Two Up! It's a gambling game that's only legal to play on ANZAC Day. Basically, everyone stands in a circle around a person holding a flat little board (called a kip) with two coins on it (this person is called "the spinner"). Before the coins are flipped, people bet with each other for whether or not they'll land on head or tails (if it's one head and one tail then the throw doesn't count -- has to be both heads or tails). Once all the bets are done then the person in the center flips the kip and the coins land how they will. Depending on the result you either lose or win your money, obviously. At any rate, made some friends with this old guy and a younger one, and the younger one forced me to be the spinner! He told me I can't go back to America and not be able to tell people I played Two Up. I was so nervous about it because I thought I was going to mess it up... I did all right, haha. The young guy bet his own money so I could do it, but unfortunately we lost. :( Nonetheless, I'm glad he forced me to do it!
This video explains the game better because you can actually see what's going on -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3Ox8x0yjvM&feature=related
2 comments:
Someone must have been really bored to make this gambling game. Seriously, it must have taken like two seconds to think it up haha.
lmao... i think it was played a lot during the war? and i just think it's dumb that it's illegal now
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