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Shut the Box (also called Canoga, Klackers, Batten Down the Hatches,Kingoball and Jackpot), is a game of dice forone or more players, commonly played in a group of two to four for stakes.Traditionally, a counting box is used with tiles numbered 1 to 9 where each canbe covered with a sliding mechanism. History Unco…

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Shut the Box (also called Canoga, Klackers, Batten Down the Hatches,Kingoball and Jackpot), is a game of dice forone or more players, commonly played in a group of two to four for stakes.Traditionally, a counting box is used with tiles numbered 1 to 9 where each canbe covered with a sliding mechanism. History Unconfirmed histories of the game suggest a variety oforigins, including 12th century Normandy (northern France) as well as the mid20th century Channel Islands (Jersey and Guernsey) thanks to a man known as Mr.'Chalky' Towbridge. There is also a printed evidence of a dicegame known as "shut the box" being played in Manchester pubs in the mid-1960s. Some say that for more then two hundredyears it has been a favorite game among the sailors of France, who hadintroduced it to other countries through the seaport fraternity. Shut the Box was also the basis of a popular TV quiz show High Rollers duringthe 1970s and the 1980s. The game is also very popular in the beer bars of Thailand using special rules. Rules At the start of the game all levers or tiles are "open (showing the numerals 1 to 9). During the game, each player plays in turn. A playerbegins his or her turn bythrowing or rolling the dice into the box. If the sum of theremaining open tiles is 6 or less then die should be used, otherwise, the player mustroll both dice. After throwing, the player adds up the pips (dots) onthe dice and then "shuts" (closes/ covers) one of anycombination of open numbers that equals the total number of dots showing on the dice. For example, if the dice show 2 and 6 (the total number of dots is 8), the player may chooseany of the following sets of tiles to shut, as long as their sum equals the sum ofthe dots shown by the dice (in our example, 8), therefore the options are: To shut tile 8 or to shut tiles 7 and 1, or to shuttiles 6, 2, or to shut tiles 5, 3, or to shut tiles 5, 2, 1, or to shut tiles 4, 3, 1. Note: Only open tilescan be shut (closed). Once a tile is closed the player cannot reopen it.<span style="font-size:

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Shut the Box (also called Canoga, Klackers, Batten Down the Hatches,Kingoball and Jackpot), is a game of dice forone or more players, commonly played in a group of two to four for stakes.Traditionally, a counting box is used with tiles numbered 1 to 9 where each canbe covered with a sliding mechanism. History Unconfirmed histories of the game suggest a variety oforigins, including 12th century Normandy (northern France) as well as the mid20th century Channel Islands (Jersey and Guernsey) thanks to a man known as Mr.'Chalky' Towbridge. There is also a printed evidence of a dicegame known as "shut the box" being played in Manchester pubs in the mid-1960s. Some say that for more then two hundredyears it has been a favorite game among the sailors of France, who hadintroduced it to other countries through the seaport fraternity. Shut the Box was also the basis of a popular TV quiz show High Rollers duringthe 1970s and the 1980s. The game is also very popular in the beer bars of Thailand using special rules. Rules At the start of the game all levers or tiles are "open (showing the numerals 1 to 9). During the game, each player plays in turn. A playerbegins his or her turn bythrowing or rolling the dice into the box. If the sum of theremaining open tiles is 6 or less then die should be used, otherwise, the player mustroll both dice. After throwing, the player adds up the pips (dots) onthe dice and then "shuts" (closes/ covers) one of anycombination of open numbers that equals the total number of dots showing on the dice. For example, if the dice show 2 and 6 (the total number of dots is 8), the player may chooseany of the following sets of tiles to shut, as long as their sum equals the sum ofthe dots shown by the dice (in our example, 8), therefore the options are: To shut tile 8 or to shut tiles 7 and 1, or to shuttiles 6, 2, or to shut tiles 5, 3, or to shut tiles 5, 2, 1, or to shut tiles 4, 3, 1. Note: Only open tilescan be shut (closed). Once a tile is closed the player cannot reopen it.<span style="font-size:

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Brand	Classic
Game Title	Shut The Box
Game Type	Classic
Game Name	Shut The Box (Large)