Sic Bo
Three dice, multiple bet types. Big/small, totals, triples, doubles.
Sic Bo (literally "precious dice" in Cantonese) is a 3-dice casino game popular in macau, vegas asian gaming pits, and increasingly in online casinos. The dealer rolls three dice in a sealed cup; the table has dozens of bet types covering totals, specific triples, doubles, big/small, and combinations.
It looks intimidating because the felt has 50+ different bet boxes, but most of them are sucker bets with 18-29% house edge. The only bets worth making are Big (11-17 not triple, ~2.78% edge) and Small (4-10 not triple, ~2.78% edge).
Triples pay 180:1 but hit 1 in 216 — house edge ~30%. Specific number combinations and doubles are similar traps. The game is fun to watch but mathematically punishing for the casual bettor.
Bet types & payouts
| Big (11-17, no triple) | 1:1 (2.78% edge) |
| Small (4-10, no triple) | 1:1 (2.78% edge) |
| Specific double (e.g. two 4s) | 10:1 (18.5% edge) |
| Any triple | 30:1 (13.9% edge) |
| Specific triple (e.g. three 4s) | 180:1 (16.2% edge) |
| Total = 4 or 17 | 60:1 (15.3% edge) |
| Total = 9, 10, 11, 12 | 6:1 (12.5% edge) |
Strategy notes
Stick to Big/Small. Everything else is a higher-edge bet that the casino dresses up to look exciting. Sic Bo is essentially a 3-dice version of craps with worse odds.
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