Which numbers are harder to roll?
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10 members have voted
December 22nd, 2013 at 10:25:20 PM
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Obviously this poll is silly, because the options have exactly the same odds. But what I want to find out is which numbers do you PERCEIVE are harder to roll... it's actually a good exercise in how superstition and bias can creep in even when we KNOW the odds.
December 23rd, 2013 at 3:10:04 AM
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Yeah, in a few cases. In most cases I give it no thought. Knowing 6 is just as common as 8 is at the front of my mind every time I review my perception that 8 is easier to roll. This comes up when a shooter is doing well and I want both the 6 and 8 covered, even if I have to make my rare place bet. If the 8 is not covered, it bothers me a lot more.
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December 23rd, 2013 at 7:23:49 AM
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9 is harder than 5.
12 is harder than 2.
All others are equal.
Evidence: The Field pays on rolls of 9 but not 5, and pays triple on 12 but double on 2.
Except in Caesars properties. There, 2 and 12 are equally easy.
12 is harder than 2.
All others are equal.
Evidence: The Field pays on rolls of 9 but not 5, and pays triple on 12 but double on 2.
Except in Caesars properties. There, 2 and 12 are equally easy.
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December 23rd, 2013 at 7:42:08 AM
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Nice. What about 12 being easier than 2 since a don't bet is only a push on the comeout for 12 but a win for 2? Except in Reno, of course, where 2 is easier.
December 23rd, 2013 at 10:15:10 AM
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Damn you, Dark Sider!
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December 23rd, 2013 at 10:21:10 AM
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I have a hard time rolling any of those numbers. Because I don't play craps.
"Quit trying your luck and start trying your skill." Mickey Crimm
December 23rd, 2013 at 11:03:25 AM
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Quote: odiousgambitYeah, in a few cases. In most cases I give it no thought. Knowing 6 is just as common as 8 is at the front of my mind every time I review my perception that 8 is easier to roll. This comes up when a shooter is doing well and I want both the 6 and 8 covered, even if I have to make my rare place bet. If the 8 is not covered, it bothers me a lot more.
yeah i don't know what it is about those two numbers, but almost everyone i've played craps with seems to think that 8 is the better number than 6.
December 23rd, 2013 at 11:14:34 AM
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There are 6 faces on each die, which obviously makes it harder to roll the 6!
December 23rd, 2013 at 9:03:30 PM
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I've heard of some real silliness, but this beat all!
Note, all my post start with this is just my opinion...!
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December 24th, 2013 at 1:16:40 PM
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Quote: superrickI've heard of some real silliness, but this beat all!
OK but did you vote?
the next time Dame Fortune toys with your heart, your soul and your wallet, raise your glass and praise her thus: Thanks for nothing, you cold-hearted, evil, damnable, nefarious, low-life, malicious monster from Hell! She is, after all, stone deaf. ... Arnold Snyder
December 24th, 2013 at 8:16:30 PM
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Great poll. It will allow you to vote on ALL choices and record as such. So the poll is as meaningless as the questions.
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December 24th, 2013 at 8:59:43 PM
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I voted Rainbow :)
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December 24th, 2013 at 9:00:59 PM
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Mysteriously, the number that doesn't come up is usually the point. If the point is 10, it seems easy to throw nines and fours. If the point is four, it seems like a lot of fives and tens show up.... At least that's what sticks in my memory.
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December 24th, 2013 at 9:17:08 PM
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Quote: DeMangoGreat poll. It will allow you to vote on ALL choices and record as such. So the poll is as meaningless as the questions.
yeah well it's kind of honor system. there's no other way for me to set it up without making 5 separate threads.
December 24th, 2013 at 9:50:14 PM
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I only voted for one choice: 2 is harder to throw than a 12. Perhaps this is because I use the cross sixes set with the sixes on top, and there was that study that said the numbers set facing up on a pair of dice are more likely going to be the final result than any others.
December 24th, 2013 at 9:51:02 PM
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I say the 10 harder than a 4Quote: DJTeddyBear9 is harder than 5.
12 is harder than 2.
All others are equal.
Evidence: The Field pays on rolls of 9 but not 5, and pays triple on 12 but double on 2.
Except in Caesars properties. There, 2 and 12 are equally easy.
4 was not always in the Field early on
5 and 9 are equal as are the 2 and the 12.
need to go back in time
Evidence: page 103 Scarne on Dice
and in the movies
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December 24th, 2013 at 10:41:22 PM
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Every number is equally doable factoring in the dice set being used to make certain outcomes. I notice on a 5-4 dice set, the 9 appears to come out more than the 5. But I've used 4-4 with 1-1 in the middle and made many prop numbers (2,3,12) in most cases back to back (great for horn betters parleying $4.00 to $75 pretty quick) but fear the 7 in that set.
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