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Vegasrider
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January 9th, 2022 at 3:32:42 PM permalink
Curious, is it against the rules to track roll results in craps? I know Baccarat and roulette allows tracking. I’m thinking of playing craps and I have a system that I would like to use but it would make it easier if I could mark the rolls with a pen and paper vs remembering them in my head.
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January 9th, 2022 at 3:53:12 PM permalink
I'll bring an index card with my system/strategy and put it in my shirt pocket for easy reference during a game. But trying to remember rolls, the most I'll do is a 5-count.
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January 9th, 2022 at 3:53:32 PM permalink
Quote: Vegasrider

Curious, is it against the rules to track roll results in craps? I know Baccarat and roulette allows tracking. I’m thinking of playing craps and I have a system that I would like to use but it would make it easier if I could mark the rolls with a pen and paper vs remembering them in my head.
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Well, in Nevada, if you want to be pedantic, and hope a judge agrees with you, then no, it is not against the rules. What is illegal (and I do mean illegal; it is a crime under the Nevada Revised Statutes, and the penalty for a repeated offense is a mandatory, as in "no probation and no suspended sentence," minimum one year in prison) is to use a "computerized, electronic, electrical or mechanical device, or any software or hardware, or any combination thereof, which is designed, constructed, altered or programmed to obtain an advantage at playing any game in a licensed gaming establishment or any game that is offered by a licensee or affiliate, including, without limitation, a device that:
1. Projects the outcome of the game;
2. Keeps track of cards played or cards prepared for play in the game;
3. Analyzes the probability of the occurrence of an event relating to the game; or
4. Analyzes the strategy for playing or betting to be used in the game
except as may be made available as part of an approved game or otherwise permitted by the Commission."
The Commission specifically permits using handwritten notes to track cards in baccarat and roulette results.

Note #2 specifically says "cards," although technically those are just four examples of "obtaining an advantage."
There is also the question of whether a pen/pencil and paper are considered "a mechanical device altered to obtain an advantage."

Insert the somewhat obligatory "You are wasting your time trying to develop a system in craps" comment here - especially as, since you are basing it on rolls, you have to assume that the same two dice are being used for every bet.
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January 9th, 2022 at 4:56:34 PM permalink
Quote: Vegasrider

Curious, is it against the rules to track roll results in craps? I know Baccarat and roulette allows tracking. I’m thinking of playing craps and I have a system that I would like to use but it would make it easier if I could mark the rolls with a pen and paper vs remembering them in my head.
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Every combination of bets has a negative expectation. No system can beat that
It’s all about making that GTA
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January 9th, 2022 at 5:28:21 PM permalink
Not only is it not against the rules, some casinos will offer you scrap paper and a pencil to track the results. But they WILL take exception if you then can't place your bets in a timely manner.

Additionally, casinos are so confident that tracking the rolls for any system is a waste of time and pointless (and they're right), that some tables have history displays similar to that on roulette. Most (all?) electronic versions of craps, including the new systems that have players roll dice, include the history on the player's terminals.

So, as others have said, you're wasting your time trying, but are welcome to make the attempt.
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January 9th, 2022 at 5:36:57 PM permalink
Quote: Vegasrider

Curious, is it against the rules to track roll results in craps? I know Baccarat and roulette allows tracking. I’m thinking of playing craps and I have a system that I would like to use but it would make it easier if I could mark the rolls with a pen and paper vs remembering them in my head.
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You may track your rolls. And if you're the shooter and you think you are influencing the dice you absolutely should be tracking your rolls.

Just do your note taking quickly just as your dice setting should be done quickly.

This was the wrong forum to ask this question as it is anti dice influencing and every answer will show that bias.

You'd be better off asking DI-related questions at a DI friendly forum.
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January 9th, 2022 at 6:31:16 PM permalink
Quote: AlanMendelson

This was the wrong forum to ask this question as it is anti dice influencing and every answer will show that bias.

You'd be better off asking DI-related questions at a DI friendly forum.
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I don't speak for everyone.
I'm actually pro-DI.
Unfortunately, like perpetual motion, I haven't seen it work yet.
May the cards fall in your favor.
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January 9th, 2022 at 7:26:20 PM permalink
Quote: Dieter

Quote: AlanMendelson

This was the wrong forum to ask this question as it is anti dice influencing and every answer will show that bias.

