chuck-a-luck

American  

[chuhk-uh-luhk] / ˈtʃʌk əˌlʌk /

Also chuck-luck

noun

1. a game played with three dice at which the players bet that a certain number will come up on one die, that the three dice will total a certain number, or that the total will be an odd number, even number, a high number, or a low number.

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Etymology

Origin of chuck-a-luck

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

Example Sentences

New York, for example, had 6,000 gambling houses in the 1850s, where visitors could try their luck at games such as faro, chuck-a-luck, loo, all-fours, hearts, euchre, Boston, and whist.

From Slate • May 26, 2022

It also had knucklebones, a gambling game that did the duty of a modern bar's chuck-a-luck.

From Time Magazine Archive

Carpetbaggers and copper barons rubbed elbows on verandas of the cavernous Grand Union and United States hotels; Eastern empire builders frittered away fortunes at chuck-a-luck and roulette.

From Time Magazine Archive

One of the all-night gamblers at Las Vegas' Golden Nugget heard the same rumble, over the click of chuck-a-luck cages, and looked up.

From Time Magazine Archive

The spiel that goes with chuck-a-luck can be very persuasive.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos