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From there we moved to Morotai, and while waiting for action in Borneo I conducted an extremely large and lucrative game at the back of our staging area. Many nationalities were attracted by my game. I later arrived at Labuan just off the west coast of Borneo, where, after all action had been completed, I ran a few games. From there, the unit transferred to the Lintang Barracks on the outskirts of Kuching, where I was able to conduct some more games in my spare time, when not looking after the thousands of Japanese prisoners who were being held in case they were needed for evidence in the war crimes trials.

Then we went back to Labuan in Borneo, where we were on-shipped to New Britain and staged in a camp in Rabaul, not near the harbour but over Tunnel Hill. Here I got myself a position as sports manager and organiser to the unit, and as well as running football, athletics and basketball, I had the position and the time to conduct the swy game. When I was eventually shipped back to Australia I quickly put all my pennies away and did or said nothing about them until this year [ ], when someone who knew me asked me to give a talk about it at Rotary.

With this encouragement, I organised the set and prepared the pennies for forwarding to the Australian War Memorial. The game of two-up from the AWM site M. In the following account, he gives explains how the game was played. To stage a game required a quiet spot, with a flat area big enough for an or foot radius circle clearly etched in the dirt. This was done with twine, with two loops, one at each end, using bayonets to mark the circle.

The boxer or manager of the game sat with his coins, kips, string and money tray in the place where he could view the whole ring clearly. The ringie , who was usually a friend who volunteered, ran the centre of the ring. When the game was about to commence, there would be a number of people around and outside the circle. The kip would then hold two or three pennies, depending on the game. Some of the kips were smooth, with no ridges in the wood.

The plastic used on some of the kips I used was taken from crashed planes on the side of the airstrip at Morotai. The spinner would then select the coins that he wished to use Queens, new or old, baldies, George V , etc.

The head side on each penny was polished and the tail side was left dark, so that it was obvious to anyone around the ring whether the coin fell as head or tail.

The ringie would place the coins tail up on the kip. The spinner then tossed the coins. All pennies whether two or three had to fall within the circle. If one fell outside or on the circle, it was declared void by the ringie. The spinner then had another turn. While this was happening, side bets were allowed around the ring. There were two distinct types of betting:. The spinner had the right to continue spinning while ever he tossed heads.

If he tossed three heads in a row, the boxer would take his commission out of the centre the guts and the spinner had the right to toss the kip and take the money or continue spinning.

The change of spinner went clockwise around the ring. If the spinner got to six heads in a row, the boxer took another commission, and the game continued until the spinner tossed tails or tossed the kip.

In some places, a multitude of currencies was used. In addition, he could exchange currencies. At the end of the game, if the tail betters had had a good day, they would sling the boxer, to compensate him for the use of his facilities. As the game was held more often than once a week, you found that some of your customers went broke. The boxer usually lent them enough for cigarettes and a beer until next pay.

Statistics : Over 35 million page visitors since 11 Nov Two Up or 'Swy', the Digger's gambling game. Two up pennies, British, as used in France.

A gambling game. Pennies for the game of 'two-up'. A game would run for up to three or four hours. Glossary of terms Boxer : the game owner. Ringie : the supervisor in the ring. Kip : the flat board used to throw the coins. Spinner : the player who throws or tosses the pennies.

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