How to Play Hazard Dice

Hazard Dice is an old English betting game played with two dice. The rules can be a little complicated and because of this, the game of craps, which has more simplified rules, was developed from the game of Hazard in the nineteenth century. The following steps will show you how to play the game of Hazard Dice.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

1. Start the round by having one player, who is called the "caster," throw a die to determine a number between five and nine. This number is called the "main." The caster must continue to throw the die until a number between five and nine obtained.
2. Roll both die if you are the caster in this round. If you roll the "main" number, you win. This is called rolling a "nick." You also nick with a 12 if the main is six or eight and nick with an 11 if the main is seven.
3. Lose the round if you "throw out." This happens if you roll a two or a three (called a "crab"), roll an 11 or 12 when the main is five or nine, roll an 11 with a main of six or eight or roll a 12 with a main of seven.
4. Roll the dice again if you neither nick or throw out in your original roll. (The number thrown in this roll is called the "chance" number.) When throwing after you've rolled a "chance," the rules change to: you win the round if you roll the same chance number, you lose if you roll the main.
5. Continue to roll if you do not roll the chance or the main until you get one of these two numbers.
6. Keep playing as the caster until you lose three times in a row. At that time you pass the two dice to the player on your left hand side, who then will become the caster.

Tips & Warnings

• When betting in Hazard Dice, place bets before the dice is thrown. The caster always bets first.
• If the caster wins, he takes all money in the center. If the caster loses, all players take their stakes back, plus an equal amount of the caster's stake.