The player may roll any or all of the dice up to three times each turn. Roll the dice resulting in the highest scoring combination possible. 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. Yahtzee is a dice game almost entirely governed by chance.

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