8 Methods to Bet

There are 8 different ways to bet:

1) You can bet on one number, which must appear on all three dice.  This is called a Three of a Kind.  Obviously, you have the least chances of hitting a winning bet, as there are 216 (6 X 6 X 6) dice combinations and only one of them can give you a 1,1,1 or 2,2,2 or 3,3,3 or 4,4,4 or 5,5,5 or 6,6,6.  If you do win however, it pays 150 to 1.  Considering your winning chances to be 1 out of 216, this gives the casino a huge advantage.

2) You can bet on one number, which must appear on two of the three dice.  This is called a Two of a Kind, such as a 1,1 or 2,2 or 3,3 or 4,4 or 5,5, or 6,6.  This pays 8 to 1, although your chances of winning is 5.82%, as there are 12 ways of making such a combination.

3) You can bet that the same number from 1 to 6 will appear on all three dice, such as either a 1,1,1 or 2,2,2 or 3,3,3 or 4,4,4 or 5,5,5 or 6,6,6.  This is called Any Three of a Kind and it pays 24 to 1.  You have 6 times more chances to win relative to the Three of a Kind.  The probability is still 6 out of 216 or about 2.78%.

4) There is an area called Small, that pays even money, where you bet that the sum of the three dice will be equal to 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 excluding a Three of a Kind.  That's why the 3 (3 ones) is not a winning bet, neither are the hardways 6 and 9, which provides the casino edge.

5) Similarly, there is an area called Big, that also pays even money, where you bet that the sum of the three dice will be equal to 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, or 17 excluding a Three of a Kind.  That's why the 18 (3 sixes) is not a winning bet, neither are the hardways 12 and 15, which again provides the casino edge.

6) On the Sic Bo layout, there is a wide area with the numbers 4 to 17 written on them.  Those numbers correspond to the sum of the three dice.  So, you bet on a number from 4 to 17, which are the sum of all 3 dice.

You can see the symmetrical pattern of payouts, depending on the dice combinations and their probability of appearance, always with an edge on the casino side, of course.

7) You can bet on two different numbers, which must appear on at least two of the three dice.  This bet is called Duo, and it pays 5 to 1.  The dice combinations you can bet on are: 1,2 or 1,3 or 1,4 or 1,5 or 1,6 or 2,3 or 2,4 or 2,5 or 2,6 or 3,4 or 3,5 or 3,6 or 4,5 or 4,6 or 5,6, as long as the two numbers are not the same.

8) And the last type of bet is called a simple One of a Kind, where you bet on a single number that must appear on one, two or all three dice.  This is shown in the layout as the dice face 1, or 2, or 3, or 4, or 5, or 6.