Our story
New York made the game.
We made the app.
Ceelo has lived wherever New Yorkers gather: sidewalks, parks, family rooms, barbershops, and late-night tables. Ceelo NY is our love letter to that energy.
A game for everybody
Ceelo is a pillar of New York street culture. Deemed semi illegal by the system but the late nights, laughs, good times and come ups make it a part of life for some. It can be life changing. For others an occasional game at a party or a friend's house means just as much. Ceelo has no boundaries. It's a game for anyone who likes to wage with their friends or play games of chance.
History of Ceelo
The actual origins of the game are not clear; some of the earliest documentation comes from 1893, when Stewart Culin reported that Cee-lo was the most popular dice game played by Chinese-American laborers, although he also notes they preferred to play Fan-Tan and games using Chinese dominoes such as Pai Gow or Tien Gow rather than dice games. Gil Jacobs instead asserts the game is derived from passe-dix, with a betting system borrowed from craps.