You'd be better off asking DI-related questions at a DI friendly forum.
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I don't speak for everyone.
I'm actually pro-DI.
Unfortunately, like perpetual motion, I haven't seen it work yet.
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I have seen it work... but with fewer than 5 shooters. That's five in my lifetime.
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January 10th, 2022 at 5:43:44 AM permalink
A simple 4x6 notebook. a column for every set used. Later transfer to an Excel based dice program. Transpose sets to see what would have happened using the original tosses. It is called work, since an iPhone cannot be used at the table.
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January 10th, 2022 at 6:59:00 AM permalink
Quote: AlanMendelson

Quote: Dieter

Quote: AlanMendelson

This was the wrong forum to ask this question as it is anti dice influencing and every answer will show that bias.

You'd be better off asking DI-related questions at a DI friendly forum.
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I don't speak for everyone.
I'm actually pro-DI.
Unfortunately, like perpetual motion, I haven't seen it work yet.
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I have seen it work... but with fewer than 5 shooters. That's five in my lifetime.
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NO YOU HAVEN’T! You may THINK you have seen it, but JUST LIKE the 18 yo’s in a row, you are just plain wrong. DI to overcome the house edge does not happen (legally). You saying you’ve seen a few guys do it DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN A FEW GUYS DO IT! Is that clear and simple enough?

Rant over…..
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January 10th, 2022 at 7:19:30 AM permalink
Quote: SOOPOO

Quote: AlanMendelson

Quote: Dieter

Quote: AlanMendelson

This was the wrong forum to ask this question as it is anti dice influencing and every answer will show that bias.

You'd be better off asking DI-related questions at a DI friendly forum.
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I don't speak for everyone.
I'm actually pro-DI.
Unfortunately, like perpetual motion, I haven't seen it work yet.
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I have seen it work... but with fewer than 5 shooters. That's five in my lifetime.
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NO YOU HAVEN’T! You may THINK you have seen it, but JUST LIKE the 18 yo’s in a row, you are just plain wrong. DI to overcome the house edge does not happen (legally). You saying you’ve seen a few guys do it DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN A FEW GUYS DO IT! Is that clear and simple enough?

Rant over…..
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I would not doubt that a person exists out of the 10 billion or so that we know of that can control dice enough to get a small advantage.
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January 10th, 2022 at 8:00:47 AM permalink
Quote: DRich

Quote: SOOPOO

Quote: AlanMendelson

Quote: Dieter

Quote: AlanMendelson

This was the wrong forum to ask this question as it is anti dice influencing and every answer will show that bias.

You'd be better off asking DI-related questions at a DI friendly forum.
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I don't speak for everyone.
I'm actually pro-DI.
Unfortunately, like perpetual motion, I haven't seen it work yet.
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I have seen it work... but with fewer than 5 shooters. That's five in my lifetime.
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NO YOU HAVEN’T! You may THINK you have seen it, but JUST LIKE the 18 yo’s in a row, you are just plain wrong. DI to overcome the house edge does not happen (legally). You saying you’ve seen a few guys do it DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN A FEW GUYS DO IT! Is that clear and simple enough?

Rant over…..
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I would not doubt that a person exists out of the 10 billion or so that we know of that can control dice enough to get a small advantage.
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Then you would be wrong. FACT.
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January 10th, 2022 at 9:23:29 AM permalink
Quote: SOOPOO

Quote: DRich

Quote: SOOPOO

Quote: AlanMendelson

Quote: Dieter

Quote: AlanMendelson

This was the wrong forum to ask this question as it is anti dice influencing and every answer will show that bias.

You'd be better off asking DI-related questions at a DI friendly forum.
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I don't speak for everyone.
I'm actually pro-DI.
Unfortunately, like perpetual motion, I haven't seen it work yet.
link to original post



I have seen it work... but with fewer than 5 shooters. That's five in my lifetime.
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NO YOU HAVEN’T! You may THINK you have seen it, but JUST LIKE the 18 yo’s in a row, you are just plain wrong. DI to overcome the house edge does not happen (legally). You saying you’ve seen a few guys do it DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN A FEW GUYS DO IT! Is that clear and simple enough?

