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| {{Redirect|Snake Eyes|other uses|Snake eyes (disambiguation)}}
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| [[File:Dices1-1.png|thumb|Two dice with single pip on top]]
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| In [[gambling]], '''snake eyes''' is the outcome of rolling the [[dice]] in a game and getting only one [[Pips#Dice|pip]] on each die. The pair of pips resembles a pair of eyes, which is appended to the term 'snake' because of the long-standing association of this word with treachery and betrayal. The dictionary of [[etymology]] traces that use of the term back to 1929,<ref name="ref1">[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=s&p=28 Online Etymology Dictionary]</ref> although it may be traced all the way back to the [[Ancient Rome|ancient Roman]] dice games, where 'Dogs' represented two ones. They referred to this as "the dog throw". In modern parlance, it refers to such a roll in any game involving dice. Snake eyes also refers to looking one way and passing the ball the other way in the game of Taps.
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| ==Games==
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| Because this is the lowest possible roll, and will often be a loser in many dice games, such as [[Craps]], the term has been employed in a more general usage as a reference to [[bad luck]].
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| In many [[board games]] such as [[Monopoly (game)|Monopoly]], [[house rules]] may decide that rolling Snake Eyes (or any Doubles) leads to a bonus since they are rarely rolled.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://platform.rgsgames.com/Common/HTML/gameshelp/game_help_0044_0.html#howtoplay |title=How to Play Monopoly On a Roll |accessdate=2009-10-15 |publisher=rgsgames.com }}</ref>
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| ==Probability==
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| Rolling two 6-sided dice gives you a 1 in 36 chance of getting a snake eyes each time you roll the dice.
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| Rolling two 6-sided dice 25 times gives a probability of .505532 that at least once, snake eyes will appear.<ref>{{cite book | last = Weisstein | first = Eric | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics | publisher = CRC Press | year = 2003 | location = | pages = 276 | url = http://books.google.ca/books?id=_8TyhSqHUiEC&pg=PA276&dq=Boxcars+dice#PPA369,M1 | doi = | id = | isbn = 978-1-58488-347-0 }}</ref>
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| :<math>{1-} \left( \dfrac{35}{36} \right) ^{25} \approx .505532 </math>
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| ==See also==
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| *[[Boxcars (slang)]]
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| *[[Craps]]
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| ==Notes==
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| <references/>
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| [[Category:Dice]]
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| [[Category:Dice games]]
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| [[Category:Slang]]
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| [[Category:English-language slang]]
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Revision as of 00:13, 1 March 2014
Construction Estimator Cletus from Gjoa Haven, has many interests including skeet shooting, diet and russian dolls collecting. During the recent few months has traveled to places like Royal Botanic Gardens.