Any ideas what this is ??

I bought this on the weekend from a car boot in the uk as it was interesting and I normally pretty good at identifying items but this ones got me stumped !.I've spent many hours on internet with no luck, any ideas ??? the cubes are 4 sided , two sides are marked No 1 , one side No 2 and one side X , all the cubes are marked exactly the same

 

good doozer . dazler !!!

why the 3 red cubes...? .......hummm...

 

hi there on a rod and they spin and i think there bone ?

hopefully ancient and extremely valuable

 

I know , makes me think its for calculating something or tallying

 

I know this, I supect you're too young. It's for guessing football pool results.

 

you can roll it from your hand onto a flat surface and get a different combination of numbers and x's each time , so it makes me wonder if its some sort of gambling device ???

 

i do remember them dob 1971 , how does it work ?

regards darren

 

looks like wood from here..

 

looks like wood in pics but like bone with loupe

 

You spin it, see where the x's settle and use them to mark the score draws if I remember rightly.

 

Are we talking the "football" played with your feet?

Because if we are, that will make me feel less stupid.

 

1 = home team wins, X = draw, 2 = guest team wins
red ones for additional games

 

its a good solution as there are 12 plus red ones , but theirs 2 x 1's on each cube which would weight the results in favour of a home team win ?

 

just had a thought , are there 2 x 1's on each cube because home wins are more probable , makes sense ?

 

just found this online , looking for pic of mine online

 

Spot on fid. Home, away and score draw. Yes, the odds were always in favour of home wins.