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Crown and Anchor

British pub betting game. Bet on symbols, roll three dice. Match symbols to win.

2 players
10-20 min
Very Easy

What You'll Need

🎲 Crown and Anchor dice or board
🔴 Betting tokens

About This Game

British pub betting game. Bet on symbols, roll three dice. Match symbols to win.

How to Play

Setup

  1. Use 3 special dice (or 3 standard dice with symbol assignments)
  2. Standard dice mapping: 1=Crown, 2=Anchor, 3=Heart, 4=Diamond, 5=Spade, 6=Club
  3. Betting layout with the 6 symbols

Gameplay

  1. Players place bets on one or more symbols
  2. Banker rolls all 3 dice
  3. Check which symbols appear
  4. Payouts based on matches

Payouts

  • Your symbol appears once: 1 to 1
  • Your symbol appears twice: 2 to 1
  • Your symbol appears three times: 3 to 1
  • Symbol doesn't appear: Lose bet

Probabilities

  • No match: 57.9% (lose)
  • One match: 34.7%
  • Two matches: 6.9%
  • Three matches: 0.5%
  • House edge: about 7.9%

Two-Player Variant

  • Alternate being banker
  • Fixed bet amounts
  • Track winnings over rounds

Winning

  • Most chips after set number of rounds

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Rules & How to Play

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Added about 1 month ago • Updated 29 days ago
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