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Sic bo house edge
The sic bo house edge is the casino's built-in mathematical advantage on a Sic Bo bet, expressed as the average loss per unit staked.
Key points
- The house edge is the ratio of average loss to the initial bet, calculated from payout structure and winning probability.2
- Even-money bets like small/big carry a low edge, while proposition bets on specific totals or triples can exceed 30%.13
- Some online variants have edges as high as 47.22% on bets like 5 or 16.34
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Sources
- Sic Bo wizardofodds.com Provides the win probability and house edge for small/big bets and the usual pay table.
- House Edge of Casino Games Compared wizardofodds.com Gives the overall house edge range for sic bo and the definition of house edge.
- HoGaming Software & 3 Online Casinos Reviewed - Wizard of Odds wizardofodds.com Supports the small/big edge and the high edges on certain online bets.
- eBET Software & 1 Online Casinos Reviewed wizardofodds.com Confirms the 47.22% edge on bets like 5 and 16.
- シックボー jp.wizardofodds.com Provides the Australia rules house edge figure.
Sources are drawn from regulators, universities and published research, and each one is labelled with what it actually is — a preprint is not called a paper. Bookmaker and affiliate pages are never cited here, because a page that sells betting is not a neutral authority on it.