Sic Bo Strategy

Sic Bo (meaning "dice pair") is a popular ancient Chinese gambling game of chance played with 3 dice. The object of this game, available at most leading online casinos, is to select the individual numbers, or combinations of numbers, that will appear on the dice after the 'throw.' The possibilities include single dice numbers, 2-of-a-kind, 3-of-a-kind, or combinations of any 2 or 3 of the dice. Payoff combinations & payoff odds are listed on a roulette-style table top that is often lighted from underneath in winning areas of the layout to indicate winning combinations.

Because Sic bo is a game of chance, there's little you can do to outwit the house. Having said that, your best strategy would be to stick to the best odds. Analyzing the numbers, you will see that the house edge on "Small" & "Big" bets is a fairly reasonable 3 percent. In comparison to roulette, your chances of winning on even bets are 18 out of 37 or 48.64% on a single zero wheel (European) & 18 out of 38 or 47.37% on a double zero wheel (USA). So playing Sic bo on even money bets such as Small Big is similar to single zero roulette, the Three-of-a-kind decision acting as a 0.

To play Sic bo, players begin by making their selection of a possible outcome and place a wager on a chosen possibility. Once all the bets are in, the dice tumbler is rotated and then set on the table. All winning possibilities of the 3 dice appear illuminated on the layout. Winning payoffs range from 1:1 even money for one-of-a-kind, to 180:1 for a specific trio.

Sic bo players can place any number of bets on the Sic bo table, with the most common ones at online casinos being "Big" (the sum total of the 3 dice will be 11 through 17) and "Small" (total 4-10). Other wagers are on specific 3-number totals (with varying odds from 5:1 to 50:1), on specific 2-number combinations, or on single-number bets (1 pays 1:1, 2 pays 2:1, 3 pays 3:1; in some casinos 3 pays as high as 12:1).

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