What's Wrong With Cee-Lo?
December 7th, 2015 at 11:14:11 AM
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Cee-Lo, aka "4-5-6" seems to be a very popular home and street dice game. Why hasn't it found success as a casino game?
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December 7th, 2015 at 12:50:35 PM
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It's been tried a bunch of times. Nobody's ever gotten an install, to my knowledge. I think the issue is the demographic overlap between street dice players and casino gamblers isn't very large. Contrast that with Wheel of Fortune watchers and casino gamblers, for example.
I once did the math for someone who claimed to have a patent on Cee Lo, except the actual Chinese game is hundreds of years old, so...
I once did the math for someone who claimed to have a patent on Cee Lo, except the actual Chinese game is hundreds of years old, so...
"In my own case, when it seemed to me after a long illness that death was close at hand, I found no little solace in playing constantly at dice."
-- Girolamo Cardano, 1563
December 7th, 2015 at 1:35:39 PM
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A couple different versions have been in the Cutting Edge Table Games Competition. I'm not privy to the order of all finishers, but it's never made the top 3 and I'm never talked to anyone at the competition that thought it was a keeper.
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December 7th, 2015 at 3:36:48 PM
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December 8th, 2015 at 10:31:26 AM
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Is there a generally agreed upon set of rules, procedures and payouts? Since it is a "home" game, I am sure there are many derivatives (like putting money in "Free Parking" when playing Monopoly).
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication - Leonardo da Vinci
December 8th, 2015 at 10:56:22 AM
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Quote: AyecarumbaCee-Lo, aka "4-5-6" seems to be a very popular home and street dice game. Why hasn't it found success as a casino game?
Much like Cribbage, it would be instantly familiar to some, but everybody else wouldn't see the appeal, unless they learned to like it. It is very difficult for a game to make it that seems totally unfamiliar to the vast majority of the casino gambling demographic.
"For with much wisdom comes much sorrow." -- Ecclesiastes 1:18 (NIV)
