Hoo Hey How (from the Chinese Hokkien dialect: 魚蝦蟹, Fish-Prawn-Crab) is a Chinese game played with three, six-sided dice. While bets are placed with chips, at the centre we play just for fun! Lets learn how to play!
How to Play Hoo Hey How
In the traditional Hoo Hey How game, the three, six-sided dice have six characters painted on the sides. These include Hoo Hey How (Fish, Prawn, Crab) and also Stag, Gourd and Rooster.
To begin play, the dice are picked-up by the dealer and placed on a saucer. Players are encouraged to place their wagers on corresponding symbols of the sides of the dice found on the board. When all bets have been placed, the players (or the dealer) will scoop the dice from the plate and roll them on the layout – or the dice will be covered with a bowl, the bowl and saucer shaken repeatedly, and then placed back on the layout and the bowl removed to reveal which symbols are now face-up.
The payoff system is very simple: each wager on a correct symbol is paid. Wagers on symbols that do not roll, lose. If the player has a wager on a winning symbol they are paid 1 to 1. If the symbol is shown on two dice, they are paid 2 to 1. If the symbol is face-up on all three dice, they are paid 3 to 1.
A separate TRIPLES wager may be available. This wager wins if all three dice have the same symbol face-up after the roll. It does not matter which of the six symbols results in triples, the wager wins and is paid 30 to 1.