Rant over…..
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I would not doubt that a person exists out of the 10 billion or so that we know of that can control dice enough to get a small advantage.
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Then you would be wrong. FACT.
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I don't think it can be a fact until you have tested all 10 billion. This is clearly a mechanical feat not a mathematical feat.
At my age, a "Life In Prison" sentence is not much of a deterrent.
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January 10th, 2022 at 9:56:06 AM permalink
If there are one or two people on this planet who can run faster than everyone else, why can't there be people who can control their movements better than everyone else.
If you have perfect muscle memory and can throw the dice exactly the same every time, you might be able to gain an advantage. I've never seen it, but it took me almost sixty years to find someone that had perfect pitch, which is quite rare.
The difference between fiction and reality is that fiction is supposed to make sense.
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January 10th, 2022 at 10:23:09 AM permalink
If I'm setting the dice to throw a 5, I should also bet the 9 because that would be the total on the other side of the dice. The 6 & 8 may not hit, but the 9 might hit 5 times in a row.
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January 10th, 2022 at 11:07:56 AM permalink
Quote: billryan

If there are one or two people on this planet who can run faster than everyone else, why can't there be people who can control their movements better than everyone else.
If you have perfect muscle memory and can throw the dice exactly the same every time, you might be able to gain an advantage. I've never seen it, but it took me almost sixty years to find someone that had perfect pitch, which is quite rare.
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Billy…. Someone will always be the fastest human. But there are things no human will ever be able to do. How about a one minute mile as an example? How about jumping and dunking on a twenty foot hoop? How about controlling the dice (legally) to beat the house edge?

All three are JUST PLAIN STUPID.
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January 10th, 2022 at 11:12:07 AM permalink
Quote: DRich

Quote: SOOPOO

Quote: DRich

Quote: SOOPOO

Quote: AlanMendelson

Quote: Dieter

Quote: AlanMendelson

This was the wrong forum to ask this question as it is anti dice influencing and every answer will show that bias.

You'd be better off asking DI-related questions at a DI friendly forum.
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I don't speak for everyone.
I'm actually pro-DI.
Unfortunately, like perpetual motion, I haven't seen it work yet.
link to original post



I have seen it work... but with fewer than 5 shooters. That's five in my lifetime.
link to original post



NO YOU HAVEN’T! You may THINK you have seen it, but JUST LIKE the 18 yo’s in a row, you are just plain wrong. DI to overcome the house edge does not happen (legally). You saying you’ve seen a few guys do it DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN A FEW GUYS DO IT! Is that clear and simple enough?

Rant over…..
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I would not doubt that a person exists out of the 10 billion or so that we know of that can control dice enough to get a small advantage.
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Then you would be wrong. FACT.
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I don't think it can be a fact until you have tested all 10 billion. This is clearly a mechanical feat not a mathematical feat.
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That’s idiotic. I can’t say ‘no man can run a one minute mile’ because I haven’t tested all 10 billion? There are some things, given our present knowledge, that are axiomatic.
THERE IS NO HUMAN THAT CAN SET THE DICE (legally) TO OVERCOME THE HOUSE EDGE. The same as there is no man that can run a one minute mile. Why you would think I’d need to prove such obvious facts is beyond me.
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January 12th, 2022 at 9:00:23 AM permalink
When you really think about it, Soopoo is claiming the laws of physics end at the dice table.
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January 12th, 2022 at 9:24:27 AM permalink
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When you really think about it, Soopoo is claiming the laws of physics end at the dice table.
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. Quite the opposite. Just that there are some laws of physics a human can’t overcome. It’s a really simple concept.
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January 12th, 2022 at 9:25:33 AM permalink
Quote: SOOPOO

Quote: DRich

Quote: SOOPOO

Quote: DRich

Quote: SOOPOO

Quote: AlanMendelson

Quote: Dieter

Quote: AlanMendelson

This was the wrong forum to ask this question as it is anti dice influencing and every answer will show that bias.

You'd be better off asking DI-related questions at a DI friendly forum.
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I don't speak for everyone.
I'm actually pro-DI.
Unfortunately, like perpetual motion, I haven't seen it work yet.
link to original post



I have seen it work... but with fewer than 5 shooters. That's five in my lifetime.
link to original post



NO YOU HAVEN’T! You may THINK you have seen it, but JUST LIKE the 18 yo’s in a row, you are just plain wrong. DI to overcome the house edge does not happen (legally). You saying you’ve seen a few guys do it DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN A FEW GUYS DO IT! Is that clear and simple enough?

