Raccoon

How it works in play

After a beaver, the original doubler may raccoon: turn the cube once more, again keeping it, so a first double from 1 to 2 ends up at 8 before the next roll. Like the beaver it is a money-play side bet, used only where everyone has agreed to it.

Related terms

• Beaver — Money play only: an immediate redouble by the player who was just doubled, keeping cube ownership.
• Double — An offer to double the stakes via the doubling cube, made before rolling.
• Redouble — A subsequent double by the current cube owner.
• Cube — Short for "doubling cube."

Go deeper

• Rules: beavers and raccoons
• Backgammon strategy, from first roll to bear-off

In other languages

• العربيةالراكون (Raccoon)
• ΕλληνικάRaccoon
• فارسیراکون (Raccoon)
• עבריתרקון (Raccoon)
• РусскийРакун (raccoon)
• TürkçeRaccoon