''Kitsune Bakuchi'' is a
dice game
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The following are games which largely, if not entirely, depend on dice:
Collectible dice games
Patterned after the su ...
from
Japan in which a player tries to roll three dice with the same number on them. If the player succeeds, he or she wins four times the amount wagered. The term literally means "fox gambling."
There are six winning throws out of 216 total possible throws, so the winning probability is 6/216 = 1/36. Thus fair Kitsune Bakuchi (zero
house edge
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) gives out winnings of 36 times the winning player's bet.
Sources
* Notes, page 167. Kokichi, Katsu. Musui's Story: The
Autobiography of a
Tokugawa Samurai
were the hereditary military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan from the late 12th century until their abolition in 1876. They were the well-paid retainers of the '' daimyo'' (the great feudal landholders). They h ...
. Translated: Craig, Teruko. Arizona press: 1988.
Dice games
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