Snake Eyes Gambling
SNAKE EYES
The probability of rolling the other values makes a pyramid. 6 and 8 are the next most likely rolls, with five different ways to get each value, making them 14% likely. 5 and 9 are the next most likely values, and so on. 2 and 12 are the least likely rolls because there is only one way to roll them, snake eyes and a double six, respectively. Snake Eyes Meaning. Definition: When two dice each roll a one. Origin of Snake Eyes. This term is common in gambling games involving dice, such as craps. The expression most likely originated around the 1930s. Usually, in dice games, high numbers are better than low numbers.
Number of dice:Two
Ante:None:payment as genie proceeds, as below
Object of genie:Tobe the first to accumulate 100 spots, subject to certain handicaps
Snake Eyes Gambling
METHOD OF PLAY
A scorekeeper is needed, with a column for each player.
Play proceeds in turn around the table, each player doing asfollows:
The two dice are rolled as many times as the player chooses, andhe announces aloud the amount of each roll and. the cumulative total.
BUT...
Consequently the player has to choose between trying to run up abig score and the increasing probability that an ace will show and ruin it.
Snake Eyes In Gambling
When a player announces that he is stopping his turn, havingrolled no aces, the scorekeeper credits him with his score for the turn, andannounces aloud his accumulated total. This helps the other players to decidewhether to play cautiously or rashly, depending on the relative scores at themoment.
Snake Eyes In Gambling
Every time a player rolls an ace (or two aces), all players add1/10th-Unit to the pot before the next starts his turn. This maysound small, but it builds up fast. The first player to reach a total score of100 takes the pot.