About How to Play Two-up
How to Play Two-up is an independent reference guide to two-up, the coin game Australians play on Anzac Day. We explain the rules of the ring, the law in each state and territory, the kip and pennies, the odds and the history. This page covers who writes the site, what it covers, who pays for it and how to get in touch.
Who we are
How to Play Two-up is a small independent website, started in 2026. It isn’t run by, connected to or paid by any RSL, club, pub, casino, regulator or government body. We don’t take bets, run games or sell anything, and none of our pages links to a place where you can gamble.
Every page is written by our editor, who writes under the name Gordon Pemberton. His work is reading the sources: the two-up sections of each state’s gambling Acts, the Liquor & Gaming NSW two-up rules, and the records of the Australian War Memorial and the ANU. There’s more about him on Gordon Pemberton’s author page.
What we cover
The site answers the questions people ask each April, and a few they ask the rest of the year:
- how a round works, from the spinner’s toss to settling the bets, set out in the rules of the ring;
- why two-up is illegal most of the year, and where and when each state and territory allows it;
- Anzac Day itself: what the law allows on the day, who runs the games and what to bring;
- the kip and pennies, the odds of each toss, and the game’s history and slang;
- the year-round games at Broken Hill and Kalgoorlie, and what the law says about two-up online.
How we work and who pays
Every legal claim names the Act and section it comes from, and every fact carries the date we read it. Where a newspaper or tourism site is our only source, we say so in the sentence. The full method, including how we treat facts we can’t confirm, is on how we check our facts.
The site has no advertising, no sponsored posts and no affiliate links, and no venue pays to be mentioned. We don’t link to offshore casinos. How the site is paid for, and what we’d do if that ever changed, is set out in our disclosure.
Get in touch
If a rule, a section number or a venue’s details look out of date, email hello@howtoplaytwoup.com with the page and your source. The editor reads every message and usually replies within a few business days. What to send, and what we can’t help with, is on our contact page.