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Very Easy
Dice
Crown and Anchor
British pub betting game. Bet on symbols, roll three dice. Match symbols to win.
2 players
10-20 min
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
- Use 3 special dice (or 3 standard dice with symbol assignments)
- Standard dice mapping: 1=Crown, 2=Anchor, 3=Heart, 4=Diamond, 5=Spade, 6=Club
- Betting layout with the 6 symbols
Gameplay
- Players place bets on one or more symbols
- Banker rolls all 3 dice
- Check which symbols appear
- 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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