Bầu Cua Tôm Cá (gourd, crab, shrimp, fish) is the dice game every Vietnamese family plays at Lunar New Year. Bet free lucky coins on six symbols, shake the bowl, and cheer when it lifts. Just for fun: no money, nothing to buy.
How to play
Everyone gets 100 free lucky coins for the party. They are just for fun: nothing to buy, nothing to win, and they reset next time.
While the timer runs, tap the symbols you believe in to put tokens on them: Nai (deer), Bầu (gourd), Gà (rooster), Cá (fish), Cua (crab) and Tôm (shrimp).
The shaker shakes the bowl (tap Lắc! or shake your phone). The dice come from a fair server draw that nobody can steer, not even the host.
The bowl lifts: every die showing your symbol pays your token once more, and you keep the token. Three matches pay three times!
Lì xì rounds hide a red envelope: its symbol pays double. With Nhà cái on, players take turns as the banker who pays the table.