All You Need to Know About Sic Bo
This casino game is called the game of luck and is one of the only two casino games played with dice.
There are only two popular casino games which depend on the luck of dice and of them is Sic bo. It is a game popular for its ease and infamous for making players defenceless with no working strategy. The Philippines call it hi-lo and the Asians refer to it by the name Dai Siu. Read on to know more about the Chinese game of luck.
The origin story
Before Americans and Europeans started playing Sic Bo during the 80s, the game was only played in Asia. It is believed that the Chinese started playing it first in ancient times. The game gained popularity among Americans when The US started seeing Asian and especially Chinese immigrants. Now the game is widely popular at casinos.
How to play
The name Sic bo essentially means “dice pair”, it is a game of three dices played on a table of game layout. That’s right, it can seem like Roulette but it is not. After placing a bet on the table area, you shake the dice chest, i.e. a closed box of three dices. The dealer shows the outcome to other players on the table. The total of three dice accounts for possible wagers. It can be High and low dice, double and triples and any other possible outcome of ‘nonpairs’. Most players have said that the good part about the game is that you get to place bets, roll the dice and win it but they also admit that the outcomes of the dice are totally dependent on your luck and hardly any strategy works.
Where to play
There are endless website options to play Sic bo online. The sites such as Royal Panda, Betway Live-casino, 22 bet casino, Spin casino, jackpot city and Europa Casino are some of the widely popular places for Sic bo. If you are looking for new challenges, get started to become the new champion of ancient Chinese Sic bo.
From the September 2020 issue of FHM India.
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