Sic Bo Game: Sic Bo Rules and Best Strategy Tips

With this article you are going to learn how to play and win at Sic Bo - an entertaining Casino game most people know nothing about.

If you never heard of Sic Bo, I’m not surprised. Slots, Blackjack, Roulette, Video Poker, and Baccarat are awesome Casino games. No argument there. And they are everywhere.

From Casinos, obviously, to references in pop culture. People know about these games even if they have never played any of them.

But that’s not all Casinos have to offer. If you checked every single game even at the smallest online Casino, you’d find something you never heard about.

Did you know there are only two Casino games including dice? And Sic Bo is one of them.

The original Sic Bo game is most popular in Asia and Macau Casinos. But with the power of the internet, you can play it online no matter where you are.

And this Sic Bo guide will help you to start playing the game. And to avoid common mistakes that beginners make.

How to Play Sic Bo Online

The games of chance are easy to learn. Usually. But if you take a look at Sic Bo table for the first time in your life, you will feel very lost.

If you thought Craps and Roulette table layout was complicated, you should look at this beauty.

It may be frustrating at first but wait - it’s not that difficult to learn the Sic Bo rules. And it’s even easier when you play online. You’ll see in this guide.

The main goal of this game is not that different from other Casino games. It involves betting on specific dice outcomes.

The gameplay goes like this:

• you place your bets by putting chips on areas depicting outcomes you want to bet on
• the dealer shakes three dice closed in a tiny chest (or the game software “rolls” the dice and shows their random outcomes)
• you win for every number or sum you have predicted and lose if your predictions were wrong.

Sic Bo Betting Options

As you can guess, the betting options are the important (and fun) part of the game. And you can see from the Sic Bo table, there are plenty of those.

Small and Big Bets

The most basic ones you need to know are the Small and the Big bets.

• The Small bet is when you bet on any dice sum between (and including) 4 and 10.
• The Big bet is when the sum is between (and including) 11 and 17.

• They usually pay 1 to 1 and have the smallest house edge. Thus, these are the best odds you can have in a Sic Bo game.

  But you may notice the sums of 3 and 18 are missing. That’s because when you bet Small or Big, any triple sum (three dice with same numbers, e.g. 1-1-1, 6-6-6) makes you lose.

  Thus, these bets are not exactly 50/50 but have a probability of 48.61 percent.

Other Sums Bets

Don’t feel like betting on specific dice numbers and their combinations? You can always choose one specific sum and bet on it.

It can be anything between (and including) 4 and 17.

Single Dice Bet

If you make Single Dice Bet, you predict that a specific number will appear on one, two, or all three dice.

You can choose any single number - from 1 to 6. If it appears on one dice, the payout is 1 to 1. If it appears on two dice - 2 to 1, on three - 3 to 1.

Double and Triple Bets

You will want to make a Double Bet when you have a strong feeling that two of the dice will come up having the same number.

This bet pays 10 to 1 but you have only 7.4 percent chance to predict it right.

Like the double, there are triple bets, too. You can bet that all three dice will have the same numbers. And if you are right, it pays 30 to 1.

If you want to take it up a notch, you can bet on a specific set of triples. Your odds are worse but the payout is sweet: 180 to 1.

Two Dice Combination Bets

If you look further Sic Bo table layout, you’ll see 15 domino-like areas for different two dice combinations, e.g. 1-2, 2-3, 3-5, etc.

That’s another thing you can bet on. Sometimes it’s called Domino bet, or simple Two Dice Combination bet.

It predicts the outcomes of two dice at once rather than all three or their sum. This bet pays 5 to 1.

Betting Options Recap

To make it even less confusing, here’s a table with all the bets, payouts, possible winning combinations, and house edge.

Make sure to use if the first times you play Sic Bo. Later on, you’ll get a hold of your odds for different bets and have a better understanding of which bets are better to make.