Talk:Two-up

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question: was drinking illegal in 1945? if so, did people drink at two-up schools?

prohabition never came to australia as it did in the united states. However, from 1919 to the 1950's pub opening hours were cut to 6pm. This paved the way for sly grog shops, and the beginnings of organised crime in Sydney and Australia. Its fair to say that people did drink at some 2up schools, some probally even sold sly grog themselves.

[edit] Terminology

It seems that this article needs to have a separate section on terminology.

In particular, in its current form, the article does not mention the (?un-Australian?) swy-specific despicable circumstances of a (late-entering) player "coming in on the grouter" and exploiting the previous work of others. Yet, in these days of "insider trading", and given the approval that is often given to those who "do a Bradbury", perhaps traditional Australian values have significantly altered? Anyway, it seems puzzling that an article on swy neither mentions the despicable behaviour of someone "coming in on the grouter", nor does it mention the fact that the Australian vernacular uses this swy-connected term to uniquely describe a deviant social action (behaviour which, to many, is a far worse social crime than one "bludging on one's mates") 129.94.6.29 16:22, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rules?

Article has a nice piece on the history but a Pommie like me with no clue as to how it is played or what the rules (or variations in rules) are. --DrFod 16:39, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

  • Gotta agree. Heck, I'm an Aussie, but I have no idea how it's played, and it seems to me an article about the game should at least provide a summary of the basic rules. - Splunge
    • We should add something about the rules, as well as the various probabilities, the house take, etc., as is done with other gambling articles. - Matthew238 05:43, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

I have added some rules (they were removed a while ago but without some rules then no one will understand what we are talking about) and edited the history to neaten it up. Dewatf 09:29, 25 April 2007 (UTC)