Rant over…..
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I would not doubt that a person exists out of the 10 billion or so that we know of that can control dice enough to get a small advantage.
link to original post



Then you would be wrong. FACT.
link to original post



I don't think it can be a fact until you have tested all 10 billion. This is clearly a mechanical feat not a mathematical feat.
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That’s idiotic. I can’t say ‘no man can run a one minute mile’ because I haven’t tested all 10 billion? There are some things, given our present knowledge, that are axiomatic.
THERE IS NO HUMAN THAT CAN SET THE DICE (legally) TO OVERCOME THE HOUSE EDGE. The same as there is no man that can run a one minute mile. Why you would think I’d need to prove such obvious facts is beyond me.
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I think i'm going to disagree with Soopoo on the basis that there are things that can be tested even if it's not reasonable to attempt it vs a claim, where you're claiming something that couldn't possibly be tested. Such as claiming that something you can't find exists somewhere in the Universe. There's no known way to search the entire universe, yet even though no one would bother to test everyone in the world, no one would ever bother to do it. It's extremely difficult to seem impossible, but not impossible as it is possible to test people.
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January 12th, 2022 at 9:29:54 AM permalink
Or, to shorten, there two degrees of impossible. One is truly impossible as no known way to do it, and the other is degree of difficulty that it is also impossible but not as great as impossible as the first. Neither are going to be done, but one is greater than the other in impossibility.
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January 12th, 2022 at 10:08:43 AM permalink
Soopoo just say you cant influence the dice. That's all. There's no harm and no shame.

I also can't control a bowling ball Into the 1-3 pocket. But some people do it all the time.

Some people can get the golf ball into the clown's nose. Some people can hit the ball 200 yards to within inches of a flag.

Some people are paid millions of dollars a year to throw a football while being chased by six uniformed gorillas, to where there's a receiver waiting to catch it.

Some people can throw a baseball 90mph to a spot slightly larger than your palm.

Some people can throw a dart into a spot no larger than a dime.

And so it goes.
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January 12th, 2022 at 11:52:30 AM permalink
SOOPOO,

FWIW, I am very skeptical about it. But to me the fact that the casinos have implemented certain protection measures like the diamonds on the wall, and a certain amount of springiness under the felt, I take as evidence that dice influence was done by at least some people before those measures were taken.

Are the current measures the casino has taken sufficient to ensure DI is impossible? I dunno. Probably. If I show up at a casino and suddenly see something new like diamonds on the felt for the last three inches of floor, then I will conclude that they weren’t sufficient, the casinos found someone beating them at craps, and added a new measure.

I do find it strange that you believe so strongly that the current safety measures the casino takes means DI is IMPOSSIBLE. I guess I’m more skeptical but agnostic.
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January 12th, 2022 at 1:42:11 PM permalink
With so many chips on the table, how can anyone throw a controlled roll? It’s more believable if the surface of the table remained constant free of chips
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January 12th, 2022 at 2:44:11 PM permalink
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Well, in Nevada, if you want to be pedantic, and hope a judge agrees with you, then no, it is not against the rules. What is illegal (and I do mean illegal; it is a crime under the Nevada Revised Statutes, and the penalty for a repeated offense is a mandatory, as in "no probation and no suspended sentence," minimum one year in prison) is to use a "computerized, electronic, electrical or mechanical device, or any software or hardware, or any combination thereof, which is designed, constructed, altered or programmed to obtain an advantage at playing any game in a licensed gaming establishment or any game that is offered by a licensee or affiliate, including, without limitation, a device that:
1. Projects the outcome of the game;
2. Keeps track of cards played or cards prepared for play in the game;
3. Analyzes the probability of the occurrence of an event relating to the game; or
4. Analyzes the strategy for playing or betting to be used in the game
except as may be made available as part of an approved game or otherwise permitted by the Commission."
The Commission specifically permits using handwritten notes to track cards in baccarat and roulette results.

Note #2 specifically says "cards," although technically those are just four examples of "obtaining an advantage."
There is also the question of whether a pen/pencil and paper are considered "a mechanical device altered to obtain an advantage."

Insert the somewhat obligatory "You are wasting your time trying to develop a system in craps" comment here - especially as, since you are basing it on rolls, you have to assume that the same two dice are being used for every bet.
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Your mention of the use of a pencil and paper - to write down previous results in plain view of the dealer and pit boss - as possibly qualifying as 'a mechanical device" or "hardware" designed to obtain an advantage by keeping track of cards played or cards prepared to be played in the game' is intriguing. I suppose it might be argued that such a common practice that is commonly allowed by casinos in baccarat and roulette might qualify as a crime under Nevada Revised Statutes! Especially for plausible advantage plays like trying to take advantage of a vulnerable baccarat side bet.

