HOOLIGAN
[source: John Scarne, "Scarne on Dice"]

A popular bar game played for drinks, low man paying, or played
as a betting game. Any number may play and five dice are used with a
cup.Score is kept on a sheet ruled into boxes that bear the numbers I
through 6 and the letter H for Hooligan which is a straight (a throw of
1-2-3-4-5 or 2-3-4-5-6).Each player throws dice to determine
order of play, high man going first, next highest second, and so on.

Each player takes three throws per turn, called a frame.After the
first throw, he may select any number as his point.

He then puts all dice bearing this point number to one side and
throws the remaining dice a second time.If one or more point numbers
appear on this throw, those dice are also put aside and a third throw is
made with any dice that remain.If, after the first or second throws the
player has thrown five point numbers, on his next throw he uses all five
dice again.

After the third throw, the point number is multiplied by the num-
ber of points thrown to get the score for that frame.If the player has
thrown 5 threes, his score is 15, if 7 sixes, his score is 42, etc.

If in coming out for any number (that is on the first roll) a Hooli-
gan is thrown the player is credited with 20 points for Hooligan.If,
however, a player has tried for all of the points with the exception of
Hooligan he must then try for Hooligan on the last frame and is allowed
three throws.

The player is not required to select a point number after the first
throw, but may, if he likes, pick up all five dice and throw again for a
point and he may do the same after the second throw.

On each succeeding turn the player must shoot for a different
point number than any played previously so that at the end of seven
turns, which constitutes a game, he will have shot for each of the point
numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and for Hooligan.

The scores for each frame are added and the player having the
highest total score wins, or when played for drinks, the low man or
sometimes the two lowest men pay.

As an example, if the first player throws 3 deuces and a pair of
threes, he may select either the deuce or three as his point, or if he likes,
he may pick up all five dice and throw again, selecting his point from
among the numbers thrown on his second throw, in which case none of
the numbers can be scored which appeared on the first throw.

When 3 deuces and a pair of threes are thrown, the logical choice
is to select the deuce as the point, place the three dice that show deuce
to one side, and throw the remaining two dice for the second throw.If
he should now throw 2 deuces for a total of 5, the player then throws all
five dice for the third throw.If he should throw 3 deuces on this last
throw he has made a total score of 8 deuces or 16 points.

If on the second throw I deuce is thrown, that die is placed to one
side and the remaining die is thrown for the third and last throw.If a
deuce is thrown this time, the player scores 10, and if not, the player has
made 4 deuces altogether for a score of 8 for that frame.

On his next turn the deuce is dead and be must shoot for some
other point.

Hooligan is also played as a banking game in which the player
does not shoot against an opponent but tries to reach as high a total as
possible.The player usually pays a quarter to play and the operator
pays off various amounts (usually in trade rather than cash) for high
scores.Sometimes a score between 84 and 89 inclusive will get the
player $1, a score between 90 and 93 is paid off at $2, and so on, but
the payoff varies with different operators and in different places.

It is impossible to figure an exact house percentage on this game
because different operators pay off differently, and because the players
have a choice as to the order in which they select their points and the
way they play them.The number of throws is also a variable factor.A
perfect score is 335.