Crown And Anchor Lessons At Harbour Nights

July 29, 2014

With the Cup Match holiday festivities commencing on Thursday, Harbour Nights is doing its part to educate tourists and residents on how to play the ever-popular Crown and Anchor game.

This week Wednesday [July 30] Ms. Hattie Armstrong will be stationed near Calypso on Front Street and, using “Monopoly-style” money, she will teach the ins and outs of the traditional Cup Match board game.

Crown and Anchor is a dice game which originated in the 18th century and was traditionally played by sailors in the Royal Navy, British Merchants and fishing fleets. The annual Cup Match cricket game, which is held on Emancipation Day and Somers’ Day, is the most popular venue for the game to be played in Bermuda.

Kendaree Burgess, Executive Director of Bermuda Chamber of Commerce said, “This game of Crown and Anchor is as much a part of Cup Match as cricket, and knowing the rules of play will put you in better standing. Every year the Chamber looks to improve on the entertainment and this is just another activity we feel will engage both locals and tourists.”

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  1. James says:

    Seriously? Ha-ha! The rules are that the house wins 99.9% of the time.
    You have to be a real idiot to play this game!

  2. JH says:

    The lesson should be NOT TO PLAY since it has the worst player odds and just about any game.

    It should be renamed “Voluntary donations for the mathematically challenged”.

  3. i and i says:

    Can you please teach civility….decency would be a virtue….and if you drink….self control and sentient thought….also be nice or go home ….people who are miserable should stay home…new law to legislate! Be nice or get out of town …by sundown.