Editing Shut the box (section)

{{Short description|Game of dice}}
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{{Infobox game
| name         = Shut the box
| other_names  = Canoga, batten down the hatches, trick-track
| image    = Shut the box.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| image_alt = Shut the box game with dice cup
| genre         = Dice-rolling<br/>Solitaire
| players       = 1 (Solitaire) or more
| setup_time    = 1 minute
| playing_time  = 2–3 minutes per player
| random_chance = High (Dice rolling)
| skills        = Risk management<br/>Arithmetic
}}

'''Shut the box''' (also called '''ACKPOT''',<ref name="luck">{{cite book |last1=Luck |first1=Steve |title=Classic Indoor Games: The Complete Guide |date=2006 |publisher=Aurum |isbn=978-1-84513-164-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=51WKTR2ILJAC |language=en}}</ref> '''batten down the hatches'''<ref name="luck"/> or '''trick-track'''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Parlett |first1=David |title=The Oxford History of Board Games |date=1999 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-212998-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rH6DAAAAMAAJ&q=%22shut+the+box%22+%22trictrac%22 |language=en}}</ref>) is a [[List of dice games|game of dice]] for one or more players, commonly played in a group of two to four for [[gambling|stakes]]. Traditionally, a counting box is used with tiles numbered 1 to 9 where each can be covered with a hinged or sliding mechanism, though the game can be played with only a pair of dice, pen, and paper. Variations exist where the box has 10 or 12 tiles.