How to play dice game Cee-Lo?

[QueBert]

Found a few links on Google, but am a bit confused as they didn't explain it in detail. If I wanted to play without a banker they say high roll takes the pot. 1-2-3 is bust 4-5-6 is the highest followed by trips, and doubles + a single, the single determines the point to beat (right?) So if 4 of us are playing and I roll 2-2-5 the point's 5. only 4-5-6 or x-x-6 beats me right? But if the other 2 don't roll higher than a 5 or hit 4-5-6 do I automatically win the pot? I'm trying to figure out how long a round goes. The links on Google I'm finding don't get very deep with the instructions. It sounds like this is better played with a banker, but that would get expensive. Seems like an interesting alternative to craps and I'd love to learn how to play properly.

 

[Soundmanred]

Chinese ghetto games FTL.

 

[sdifox]

Cee-lo is a gambling game played with three six-sided dice. There is no one standard set of rules. There are some constants that hold true to all sets of rules. The name comes from the Chinese Sì-Wŭ-Liù (四五&#20845, meaning "four-five-six". In America it is also called "See-Low," "Four-Five-Six," "The Three Dice Game," "Chinchirorin," and by several alternative spellings, as well as simply "Dice." In China it is also called "Sānliù Bàozi" (三六豹&#23376, or "thirty-six leopards".
The constants include the number of dice used, which is always three. All rules describe certain winning combinations that can be rolled, and 4-5-6 is always treated as a winning combination for the first player who rolls it (though in some variants without a banker, it may be possible for several players to make a "winning combination," requiring a second shootout). Besides the winning combinations, all Cee-lo rules include certain rolls that establish a "point," and there are situations where two or more players will roll and compare their points to determine a winner.
The various sets of rules can be divided into two broad categories according to how betting is handled. In banking games, one player serves as a banker, who covers the individual bets of the other players, each of whom competes directly with the bank. In non-banking games, each player has essentially equal status, and rules must exist for the players to pool their bets and attempt to win from a common pot.
Described here is one variant of a banking game, followed by some rules for non-banking games, and other common variants.


That is from wiki. bolded the parts that should answer your question.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cee-lo

 

[ahenkel]

cee-lo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8krxhNgVhvU