Kitsune bakuchi
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Kitsune Bakuchi (狐博奕) is a dice game from Japan in which a player rolls three dice; if the roll results in a triple, i.e., each dice shows the same number, they win four times the amount wagered. The term literally means "fox gambling."[1] : 167
Probability
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There are only six triples (winning throws) out of 216 total possible throws, so the winning probability is 6⁄216 = 1⁄36. Thus the house edge with a standard payout of ×ばつ the original bet is 210⁄216 – (4-1)·6⁄216 = 95.8%; a fair game of Kitsune Bakuchi with zero house edge would pay out winnings at 36 for 1, i.e., the winning player would receive their bet back plus a bonus equal to 35 times the original bet.
Similar games
[edit ]There are several dice games whose names include fox (狐, kitsune, or キツネ), dating from the Edo period:[2]
- Fox Choboichi (狐ちょぼいち, Kitsune Choboichi)
- This is an alternate name for choboichi , which uses a single die. Players wager on a single number, and receive ×ばつ the original bet if the bet matches the number that is rolled. In this case the house edge is 16.7%.[3]
- Fox (狐, Kitsune) / Fox Chobo (狐ちょぼ, Kitsune Chobo)
- This is a subset of sic bo or chuck-a-luck, both of which use three dice. Players wager on a single number, and the payout varies depending on how many dice show that number; if only one die matches, the payout is 1:1; if two match, it is 3:1; and if three match, it is 4:1. In this case the house edge is 40.3%.
- Fox Chobo (キツネチョボ, Kitsune Chobo)
- This is a variant of Bầu cua tôm cá, Crown and Anchor, and Hoo Hey How, each of which uses three dice with special symbols; in Fox Chobo, standard dice are used.[4] Again, players wager on a single number, and the payout is slightly different: 1:1 for one match, 3:1 for two matches, and 5:1 for three matches; this reduces the house edge to 39.8%. There are two special rolls which result in an automatic win for the dealer, which are 4-5-1 and 3-2-6.[5]
- Fox (キツネ, Kitsune)
- Like chō-han , this game uses two dice. Players bet on one number, with a payout of 3:1 for a single match and 4:1 for a pair. However, the dealer selects two numbers before rolling; if both numbers are matched, the dealer wins all bets. The house edge is 2.78%.[5]
Sources
[edit ]- ^ Musui's Story: The Autobiography of a Tokugawa Samurai at Google Books
- ^ Satoshi Arai. "さいころ賭博" [Dice Gambling]. dice.saloon.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- ^ Satoshi Arai. "ちょぼいち, 狐ちょぼいち" [Choboichi, Fox Choboichi]. dice.saloon.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- ^ Satoshi Arai. "ちょぼいち, 狐ちょぼいち" [Fox Chobo, Chuck-a-luck, Shrimp and Crab, Crown and Anchor]. dice.saloon.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- ^ a b "キツネチョボ" [Fox Chobo]. h-eba.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 January 2025.
External links
[edit ]- Notes, page 167. Kokichi, Katsu. Musui's Story: The Autobiography of a Tokugawa Samurai. Translated: Craig, Teruko. Arizona press: 1988.
- はやおき (January 17, 2019). "『夢酔独言』 百四話 千両博奕" ["Drunken Soliloquy" Story 104: The 1000-ryō gamble]. Hatena Blog (in Japanese). Self-published manga based on the autobiography of Katsu Kokichi.
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