a barrel top for the sailors. This new version of the game was called ""On the Barrelhead,"" from the phrase, “Put your money on the Barrelhead.” It was also known as ""The Figure Eight"" and later"
"a median strip), so the money was revoked. Set Sail: The final challenge saw Abby, Alan, and Jan board a replica 19th century sailing ship for the night. When they woke in the morning, they were charged with raising the ship's main sail, at the top of the highest mast. It would take the experienced crew ten minutes; the players were given half an hour. After paying close attention to how the crew raised it the previous evening, the players managed to raise the sail in time and win the money. Once the ship arrived in Port Arthur, the players"
"trying to make multiple departures from the port throughout one day. The company thinks that it will be easier for passengers because they do not have to stay on all day and this could help the company make more money. It was hard for the company to make money because the mayor put high fees for the gambling ships to use the city’s piers. Gambling ship A gambling ship was a barge or other large vessel used to house a casino and often other venues of entertainment. Under the old three-mile limit of territorial waters they were anchored usually just"
"Anchor An anchor is a device, normally made of metal, used to connect a vessel to the bed of a body of water to prevent the craft from drifting due to wind or current. The word derives from Latin ""ancora"", which itself comes from the Greek ἄγκυρα (""ankura""). Anchors can either be temporary or permanent. Permanent anchors are used in the creation of a mooring, and are rarely moved; a specialist service is normally needed to move or maintain them. Vessels carry one or more temporary anchors, which may be of different designs and weights. A sea anchor is a"
"been traced back to William Shakespeare's ""King John"", implying the trick was already well established in the 16th century. In older periods, the leather or cloth webbing garters that men used to hold their stockings up around their thighs were used in this game, later the cloth webbing belts like those used by soldiers were popular. Whatever the form, the game is played the same. A strap, usually in the form of a belt, is folded in half by the street hustler or mountebank, and then wound into a coil, forming two identical loops in the center of the coil—one"
"Floating craps Floating craps is an illegal operation of the dice game craps. The term ""floating"" refers to the practice of the game's operators using portable tables and equipment to quickly move the game from location to location to stay ahead of the law enforcement authorities. The term may have originated in the 1930s when Benny Binion (later known for founding the downtown Las Vegas hotel Binions) set up an illegal craps game utilizing tables created from portable crates for the Texas Centennial Exposition. The 1950 Broadway musical ""Guys and Dolls"" features a major plot point revolving around a floating"
"the woods or in a barn. Opening events precede the initiation and breakfast, and alcoholic beverages can be consumed on the morning of competitions. Teams often employ astrologers to select competing members. In their prognostications, astrologers use puppets (""tsip"") to symbolize archers, puppets of fate who have no control of their destiny. These astrologers are often hired at substantial fees in archers' attempts to have favorable ""tsip"" performances, cast curses against other archers, and gain an upper hand. Astrologers also calculate the time and place for competition. Modern archery competitions feature compound bows, corporate sponsorships, copious cash and material winnings,"
"(also known as hop the barger, hopping caesar, hop and dodge, hoppy bowfie, cock, cockaroosha, cockarusty, cockie duntie, cock heaving, and hopping cockerals) each player must hop at all times with their arms folded across their chests. The catcher captures players by barging into them and forcing them to put their other foot down. This game has been recorded across England in the early to mid twentieth century. Another recorded hopping variant is known as hopping bases. In this version, there is an area in the centre between the two home areas called the ""castle"". The catcher is known as"
"Often the hobbyists have to provide their own models of ships. The 1972 game, ""Don't Give Up The Ship!"", called for pencil and paper, six-sided dice, rulers and protractors, and model ships, ideally of 1:1200 scale. The elaborate rules cover morale, sinking, fires, broken masts, and boarding. Dice determined wind speed and direction, and hence the ship's speed and the use of its cannon by measuring angles with the protractor. In naval wargaming of the modern period, ""General Quarters"", primarily (though not exclusively) using six-sided dice, has established itself as one of the leading sets of World War I and"
"popular on cruise ships. The quoits are invariably made of rope, so as to avoid damaging the ship's deck, but there are no universally agreed standards or rules - partly because of the game's informal nature and partly because the game has to adapt to the shape and area of each particular ship it is played upon. Players take it in turn to throw three or four hoops at a target which usually, though not always, consists of concentric circles marked on the deck. The centre point is called the jack. Occasionally this may take the form of a raised"
"Boat anchor (metaphor) In amateur radio and computing, a boat anchor or boatanchor is something obsolete, useless, and cumbersome – so-called because metaphorically its only productive use is to be thrown into the water as a boat mooring. Terms such as brick, doorstop, and paperweight are similar. In amateur radio, a ""boat anchor"" or ""boatanchor"" is an old piece of radio equipment. It is usually used in reference to large, heavy radio equipment of earlier decades that used tubes. The use of the term in a disparaging way is unusual. An early use of the term appeared in a 1956"
