"The board is accompanied by three dice, whose faces are of those same six images. The inventor of the game originally chose gourd, gourd, gourd, gourd, gourd, gourd, but results from focus groups found that people were winning too much: "And the dice say…gourd! Everybody wins." In each of the circle is one of the following images: gourd, crab, fish, rooster, shrimp, deer. A board with six circles is placed on the table or floor. Jagged Noodles Blog reported: "The traditional Vietnamese Tet game called Bau Cua Ca Cop, which, translated, means "Gourd Crab Fish Tiger," is a traditional gambling game that is beautiful in its simplicity. Bau cua tom ca is often played at Tet (Vietnamese New Year). Bau cua tom ca is similar to Hoo Hey How (Fish-Prawn-Crab) in China, the dice game Crown and Anchor played by British sailors, or chuck-a-luck played in America. For instance, if you place $3 on fish, and the dealer rolls 2 fish and one stag, then you would get $6. If three dice correspond with a bet, the better receives three times their money. If two dice correspond with a bet, the better receives two times their money. If one die corresponds with a bet, the better receives the same amount as their bet. Players place wagers on a board that has the six pictures, betting on which pictures will appear. The six sides of the die, instead of showing one to six pips, have pictures of a fish, a prawn, a crab, a rooster, a calabash gourd, and a stag. The player wins when that choice is rolled. And instead of a spinning wheel, the dealer rolls three dice. According to legend, the game was invented in northern Vietnam by workers in rice paddies while they waited for the harvest season to start.The game is similar to roulette, but players put money on pictures of a gourd or animals - crab, deer, chicken, fish, shrimp - instead of numbers. Often played around Tet (Vietnamese New Year), the game has been around for so long that its origins are obscure.
For More on Fighting Fish, See Thailandīau Cua-also known as gourd and crab or ba'u cua cá cop ("squash-crab-fish-tiger")- is a Vietnamese gambling game using three dice. Hundreds of dollars can be bet on these fights and huge crowds will form around the little jars where the fights take place. Male Siamese fighting fish-which by their nature go after each other-are kept in separate jars until the fight begins. In Vietnam, nobody has ever heard of such a thing.įish fighting is old pastime that is mainly practiced by old timers and villagers. The scenes in the film "The Deerhunter" which show Vietnamese betting on Russian roulette is a Hollywood fabrication-and in the eyes of many, a racist fabrication. There are shops that specializes in selling tropical fish, including the Siamese fighting fish. Ĭock fighting and fish fighting are popular. Punters are also allowed to have a flutter at a new greyhound stadium in the southern coastal resort of Vung Tau. Vietnamese law only allows limited betting on the state-run lottery and at the old colonial racecourse in Ho Chi Minh City, which was resurrected in the early 1990s. However, it remains tightly restricted, creating a lucrative industry for the country's criminal underworld. In the mid 2000s, Vietnam's soccer betting market alone was estimated to be worth about $1 billion a year.ĪFP reported: "Gambling is no longer completely outlawed in Vietnam as it was in the 1970s and 1980s when the communist authorities regarded it as an unacceptable capitalist pursuit.
Gambling is widespread in Vietnam, despite being banned, and millions of dollars often change hands during football matches.
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