The term literally means "fox gambling.
Thus the house edge with a standard payout of 4× the original bet is 210⁄216 – (4-1)·6⁄216 = 95.8%; a fair game of Kitsune Bakuchi with zero house edge would pay out winnings at 36 for 1, i.e., the winning player would receive their bet back plus a bonus equal to 35 times the original bet.
There are several dice games whose names include fox (狐, kitsune, or キツネ), dating from the Edo period:[2]
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