"Slot machine A slot machine (American English), known variously as a fruit machine (British English), puggy (Scottish English), the slots (Canadian and American English), poker machine/pokies (Australian English and New Zealand English), or simply slot (British English and American English), is a casino gambling machine with three or more reels which spin when a button is pushed. Slot machines are also known as one-armed bandits because they were originally operated by one lever on the side of the machine, as distinct from a button on the front panel, and because of their ability to leave the player impoverished or in"
"sports-book wagering are also offered. SunCruz Aquasino The SunCruz Aquasino is a 220 foot long, 600 passenger, 5 hour gambling cruise ship based in Little River, South Carolina. The SunCruz Aquasino offered ""Cruises to Nowhere,"" legally transporting passengers into international waters beyond federal and state gambling laws. SunCruz Aquasino offers classic table games such as blackjack and craps, as well as a live poker room and slot machines. SunCruz was founded by multimillionaire Konstantinos ""Gus"" Boulis (who also founded the Miami Subs sandwich shop franchise). Boulis purchased eleven luxury yachts which he remodeled into casinos. These would conduct ""Cruises to"
"developed in the 1980s for the effective exploitation of predatory fish e.g. Lates niloticus, Protopterus, Clarias, Bagrus, etc. A typical gear comprises a long length of a mainline (100–300 m), rigged with monofilament twine (diameter 1.00-2.00 mm) or multi-filament twine (ply 36-60) and bears short snoods (0.3-0.8 m) carrying baited fishhooks. A longline is prepared for setting in the morning or afternoon by a crew or hired men (1-2). Hooks are baited with natural baits (e.g. small live fish, slices of meat, earthworms and insects). The gear is set late in the afternoon in a predetermined fishing ground and left"
"Knurr and Spell Knurr and spell (also called northern spell, nipsy or trap ball) is an old English game, once popular as a pub game. The game originated in the moors of Yorkshire, in England, but then spread throughout the north of England. It can be traced back to the beginning of the 14th century. It was especially popular in the 18th and 19th centuries, but was virtually unknown by the 21st century, though there was a local revival in the 1970s. As late as the 1930s exhibition games of knur and spell by veterans drew large crowds to the"
"deck that used a big cannon attack before the boarding to soften the enemy. At the start of each game, players used their captain's starting Wealth statistic to recruit their starting crew. Since the starting crew could be anyone from the deck, it was a nice tactic to have some backup crew in the deck for specific situations (much like a sideboard, only built-in). A captain's starting Wealth usually ranged from 7 to 10. Players typically chose a crew with high Influence statistics to start a game, although speed decks often preferred Sailing, Swashbuckling, and Cannon. Each turn has 3"
"Sea anchor A sea anchor (also known as a drift anchor, drift sock, para-anchor or boat brake) is a device used to stabilize a boat in heavy weather. Rather than tethering the boat to the seabed, the sea anchor increases the drag through the water and thus acts as a brake. When attached to the stern of a vessel, a sea anchor can prevent the vessel from turning broadside to the waves and being overwhelmed by them. Often similar in design to the sea anchor is the usually smaller drogue, which is attached to the stern and intended to slow"
"and is the game most recreational players in those countries call simply ""croquet"". In this version of croquet there are nine wickets, two stakes, and up to six balls. The course is arranged in a double-diamond pattern, with one stake at each end of the course. Players start at one stake, navigate one side of the double diamond, hit the turning stake, then navigate the opposite side of the double diamond and hit the starting stake to end. If playing individually (""Cutthroat""), the first player to stake out is the winner. In partnership play, all members of a team must"
"Chingona Chingona (also known as Ship, Captains, Crew) is a dice game played by two or more players, using four or five dice (either regular or poker) and a cup. It is usually played to decide who is to pay for the next round of drinks, but betting can also be involved. The game's rules are similar to those of Yahtzee, though much more simple due to the nature of the game. After rolling the dice, the roller may decide to keep any number of his dice and roll again, repeating this process up to two times. ""Example:"" A player"
"machines (as well as any casino-style gambling) only on licensed riverboats or permanently anchored barges. Since Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi has removed the requirement that casinos on the Gulf Coast operate on barges and now allows them on land along the shoreline. Delaware allows slot machines at three horse tracks; they are regulated by the state lottery commission. In Wisconsin, bars and taverns are allowed to have up to five machines. These machines usually allow a player to either take a payout, or gamble it on a double-or-nothing ""side game"". A player redeems his winnings by pressing a button to print"
"Casino hold 'em Casino Hold'em / Caribbean Hold'em (Casino Hold'em Poker / Caribbean Hold'em Poker) is a casino gambling game. This banking game, introduced by Stephen Au-Yeung in 2000 (First Texas Hold'em Poker play against the casino and not other players) and now played in live casinos worldwide. It was licensed for use in the United Kingdom in 2007. In addition online casinos offer the game, which is based on the traditional multi-player Texas Hold'em Poker. Casino Hold'em is a house game designed to be dealt by a croupier for casino patrons to play in the main casino. Players play"