What is Mooncake Gambling?
I don't know what Mooncakes are.
I do know what Gambling is.
So what on earth is Mooncake Gambling I hear you ask.
Well The UK Gambling Blog seem to know what Gambling on Mooncakes is all about
Jo from the UK Gambling Blog says this of "Mooncake Gambling"
This month, the Chinese play a game of "Bo Bing" - a game of 6 dice in which the winner wins - and comes free with a packet of mooncakes.
Dating back 300 years, the game seems relatively simple - you need 6 dice and a bowl. Throw the dice into the bowl and the different 'pips' you get stand for different prizes you can win. However, these awards have 6 ranks and there are 63 difference sized mooncakes as prizes - from the lowest rank, Xiucai - to the highest rank, Zhuangyaun
As with other Chinese gambling games, the number 'four' is important - basically, if you get 4 or more dice with 4 pips, you win 'zhuangyuan'
So there you have it.
Mooncake Gambling is about playing
Bo Bing to win
Mooncakes.
Remember,
mooncakes come in many shapes, sizes and "rank" apparently. The mooncakes in the picture look like pork pies to me.
