

Instructions: Yahtzee is a game suitable for any number of players (even one). The player with the highest score is the winner. The game is over when all players have completed all 13 roll categories. The player decides which of the 13 roll categories to score depending on which criteria are met and which result in the most points. The player stops when satisfied or three rolls have been taken. Summary: The player may roll any or all of the dice up to three times each turn. Object: Roll the dice resulting in the highest scoring combination possible. At the time or writing, Hasbro produces and owns Yahtzee. Milton Bradley, in turn, was acquired by Hasbro in 1984. Lowe Company until 1973, when the company was purchased by Milton Bradley. Lowe didn't give up he started throwing Yahtzee parties of his own (just like the original couple), and Yahtzee took off through the oldest form of advertising, word of mouth. Yahtzee was easy to understand, but it needed to be played to be appreciated. Advertisements didn't do the game justice. At this point, Yacht officially became known as Yahtzee. He offered to buy the rights, and the couple was to be paid the profit made on the first 1000 games. Lowe, just like the couple's friends, fell in love with the game.

Lowe had had success selling Bingo games in the past so he was a logical choice to make professional-looking Yacht games. The couple saw a great earning potential in Yacht. Yacht was a success among the couple's friends, and they all wanted a copy. Thus, Yahtzee was born under its original name, Yacht. This couple wanted an easy, fun game that could be played aboard their yacht. Yahtzee was invented by a Canadian couple.

"Yahtzee!" is also an English-language colloquialism synonymous with "Bingo!." It may be heard at baseball games when a home run is hit and at bingo parlors when one completes a bingo. The probability of obtaining a yahtzee in a single roll is 0.1%, and the probability of obtaining a yahtzee in three rolls is 4.6%. In the game, a yahtzee is statistically the most difficult roll to obtain as it is comprised of five dice all showing the same face. Common sense helps determine which dice to keep and which to re-roll, but assuming all players use common sense and the dice are fair, the outcome of the game is random. It is a game almost entirely governed by chance. Yahtzee is a dice game currently (2005) produced by Hasbro.
