TWENTY-SIX

dice game popular in the United States Midwest from the 1930s through the 1950s, in which a player selects a number from 1 to 6 and then casts 10 dice 13 times, attempting to throw the chosen number 26 times or more, exactly 13, or fewer than 10. Twenty-six was played mostly in taverns and at store counters, with the house paying off winners in drinks or merchandise. Local and federal antigambling drives largely closed the game down.