2007-04-22 12:22:50 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
I'm not certain but apparently it was a tradition in the trenches for the diggers to play two up. On their arrival home they could not because it was against the law. However, on the following Anzac Days - once a year after remembering their fallen mates they would play a game or two, along with a few beers. The tradition snow balled and now it's legal to play two up on that one day of the year.
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2007-04-22 19:48:05 · answer #1 · answered by Handcock 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Two-up is a favourite Australian gambling game, much like craps in the USA. It has been played everywhere and was a particular favourite of Australian soldiers. It became traditional, although illegal, for two-up games to be played on ANZAC day after the parade and over a few beers with your mates. Some years ago, the illegal, although mainly ignored, activity was legalised and two-up can now be played in pubs and clubs on ANZAC Day. I don't know if the law was changed in every State but it certainly was in NSW.
2007-04-22 12:28:56 · answer #2 · answered by tentofield 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
World War 1
The guys who sat in ditches waiting to shoot at the enemy often had very little to do, as they also had very little in the way of games they had to invent their own. The easiest way to keep you occupied is to gamble. And since dice were not in large supply, coins were... so was invented the game of 2-up.
As this game was linked to war then it is the only form of gambling that is legal for public gambling... at least on one day of the year, 25th of April, ANZAC day.
Casinos dont like the game much because it can easily be manipulated by an experienced 2-up player who know how to play the probability (alo creates and interesting mathematical argument for each toss being dependant on previous ones, even though each toss is actually independant... at least mathematically).
Because of this manipulation, it is really only played in casinos on a few days of the year.
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2015-01-28 22:15:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because its a game the diggers played when they were away at war,so when they came back the government made it legal ,for anzac day only to play it,its a sign of respect for those who earned it.
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