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How to play

Both games follow standard rules. Where a choice had to be made, the house rule is stated plainly below.

Yahtzee

01 / ROLL

Thirteen rounds. Each round you roll five dice up to three times, then commit the result to exactly one scoring box. Once a box is filled it stays filled — including a box you fill with a zero.

A round, step by step

  1. Roll all five dice.
  2. Hold any dice you want to keep.
  3. Roll again — only the dice you did not hold are rerolled.
  4. You may roll a third and final time.
  5. Choose one unused box. Its value is committed and the round ends.

Upper section

Each upper box scores the sum of the dice showing that face. Score 63 or more across the six upper boxes and you earn a 35 point bonus.

Ones through Sixes
Sum of the dice matching that face.
Upper bonus
+35 when the six upper boxes total 63 or more.

Lower section

Three of a Kind
Sum of all five dice, if at least three match. Otherwise 0.
Four of a Kind
Sum of all five dice, if at least four match. Otherwise 0.
Full House
25 for three of one face and two of another. Otherwise 0.
Small Straight
30 for four sequential faces.
Large Straight
40 for five sequential faces.
Yahtzee
50 for all five dice matching.
Chance
Sum of all five dice, always.

Extra Yahtzees and the Joker rule

Roll a second Yahtzee while your Yahtzee box already holds 50 and you score an extra 100 points. If you filled the Yahtzee box with a zero, no further bonus is available.

  1. With the Yahtzee box already filled, you must use the matching upper box if it is still open.
  2. If that upper box is taken, any open lower box may be used, and Full House, Small Straight and Large Straight pay their full value.
  3. If the whole lower section is taken, you must place a zero in an open upper box.

Blackjack

02 / DRAW

Get closer to 21 than the dealer without going over. Played against the house with a six-deck shoe and virtual points only — there is nothing to buy and nothing to win.

Card values

2 – 10
Face value.
Jack, Queen, King
Ten.
Ace
Eleven, or one when eleven would bust the hand.

A hand, step by step

  1. Choose a wager from your virtual points and deal.
  2. You get two cards face up. The dealer gets one face up and one face down.
  3. Hit to take another card, stand to keep your total, or double to place a second equal wager, take exactly one card and stand.
  4. Go over 21 and the hand is lost immediately.
  5. The dealer then reveals the hole card and draws until reaching 17.

Payouts

Blackjack
21 on your first two cards pays 3:2.
Win
Pays 1:1.
Push
Equal totals — your wager is returned.
Bust
Over 21 — the wager is lost.

House rules at this table

  1. Six decks, shuffled with an unbiased Fisher–Yates pass.
  2. The shoe is reshuffled between rounds once about a quarter of it remains — never mid-hand.
  3. The dealer stands on all 17, soft 17 included.
  4. Double is available on your opening two cards only.
  5. No insurance, surrender, splitting or side bets.

Just for play — no purchases or cash value.