How to play Las Vegas Royale

What kind of game is it?

Six casinos (matching the six faces of a die) pay out cash to whoever commits the most dice to them. It plays with 2–5 people over three rounds, and whoever has won the most money after round 3 wins the game.

Setup

Put the ring of six casinos in the middle with the dice arena (the rolling tray) inside it.
Shuffle the banknote cards, draw two at a time, and assign the highest-value pair to casino 1, the next highest to casino 2, and so on.
Las Vegas Royale (the main game) adds one step: at the start of each round, draw three special tiles at random and place them beside casinos 1, 2 and 3. Casinos 4–6 act as plain casinos that round.
Each player takes eight dice in their colour — one of them is the “Biggy”, which counts as two dice — plus two chips.
With 2–4 players, use the neutral-dice variant: roll eight neutral dice at the start of each round and place them on the casinos before play begins.

Playing a round

The oldest player goes first, then play continues clockwise.
On your turn, roll all the dice you have left, choose exactly one of the numbers you rolled, and place every die showing that number on the matching casino.
It doesn't matter whose dice are already there — but you must place all dice showing the number you chose, with none held back.
Once you're out of dice you're done for the round and play passes on.
Don't like your roll? Pay one chip to skip the turn and keep your dice in hand.
When everybody has placed all their dice, the round goes to payout.

How one casino pays out

If two or more players have committed the same number of dice to a casino, all of those players take their dice back — a tie means elimination. The Biggy counts as two ordinary dice.
Of the players left, whoever has the most dice takes the higher banknote and second most takes the lower one.
Everyone else gets nothing at that casino.

Pay out all six casinos this way and the round is over. Rounds 2 and 3 repeat the same process with fresh banknote cards.

Special tiles (Las Vegas Royale only — all 16 summarised)

Three of these are placed at random beside casinos 1, 2 and 3 each round. Each one works differently, so keep this list open the first few games.

Lucky Punch (A1)

Hide 1–3 tokens in your hand; if the player to your left guesses wrong, take 2 chips or $30,000/$40,000

Jackpot (A2)

Roll two extra dice: on a total of 7 or a double, take the money built up on the track (up to $80,000); otherwise advance the track one space

Prime Time (B1)

Dice you place at this casino still count as yours at payout, which can also satisfy other tiles' conditions

Fifty Fifty (B2)

Advance the track with two extra dice, then choose to stop or push your luck — rolling the same number twice in a row loses this turn's reward

High Five (C1)

The moment you place the fifth die at this casino (the Biggy counts as two), take a $100,000 token

Bad Luck (C2)

Just before payout, whoever committed the fewest dice here (zero counts) pays a $50,000 penalty

Pay Day (D1)

Collect $10,000 for each casino where you have at least one die (1–2 casinos pays in chips, 3–6 in cash)

Power Play (D2)

Take a token when you hold the sole lead here; keep it until your next turn to change one die's number and place it again

No Entry! (E1)

Lock another casino for the rest of the round (no dice may be added or removed) and take the track reward

Knockout? (E2)

Every opponent sends one die to this tile's holding area; in exchange you take back all of your own dice sitting there

Block It! (F1)

Place a group of grey neutral dice (1/2/3) on any casino — it then counts as a 'phantom player' there, which changes how ties resolve

Handicap (F2)

Take one grey die already sitting on casinos 1–6 and choose your reward: chips, cash, or changing a die's number

Black Box (G1)

The player left of this casino's winner splits six tokens into two piles, and the winner picks one ($20,000–$100,000)

Double Down (G2)

Move your dice at this casino onto a separate space that pays out like its own casino ($60,000 for first, $30,000 for second)

Nice Dice (H1)

Put one die you just placed on the matching number space; at payout it converts into chips or $30,000–$60,000

My Choice (H2)

Roll two extra dice and carry out one of the results shown: chips, cash, triggering another tile, changing a die's number, or waiting on the golden space for $60,000

End of the game

After round 3, count the money each player won (banknote cards plus special tile rewards) and add $10,000 per leftover chip. Most money wins. On a tie, the player with more banknote cards plus chips wins; if that's still tied, the win is shared.

Open the score sheet

Rule summaries are for reference only. Always check the official rulebook for exact rules.