Puti-pula-itim

A dice game played with two cubical wooden dice, each marked with a single dot on each face, two red, two black, and two white, those of the same color opposite. The players lay their stakes on a cardboard with three divisions - one with a blue spot, one with a red spot, and the third blank (figure 68), - putting one or two coppers on whichever they select. The dealer then throws the two dice from a small bamboo box upon a disk of baked clay about two and a half inches in diameter, the same as that employed in Cara-cruz(No. 3). This disk is used to give the dice greater rolling tendency, and the throw does not count if one of them remains on it - both must roll off to make the play effective. If one die turns up the color played on, the player receives two coppers for each copper bet. If both dice turn up the color bet on, he receives four coppers. This is a popular gambling game among the natives living in the towns and villages, and groups of both sexes, many of whom are professional beggars, may be seen in the market-places, at any hour of the day, betting away their scanty alms.