New game idea: Prime-8 Dice!

I think people will go bananas over this game! Prime-8!

The player starts by throwing 8 normal 6 sided dice. If the sum of all the dice is prime, he wins 1:1.

If it's not prime, he has the option of picking up any two dice and rerolling them, and he wins 1:1 if the new sum is prime.

Super Yo Bonus: if he rolls an 11 on either roll he gets paid 80:1.

I get 1.45% house edge for this basic game. It'll go really fast being there is only 2 rolls per player max. There's probably an opportunity for bets in between the rolls too.

I honestly can't tell if this is a joke post or not.

In the rare chance that this isn't a joke, I will say that 90% of casino-goers do not want to think about prime numbers and the other 10% has hands that are too small to roll eight dice at the same time.

Me? Joking? Surely you jest!

The math and gameplay are a very real idea, but I also think it would be funny and entertaining to have a table with a jungle theme and a dealer in a gorilla mask.

Games with more than 2 dice are usually played with a dice cup. Regarding the prime numbers, there are only 11 of them possible with 8 six-sided dice and of course they would be printed on the layout. So to an unskilled player it wouldn't be any more confusing than the Field bet on an ordinary craps table. That they are prime numbers can be treated as trivia.

The strategy is somewhat complicated, about as so as a full strategy for some video poker games. But there are people who learn and use the full VP strategy, as well as those who play VP without proper strategy. I also left a little something in there for APs! But I think most craps players, being the reroll involves two dice, would use the same philosophies they would use at a craps table rather than an advanced strategy and the real-world house edge would be a bit more than 1.45%, along with an AP opportunity for the Ascended Masters.

The biggest problem I see is that a common stick has 5 dice.
This game looks like it would need 11 or 13 at a time, with matched serialization.

While dice manufacturers can adjust, I doubt they'll do it for free (or even cheap).

Too complicated.

Maybe if you put the winning numbers on the felt...but then, the game works like this:
1. Roll the dice
2. Add them up - and hope the number isn't miscounted
3. Look the number up on some chart to see if you won
Now, is this a description of your game, or a dice-based version of The Razzle?

I think the main problem will be, having to add up the numbers each time.

I invented a new Pai Gow Tiles game, but I have no idea about how to patent it and sell it.

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I think people will go bananas over this game! Prime-8!

The player starts by throwing 8 normal 6 sided dice. If the sum of all the dice is prime, he wins 1:1.

If it's not prime, he has the option of picking up any two dice and rerolling them, and he wins 1:1 if the new sum is prime.

Super Yo Bonus: if he rolls an 11 on either roll he gets paid 80:1.

I get 1.45% house edge for this basic game. It'll go really fast being there is only 2 rolls per player max. There's probably an opportunity for bets in between the rolls too.
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Super clever! And great name too. 11,13,17,19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47.

I assume by your rules you either keep all 8 dice or re-roll exactly two of them?

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Too complicated.

Maybe if you put the winning numbers on the felt...but then, the game works like this:
1. Roll the dice
2. Add them up - and hope the number isn't miscounted
3. Look the number up on some chart to see if you won
Now, is this a description of your game, or a dice-based version of The Razzle?

I think the main problem will be, having to add up the numbers each time.
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Yeah kind of like a razzle, except the reroll if you don't hit a prime the first time is the strategy step.

Which two dice you would reroll would depend on your total and what dice you have available. And if you have a really low roll it would always be worth it to reroll the two highest dice and go for the 80:1 yo shot. You could do a quick approximation of the ideal strategy by knowing the most likely outcome of two dice is 7, and whether you want to "steer" your total up or down from your original total depending on whether there are more targets within range above or below your original total, and you can move the total by as much as 10 in either direction if you have dice of 1-1 or 6-6 available to reroll. The most likely outcome of 8 dice is 28. So if I roll a 28, I know I have targets of 19, 23, 29, 31, 37 withing range so I would try to move it up, pick a couple of the lower dice to reroll, and exactly which ones I'd have to think about.

I didn't think about adding up 8 dice being challenging. BJ dealers don't seem to have too much trouble adding up cards. Could be, though.

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I think people will go bananas over this game! Prime-8!

The player starts by throwing 8 normal 6 sided dice. If the sum of all the dice is prime, he wins 1:1.

If it's not prime, he has the option of picking up any two dice and rerolling them, and he wins 1:1 if the new sum is prime.

Super Yo Bonus: if he rolls an 11 on either roll he gets paid 80:1.

I get 1.45% house edge for this basic game. It'll go really fast being there is only 2 rolls per player max. There's probably an opportunity for bets in between the rolls too.
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Super clever! And great name too. 11,13,17,19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47.

I assume by your rules you either keep all 8 dice or re-roll exactly two of them?
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Thanks! Yes, you either win on the first roll and the hand ends, or you reroll two dice of your choosing.