The major games found in the casinos

Fan Tan

This is an intriguing and very ancient Chinese game using porcelain buttons. In the game, the croupier plunges an inverted silver cup into a pile of buttons on the table. He then moves the cup containing a number of buttons to one side. After bets are placed the cup is lifted and the buttons counted off in groups of 4 until either one, two, three or four buttons are left at the end of the count. Bets are made before the count left at the end of the count. Cash bets are placed on the table on the numerals 1,2,3 or 4; odds or evens, corners or on divisions between numbers.

Big and Small (Dai-Siu)

This is another Chinese game based on the throwing of 3 dice under a covered glass canister. Players may place cash bets on the table for dice values they think will come up when the dice are thrown. They may also bet on whether the combined dice will have a "big" value or a "small" table. House rules stipulate that if your bet is placed by another person and is put on a number other than the one you have requested, and this number loses, it is accepted that you have lost the game.

If dice are cocked or obstructed in any way, the game is canceled and the dice must be thrown again. If the dice show exactly the same value (for example, all 3 or all 4) no player wins and the banker takes all except if you have bet directly on 3 of a kind.