What is this game called?

[Nemises]

They play it often (for money) near our house, in bushland well away from others. The gf says the local police are paid to turn a blind eye. Curious to know name of game, if it's played in farangland or in legalised casinos?

[onthesoi]

HiLo

[Lamkyong]

its called play the policeman 

[blackcab]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic_bo

[Nemises]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic_bo

Thanks for that link, I showed the gf, she said...No! not same same!!

[blackcab]

29 minutes ago, Gregster said:

Thanks for that link, I showed the gf, she said...No! not same same!!

 

Of course. The version you showed is a cut down version with less betting options, making it easier to understand.

[Nemises]

 
Of course. The version you showed is a cut down version with less betting options, making it easier to understand.

Here is another pic taken from gf google search. Hope this pic is clearer. Turns out the game is called Hi Lo - as already mentioned (thank you).

I will now search further to find out if played in farangland legal casinos

[inThailand]

I played once after seeing it be played in Isaan at every funeral, wedding or monk indoctrination  ceremony. Never played again after the copper wouldn't pay the 200B he lost to me. 

[chowny77]

I would not touch any game in Thailand that involves cash. They cheat and get very pissed off when they lose and have to pay up. Not worth the effort and no fun at all when they lose it mentally. If Thailand ever opened a legit casino most cars/houses/land and females of the family would be used as currency. SE Asian men and also women have no control when it comes to gambling.

[473geo]

I took a Svengali pack, gave the brother in law 100 baht showed him the full pack told him to bet high or low against  a 3 I pulled from the pack - he 'chose' high and pulled a 2

Gave him another 4 chances of course same result every time, it was a lesson for my children to see how a 'smart' guy can manipulate cards

 

Nobody asks me to play cards, my wife does not like them in the house!!

[blackcab]

2 hours ago, 473geo said:

I took a Svengali pack, gave the brother in law 100 baht showed him the full pack told him to bet high or low against  a 3 I pulled from the pack - he 'chose' high and pulled a 2

Gave him another 4 chances of course same result every time, it was a lesson for my children to see how a 'smart' guy can manipulate cards

 

Nobody asks me to play cards, my wife does not like them in the house!!

 

This game is not played with cards.

[ICECOOL]

19 hours ago, Gregster said:

Here is another pic taken from gf google search. Hope this pic is clearer. Turns out the game is called Hi Lo - as already mentioned (thank you).

I will now search further to find out if played in farangland legal casinos

 GF played it in Brisbane Casino a few years ago. 

[kkerry]

The website for the Brisbane Treasury Casino shows Sic Bo. I won't post a link here but it's under dice games.

[onthesoi]

21 hours ago, blackcab said:

 

Of course. The version you showed is a cut down version with less betting options, making it easier to understand.

 

Yes, ...different game!

[seabear]

21 hours ago, inThailand said:

I played once after seeing it be played in Isaan at every funeral, wedding or monk indoctrination  ceremony. Never played again after the copper wouldn't pay the 200B he lost to me. 

Dept of honor.

An obligation, especially a gambling debt based on a verbal promise, which is not legally enforceable but which is considered to be secured by the debtor's moral integrity.

 

[inThailand]

2 minutes ago, seabear said:

Dept of honor.

 

An obligation, especially a gambling debt based on a verbal promise, which is not legally enforceable but which is considered to be secured by the debtor's moral integrity.

 

 

 

Thanks! 

 

The last two highlighted words seem to be severely lacking in this culture.

[SongSomSoda]

I seen them play at funerals sitting around mountains of cash

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[473geo]

10 hours ago, blackcab said:

 

This game is not played with cards.

You must make a fortune gambling......nothing gets past you

[Roger Harris]

ALL BULLSHIT, NO GAMBLE,  THEY ARE BIG GAMBLERS HERE. NOT WORRY ABOUT FOOD OR FAMILY. UNEDUCATED MORONS

[dinsdale]

Great game. Great fun especially jumping out the back window when the cops raid.

[Nemises]

Great game. Great fun especially jumping out the back window when the cops raid.

The cops yesterday raided the game shown in the pic of my OP. Most of the players jumped my boundary fence to run out into the street. One of the female fence jumpers (unknown to me and unable to speak any English) walked into my lounge room and sat down to watch Manly Vs Sydney Roosters in the NRL until the cops left.

[jeab1980]

Good job police turn a blind eye as you have just shown the faces of a couple of players! Lets hope the police are using there blind eyes looking at them on here!

[Nemises]

Good job police turn a blind eye as you have just shown the faces of a couple of players! Lets hope the police are using there blind eyes looking at them on here!

I just hope the cops never arrested my NRL lady. I've never seen a lady become a fan of rugby league so quickly.