Talk:Snake eyes (die roll)

Snake eyes in Japan

I learned from a couple of media (particullary Japanese anime) where rolling snake eyes with two dice is actually the highest possible throw. I doubt this is usable as reference, but it might be interesting to note "In some dice games, this combination is actually the highest possible roll."

I'm gonna see if i can upload a better picture than the current one as well. Vadigor 11:46, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Alien Eyes

I am a fantasy roleplayer and have never heard of the term 'alien eyes'. Can somebody cite its source? --Bottlecapninja 15:28, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

On an American Roulette wheel, double zero is also know as snake eyes.

No it dosen't! it only refers to dice.

Movie mention

I removed the bolded section as I couldn't find any mention of bad luck in the movie Article.

“ ...in a more general usage as a reference to bad luck as in the "Snake Eyes" movie (Brian de Palma, 1998). ”

Exit2DOS2000^•T•C• 03:32, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

pardon my ignorance

but I thought that a probability of 1 was the highest and therefore if snake eyes has a more than .5 probability, calling it "rarely rolled" would be wrong. 4.249.63.250 (talk) 22:49, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

it has the same probability as any other combination of two equal values. nothing special about it. 212.185.225.31 (talk) 06:11, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

You are correct, but the probability is less than 0.5. It's roughly 0.0278. 173.46.233.182 (talk) 04:51, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

References

Would this make a better monopoly reference than the current "Monopoly on a roll" guidelines? If you agree, please change it.

http://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/Monopoly_(1999).pdf  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.165.254.155 (talk) 14:24, 17 March 2011 (UTC) 

True probability value

The article says that the probability of getting a snake eyes per dice roll is 1/36. That's correct IF the dice are rolled one at a time. If, however, both dice are rolled at the same time, the probability is 1/21, being 21 the total number of combinations of two dice's values. Please, correct me if I'm wrong. --85.138.145.246 (talk) 21:42, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

No, never mind, my mistake. There are actually 36 combinations because the dice are independent objects. Sorry for the confusion. --85.138.145.246 (talk) 21:47, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Taps?

What is the ball game "taps" referenced here, and what does it have to do with the gambling term Snake Eyes? It seems like that doesn't belong in this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.60.201.38 (talk) 19:27, 13 March 2012 (UTC)