Casino Craps -- Part Two of the Movement of the Game - The Dice, Mixtures and Craps Chances

Casino craps is tinkered with two chop. These are specially made rubber-stamped with casino numbers on, produced with one to six dots and are transparent. Each craps die can be as near perfect a cube as they can be. All these methods are used by the casinos to stop cheating at the craps table by swapping the chop for loaded ones.

The possible mixtures that can be thrown with two craps chop are 6x6=36. Optimum craps number being 12 and the lowest being 2. The following table shows all the numbers that can be thrown and the possible ways each number may be thrown for craps purposes.

Number
Mixtures
2 1-1 1
3 1-2, 2-1 2
4 1-3,3-1,2-2 3
5 1-4,4-1,3-2,2-3 4
6 1-5,5-1,2-4,4-2,3-3 5
7 1-6,6-1,2-5,5-2,4-3,3-4 6
8 2-6,6-2,3-5,5-3,4-4 5
9 3-6,6-3,4-5,5-4 4
10 4-6, 6-4,5-5 3
11 6-5,5-6 2
12 6-6 1
It is important to know all these mixtures and the true likelihood of them appearing in a craps table roll.
As you can clearly see, 7 is the usually thrown craps number and 1 and 12 the least likely.

In a game of craps the come out roll as discussed partially one of this series of articles, is defined to determine a place. The reason for the point Best Metal Dice is so that bettors with the chop, can bet that the point number will repeat before a seven appears.

The purpose numbers in a game of craps are 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10.

The other numbers as well as being winners or losers on the come out roll are used for one roll table bets in the game. The casino will for example give likelihood of 30-1 on a 12 being thrown. You place your bet in the correct portion on the craps table and it is valid for the next roll only. A quick went through this article shows you that is a ridiculous bet to make. There are 36 mixtures of chop roll, the 12 is only one of those mixtures so the true chances are 35-1. The casino will pay 30-1 giving the casino a massive 13. 89% advantage. Some casinos pay 29-1 increasing their advantage to 16. 67%. You will notice at these casinos that the craps table will say 30 for 1 as opposed to 30-1. Avoid these tables as it is just the casino obtaining more advantage than they already have. Try and learn the odds of a true roll for the numbers and you will be able to sort out the value table bets at the craps table.

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