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Two original 1915 Australian pennies in a kip (wooden bat) from which they are tossed. The significance of 1915, is it's the year of the Gallipoli campaign which is remembered annually on ANZAC Day

Australian soldiers playing two-up during World War I at the front near Ypres, 23 December 1917, Australian War Memorial Museum

Painting of 2-up game. Paddington, Sydney. Unknown artist. 1890s

Two-up is a traditional Australian gambling game, involving a designated 'spinner' throwing two coins or pennies into the air. Players bet on whether the coins will fall with both heads (obverse) up, both tails (reverse) up, or with one coin a head and one a tail (known as 'Ewan'). It is traditionally played on Anzac Day in pubs and clubs throughout Australia, in part to mark a shared experience with Diggers through the ages.

The game is traditionally played with pennies – their weight, size, and surface design make them ideal for the game. Weight and size make them stable on the 'kip' and easy to spin in the air. Decimal coins are generally considered to be too small and light and they do not fly as well.^{[citation needed]} The design of pre-1939 pennies had the sovereign's head on the obverse (front) and the reverse was totally covered in writing making the result very easy and quick to see. Pennies now are marked with a white cross on the reverse (Tails) side. Pennies can often be observed being used at games on Anzac Day, as they are brought out specifically for this purpose each year.

History[edit]

The exact origins of two-up are obscure, but it seems to have evolved from cross and pile, a gambling game involving tossing a single coin into the air and wagering on the result. Two-up was popular amongst poorer English and Irish citizens in the 18th century.

The predilection of the convicts for this game was noted as early as 1798 by New South Wales's first judge advocate, as well as the lack of skill involved and the large losses. By the 1850s, the two-coin form was being played on the goldfields of the eastern colonies, and it spread across the country following subsequent gold rushes.

Two-up was played extensively by Australia's soldiers during World War I. Gambling games, to which a blind eye was cast, became a regular part of Anzac Day celebrations for returned soldiers, although two-up was illegal at all other times.

As time passed, increasingly elaborate illegal 'two-up schools' grew around Australia, to the consternation of authorities^{[citation needed]} but with the backing of corrupt police. The legendary Thommo's Two-up School, which operated at various locations in Surry Hills, Sydney from the early years of the 20th century until at least 1979, was one of Australia's first major illegal gambling operations.^[1]

The popularity of two-up declined after the 1950s as more sophisticated forms of gambling like baccarat gained popularity in illegal gaming houses and poker machines (slot machines) were legalised in clubs.

Legal two-up arrived with its introduction as a table game at the new casino in Hobart in 1973, but is now only offered at Crown Perth and Crown Melbourne. Two-up has also been legalised on Anzac Day, when it is played in Returned Servicemen's League (RSL) clubs and hotels. Several tourist 'two-up schools' in the Outback have also been legalised. Under the NSW Gambling (Two-Up) Act 1998, playing two-up in NSW is not unlawful on Anzac Day.^[2]

Terminology^[3]
Term	Meaning
School	The collective noun for a group of gamblers playing Two-up.
Ring	The area designated for the spinner to spin the coins. The Spinner must stand in the ring to spin, and the coins must land and come to rest within the ring.
Spinner	The person who throws the coins up in the air. The opportunity to be the spinner is offered in turn to gamblers in the school.
Boxer	Person who manages the game, usually provides the equipment, monitors the betting, takes commission and does not participate in betting.
Ringkeeper (Ringie)	Person who calls the validity of each throw and looks after the coins between throws (to avoid loss or interference). Places the coins on the Kip for the spinner when the betting round is complete and calls 'Come in Spinner' to allow the throw to take place. Sometimes also known as the 'Bender' - for bending down to retrieve the coins.
Kip	A small piece of wood on which the coins are placed before being tossed, sometimes the resting area for the coins is covered in canvass or leather to improve friction. In some games coins are placed tails (white cross) up, in casino games the coins are placed with opposing (one head, one tail) sides up.
Toss the Kip	For the Spinner to hand the kip back to the Ringkeeper before a losing throw, i.e. to retire after a winning throw.
Heads	Both coins land with the 'head' side facing up. (Probability 25% (approximately)^[4])
Tails	Both coins land with the 'tails' side facing up. (Probability 25%)
Odds or 'One Them'	One coin lands with the 'head' side up, and the other lands with the 'tails' side up. (Probability 50%)
Odding Out	To spin five 'odds' in a row. (Probability 3.125%)
Come in Spinner	The call given by the boxer when all bets are placed and the coins are now ready to be tossed.
'Barred'	The call when an illegal spin has occurred - the coins were not thrown higher than the head, or did not rotate in the air.
Cockatoo	Only used in the 1800s to late 1930s, due to legalisation of two-up on Anzac Day. It was the nickname of the look-out who warned players of incoming police raids.

The table below show the current bets that can be made at Crown Perth.

Casino Odds
Bet Type	Casino Edge	Payout	Description
Single Head	3.125%	1–1	Spinner spins a pair of heads before a pair of tails or odding out.
Single Tail	3.125%	1–1	Spinner spins a pair of tails before a pair of heads or odding out.
5 Odds	9.375%	28–1	Spinner spins five odds in a row ('odding out') before either a pair of heads or a pair of tails.
Spinner's Bet	3.400%	15–2	Only available to the current spinner. The spinner attempts to spin either three pair of heads or three pair of tails, and will win if they do so before either a) getting the opposite result or b) odding out.^[3]

Gameplay[edit]

Celebrants playing two-up at the Australia Day Celebration in Boston, Massachusetts.

The Ringie selects a player as the spinner (generally greeted to loud calls of 'Come in spinner!' from the rest of the players). The spinner tosses the coins in the air using the kip until they win (and continue spinning), lose (and the kip is offered to the next player around the ring), or toss the kip (take their winning wagers and retire).

The basic format of the game:

Two heads means the spinner wins.
Two tails means the spinner loses both their bet, and the right to spin.
Odds ('one them') means the spinner throws again.

The spinner is required to place a bet (usually on heads) before their first throw which must be covered (equalled) by another player. If the spinner wins they keep the bet and cover, minus a commission which the boxer takes out of this bet. If the spinner loses, the entire bet goes to the player who covered the bet. This makes throwing the coins a slight losing propositi

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