LARO77 Snake Eyes: How Often Two Ones Land on Dice
Snake eyes is a roll of two ones on two dice.
Key facts and contents
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Snake eyes is the dice roll where both dice land on one, and it comes up 1 time in 36 rolls of a pair, or 2.78%. The name is slang from craps and general dice talk, and you will meet the same idea on the dice tables among the live casino tables in a LARO77 lobby. The working takes four lines, and it explains every other total on two dice too.
How the 1 in 36 for snake eyes is worked out
A die has six faces, so two dice have 6 × 6 = 36 outcomes, each equally likely. Snake eyes needs the first die to show 1 and the second die to show 1, which is exactly one outcome. The chance is 1 ÷ 36 = 0.0278, or 2.78%.
- Count the faces on one die: 6.
- Multiply for two dice: 6 × 6 = 36 outcomes.
- Count the outcomes that are 1 and 1: 1.
- Divide: 1 ÷ 36 = 2.78%.
Order does not matter for this particular roll, because 1 and 1 looks the same either way round. That is why snake eyes is as rare as it is.
Boxcars: two sixes and the same arithmetic
Boxcars is two sixes, a total of 12. The working mirrors snake eyes: 1 outcome (6 and 6) in 36, so 1 ÷ 36 = 2.78%. A total of 2 and a total of 12 are the two rarest sums on a pair of dice.
Neither is “due” after a run without it. Each roll is independent, so a table that has not shown snake eyes or boxcars for 100 rolls still has exactly 1 chance in 36 on the next one.
Every two-dice total and its ways to roll
The other totals are more common because more combinations make them. A 7 can be built from 1 and 6, 2 and 5, 3 and 4, and each of those can fall in two orders, giving 6 ways.
| Total | Ways to roll | Chance (out of 36) |
|---|---|---|
| 2 (snake eyes) | 1 | 2.78% |
| 3 | 2 | 5.56% |
| 4 | 3 | 8.33% |
| 5 | 4 | 11.11% |
| 6 | 5 | 13.89% |
| 7 | 6 | 16.67% |
| 8 | 5 | 13.89% |
| 9 | 4 | 11.11% |
| 10 | 3 | 8.33% |
| 11 | 2 | 5.56% |
| 12 (boxcars) | 1 | 2.78% |
The ways add up to 36, which is a quick check on the table: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 1 = 36.
What snake eyes costs on a craps bet
A craps table offers a one-roll bet on a total of 2. The Massachusetts Gaming Commission’s saved craps rules (rules-massgaming-craps-pdf) define “Craps Two” as winning on a total of 2 and losing on any other total, and its published pay table lists Craps 2 at 30 to 1. That is a commonly published payout, not what a LARO77 table pays, so open the table’s own paytable before you rely on it.
Here is the cost, worked as an example. A winning ₱100 bet at 30 to 1 returns the ₱100 stake plus ₱3,000, so the expected return is 1/36 × 31 = 0.8611 for each peso staked. The bet loses 13.89 centavos of every peso on average, and the same ₱100 bet costs ₱13.89 in expectation each time. For the idea behind that percentage, read the house edge meaning explained.
Three ones and any triple on a three-dice table
Sic bo rolls three dice, so the outcomes are 6 × 6 × 6 = 216. Three ones is 1 outcome in 216 (0.46%), and a triple of any number is 6 outcomes in 216 (2.78%).
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission’s saved sic bo rules (rules-massgaming-sic-bo-pdf) list three of a kind at 150 to 1 and any three of a kind at 24 to 1 as commonly published payouts. At 150 to 1 the expected return is 151 ÷ 216 = 0.699, a cost of 30.09% as an example. A table can pay differently, so read its paytable.
Where the term snake eyes is used
Snake eyes belongs to craps and everyday dice slang, and the dice tables in a lobby’s LIVE CASINO lane inherit the word. It always means the lowest roll of two dice. Three places you will meet it:
- Craps, where a one-roll bet on a total of 2 is called Craps Two in the saved rules.
- Everyday dice games, where a pair of ones is a bad roll.
- Three-dice sic bo, where the nearest idea is three ones, 1 in 216.
The table of ways also explains why bets on a total of 7 hit often and bets on a total of 2 hit rarely, and why bigger prices go with the rarer outcomes.
Rare outcomes do not change the house edge, and bigger stakes do not either. If you are weighing stake size at a dice or card table, what a high roller changes works the expected loss at two stake sizes, and the Dragon Tiger suited tie bet applies the same method to a card side bet.
FAQ
What does snake eyes mean in dice?
Snake eyes is the roll where both dice show a one, for a total of 2. It is the smallest total possible on two dice, and it is one of the 36 equally likely outcomes.
What are the odds of rolling snake eyes?
1 in 36, which is 2.78%. Each die has 6 faces, so two dice give 6 × 6 = 36 outcomes, and only one of them is a one on each die.
Is boxcars as rare as snake eyes?
Yes. Boxcars is two sixes, a total of 12, and it is also one outcome in 36. Snake eyes and boxcars are the two rarest totals on two dice.
What does three ones mean on a sic bo table?
Sic bo uses three dice, so there are 6 × 6 × 6 = 216 outcomes. Three ones is 1 outcome in 216 (0.46%), and any triple, from three ones to three sixes, is 6 in 216 (2.78%).
What does a snake eyes bet pay at a LARO77 table?
This site cannot say what any LARO77 table pays. A commonly published payout is named below with its saved rule text, and your table's own paytable is the figure that counts.