I hate overly broad language in statutes defining criminal activity because it gives the police (and casinos in this case) the opportunity to use their discretion and selectively enforce the statute against parties that they otherwise don't like very much - legally, that they "bear animus towards."
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January 12th, 2022 at 3:16:15 PM permalink
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With so many chips on the table, how can anyone throw a controlled roll? It’s more believable if the surface of the table remained constant free of chips
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Just supposing that someone could DI successfully, in theory, trying to only play when alone at the table or only playing half tables would remedy the chips problem.
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January 12th, 2022 at 3:26:12 PM permalink
The new electronic tables are ideal in this regard...no chips at all.
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January 12th, 2022 at 4:21:39 PM permalink
Keeping track of roll results is much different than keeping track of what cards remain or has been dealt. It’s a new roll with a new results on every roll, just like roulette. It’s like shuffling the cards after every hand in BJ. I’m basing my track on probabilities. For example, a 7 should be rolled after every 6 rolls. Is it against the rules for me to just make a note on paper how many rolls have been made without rolling a 7? Like I mentioned I can easily keep track by using single dollar chips stacking them towards one side after every roll. Just using the 7 as an example, that is not my system but it’s based on stacking the percentages on my side
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January 12th, 2022 at 4:27:02 PM permalink
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Keeping track of roll results is much different than keeping track of what cards remain or has been dealt. It’s a new roll with a new results on every roll, just like roulette. It’s like shuffling the cards after every hand in BJ.
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You just hit the nail on the head.

Dice have no memory. Previous rolls have no effect on future rolls
It’s all about making that GTA
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January 12th, 2022 at 7:40:49 PM permalink
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… to me the fact that the casinos have implemented certain protection measures like the diamonds on the wall, and a certain amount of springiness under the felt, I take as evidence that dice influence was done by at least some people before those measures were taken.
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I take it as some casinos are paranoid. Other casinos, seeing what the paranoid casinos have done, do a collective corporate shoulder shrug, and implement the same protections.

Whether you believe in DI or not, you have to agree that such measures make it harder.
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January 12th, 2022 at 7:50:59 PM permalink
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With so many chips on the table, how can anyone throw a controlled roll? It’s more believable if the surface of the table remained constant free of chips
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What makes you think a DI would play at a crowded table? They don't.

They don't want to hit chips and they certainly don't want chips in their landing zone.
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January 12th, 2022 at 8:03:41 PM permalink
DIs play in fantasyland
It’s all about making that GTA
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January 12th, 2022 at 8:28:14 PM permalink
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DIs play in fantasyland
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Fantasy DIs play in fantasyland. You've probably never seen a real DI because there are so few of them.

I'd say being at a table with a true DI is like being in a foursome with Tiger Woods.
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January 12th, 2022 at 9:20:57 PM permalink
BS.

Even if DI were possible, which it isn’t since no one has demonstrated consistent statistically significant results, the effect on the dice would be small. You wouldn’t see it, it would only become evident over thousands of rolls (or more)
It’s all about making that GTA
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January 12th, 2022 at 10:19:18 PM permalink
Quote: Ace2

BS.

Even if DI were possible, which it isn’t since no one has demonstrated consistent statistically significant results, the effect on the dice would be small. You wouldn’t see it, it would only become evident over thousands of rolls (or more)
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That's right... because you've never been at a table with a true DI.

You've never seen a player do it so you repeat what you've read by others who also have never seen it.

DI is not something supernatural. However it is a very rare skill in part because few have actually learned or practiced it.

If DI were taught in public schools beginning in the fourth grade there would be enough professionals to fill up the tables at casinos. But it's not taught or practiced and few have the basic physical abilities to even make a decent attempt at it.

I personally could never master it for many reasons and I'll list some:

1. I dont have the necessary vision or depth perception.
2. My hand shakes from medicines I take.
3. I've never practiced enough.
4. I don't have the concentration or physical discipline to repeat the same motions with my arm and hand

The bottom line is just because you can't do it, it doesn't mean everyone else can't do it either.

By the way, I can't sing or dance either.

And one more point: a DI doesnt need thousands of rolls to prove the ability. DI is easy to detect. A shooter needs to keep the two dice travelling close together as if they were twins in a gentle arc parallel to the table and hitting the back wall softly. A real expert DI will hit the back wall just under the pyramids or hitting the pyramids so gently that the dice appear to die immediately.
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January 13th, 2022 at 12:50:41 AM permalink
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When you really think about it, Soopoo is claiming the laws of physics end at the dice table.
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. Quite the opposite. Just that there are some laws of physics a human can’t overcome. It’s a really simple concept.
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Says you. You wrong.
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January 13th, 2022 at 6:23:40 AM permalink
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A shooter needs to keep the two dice travelling close together as if they were twins in a gentle arc parallel to the table and hitting the back wall softly. A real expert DI will hit the back wall just under the pyramids or hitting the pyramids so gently that the dice appear to die immediately.
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I've given some thought to DI in terms of how the physics might play out and most of what you say makes sense to me. The exception is your statement about "a gentle arc parallel to the table". If by "parallel" you mean a mostly flat trajectory then I would, from a theoretical POV, disagree.

