Hulu Cock in Joker123: the six-picture dice game and its payout table

Hulu Cock is the Joker123 take on the fish-prawn-crab dice game many Malaysians know from Chinese New Year, often called Hoo Hey How. Three dice carry pictures instead of dots. The name comes from two of them: the hulu (gourd) and the rooster.

The six pictures

From the board: a red prawn, a green fish, a blue gourd, a blue coin, a green crab and a red rooster. The big single-picture boxes along the bottom row are the simplest bet: you are betting that picture turns up on at least one die.

Reading the payout table

Everything you need is printed on the board:

• EACH DOUBLE 10:1 (the two outer panels): a specific picture on two dice.
• 180:1 (the two inner panels): three of one specific picture.
• 30:1 ANY TRIPLE (the centre): any picture on all three dice.
• TWO DICE 5:1 (the long row with the arrow): two named pictures appearing together.

Above the board is a long strip of small dice, the history of recent rolls. At the top left, MAX 250.00 and MIN 0.50 give the table limits.

How a round goes

You set the chip with UNIT (0.50 here), tap boxes, and press RESULT. A gold dome opens in the middle of the board; in the capture above it shows two roosters and a prawn. Winning boxes then glow.

In this roll the lit boxes are the prawn and rooster singles, the prawn and rooster pair in the TWO DICE row, and the rooster double. The button now reads NEW GAME. REMOVE BET takes one chip off; CLEAR takes them all.

A note on odds

The board tells you what a win pays, not how often it happens. The high-paying boxes are rare by design. Compare with the dot version in Sicbo on Joker123, and the 918Kiss copy of Hulu Cock if you play there.

Before you sit down

Decide the number of rounds, not just the amount. If you want to try it, get a Joker123 ID and keep to the 0.50 minimum while you learn the board. Adults only, and remember online gambling is restricted in Malaysia; see responsible gaming for practical limits.