Muerrisch Posted 31 August , 2003 Share Posted 31 August , 2003 I have heard it said that in the Great War the crown and anchor gambling game was a naval crime, but accepted by the army. Can any Pal clear this up please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 31 August , 2003 Share Posted 31 August , 2003 Don't know that I can make anything clear as I was under the impression that gambling was against army regs too !! - although i've got a feeling that Bingo of all games was officially sanctioned. Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hill 60 Posted 31 August , 2003 Share Posted 31 August , 2003 LB1418 - Try looking here, CROWN & ANCHOR. It was a thread I started asking about the game, some of the answers might help you out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Tulloch-Marshall Posted 31 August , 2003 Share Posted 31 August , 2003 King's Regulations are very blunt about this - para 459, in total > "All gambling in garrisons, camps, or cantoments is forbidden. This includes book-making, or acting as an agent for a book-maker." (Everybody paid attention to that, of course). Regards - Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 31 August , 2003 Author Share Posted 31 August , 2003 Folks, consider med fully educated on the matter in next to no time. Golly gosh, that was quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw Posted 31 August , 2003 Share Posted 31 August , 2003 I think Crown and Anchor was especially frowned upon because its very structure slants things outrageously in favour of the banker. Therefore, operating the game became the preserve of battalion hard-nuts and thugs with all the associated bad behaviour that was needed to protect the franchise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevebec Posted 31 August , 2003 Share Posted 31 August , 2003 This has been on this site before check and you may find it. That said this game is used and played for money during my time in the Sgt's Mess of my Regt. The ammounts are not high and almost as quickly gone to buy drinks for the other blokes in the mess. If I remember one of my ex RSM's was into Mess games in a big way and we had many games nights. S.B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mordac Posted 1 September , 2003 Share Posted 1 September , 2003 One of my favorite Great War cartoons by Jimmie Frise of the 12th Battery, CFA. Garth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynthia Posted 3 September , 2003 Share Posted 3 September , 2003 Any Pals want to teach me how to play when I visit in November? I'm just a babe in the woods, so if any of you say 'yes,' then we will know who the battalion thugs are! Seriously, I remember the previous thread and wanted to buy my own Crown & Anchor set to bring back with me so I can fleece, ahem, I mean TEACH my American friends how to play! Can I pick up a set when I am visiting? Looking forward to learning the tricks, I mean rules of the game! Cynthia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedley Malloch Posted 3 September , 2003 Share Posted 3 September , 2003 I think Crown and Anchor was especially frowned upon because its very structure slants things outrageously in favour of the banker. Therefore, operating the game became the preserve of battalion hard-nuts and thugs with all the associated bad behaviour that was needed to protect the franchise. Yes. From JoeG's account of how the game operated the odds of a wining throw were 216/1 - but the bank only paid 9/1. The odds on the lesser prize were 36/1 for which the bank paid 2/1. One would have to be pretty daft to play it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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