Dabo (Star Trek)

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In the fictional Star Trek universe Dabo is a Ferengi game of skill and chance. The game relies on the spinning of a "dabo wheel" similar to a roulette wheel. During various betting hands (similar to poker) each player either "buys" or "sells" or "converts" their gold-pressed latinum (money) in preparation for the next spin of the dabo wheel. The details of the rules have not been specified during the show to date.

When something good happens everyone around the table yells "Dabo!"

About ten players can sit around the dabo wheel. Often, proprietors who house dabo games in their establishments pair dabo wheels with attractive women (colloquially, "dabo girls") to run the games and to entice customers to play. Leeta, who was a dabo girl in Quark's bar, maintained that dabo girls not only had to look appealing to the customers but also be able to quickly calculate odds and ensure a house victory in the long run, typically by enticing gamers to stay until they lose.

The game is most often seen played in Quark's bar on Deep Space Nine.