The motion of the dice when they hit the table can be broken down into an X and Y vector. Hitting the table as close to the back wall as possible where the table is stiffest should absorb the greatest amount of energy in the Y (i.e.., vertical) dimension. If I recall the lessons from my high school physics correctly, minimal velocity along the X axis is achieved via a parabolic arc in which a high toss is used to allow increased travel time (i.e., more energy in Y and less in X). A low and flat trajectory requires a much higher horizontal velocity and, therefore, more of a bounce off the back wall.
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January 13th, 2022 at 10:02:17 AM permalink
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A shooter needs to keep the two dice travelling close together as if they were twins in a gentle arc parallel to the table and hitting the back wall softly. A real expert DI will hit the back wall just under the pyramids or hitting the pyramids so gently that the dice appear to die immediately.
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I've given some thought to DI in terms of how the physics might play out and most of what you say makes sense to me. The exception is your statement about "a gentle arc parallel to the table". If by "parallel" you mean a mostly flat trajectory then I would, from a theoretical POV, disagree.

The motion of the dice when they hit the table can be broken down into an X and Y vector. Hitting the table as close to the back wall as possible where the table is stiffest should absorb the greatest amount of energy in the Y (i.e.., vertical) dimension. If I recall the lessons from my high school physics correctly, minimal velocity along the X axis is achieved via a parabolic arc in which a high toss is used to allow increased travel time (i.e., more energy in Y and less in X). A low and flat trajectory requires a much higher horizontal velocity and, therefore, more of a bounce off the back wall.
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Thanks. I'm not disagreeing with you, and my terminology and choice of words may not be correct. My point is that a DI throw has special characteristics that limit the movement of dice.
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January 13th, 2022 at 11:04:35 AM permalink
Agreed. The part I haven't figured out is the optimal way to deal with the back-wall pyramids. If I had the time and energy (mainly energy since I'm pushing 70) I would model a table with a 3-D physics engine and do some experiments to see what worked best to limit the rebound.
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January 13th, 2022 at 12:56:42 PM permalink
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I have seen it work... but with fewer than 5 shooters. That's five in my lifetime.
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Describe one session with a "successful" DI that you have witnessed, i.e., the number of hands played and the number of rolls/hand and the number of point conversions within those hands. How many sessions with that DI did you witness? Did the "successful" DI 7 out at any time on a "short" hand? How long was he or she at the table, and was the shooter playing with green and black chips?

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Every combination of bets has a negative expectation. No system can beat that
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Please provide a "Webster" like definition of "negative expectation," and also provide the source of such. While you're at it, please define AP as opposed to "sure thing." Can an AP overcome the "negative expectation"? So, if a "combination of bets" has an overpowering advantage of beating the house on a onetime event, it still has a "negative expectation"? ("No system can beat that") Perhaps but players can and do all the time.

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Every combination of bets has a negative expectation. No system can beat that
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Please provide a "Webster" like definition of "negative expectation," and also provide the source of such. While you're at it, please define AP as opposed to "sure thing." Can an AP overcome the "negative expectation"? So, if a "combination of bets" has an overpowering advantage of beating the house on a onetime event, it still has a "negative expectation"? ("No system can beat that") Perhaps but players can and do all the time.

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Oh, good. We'd gone far too long here without nonsensical arguments being made. Glad to have you back, Tuttigym.
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Oh, good. We'd gone far too long here without nonsensical arguments being made. Glad to have you back, Tuttigym.
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Glad to oblige. So, are you going to answer the questions or do your dance and dodge thingy.? You know, the "I could, but it is a gambling fact, so I won't" or words of that nature like when I asked about the calculation of the odds of performing the 495 one time only come rolls to establish the 1.41% HA PL wager.

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Oh, good. We'd gone far too long here without nonsensical arguments being made. Glad to have you back, Tuttigym.
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Glad to oblige. So, are you going to answer the questions or do your dance and dodge thingy.? You know, the "I could, but it is a gambling fact, so I won't" or words of that nature like when I asked about the calculation of the odds of performing the 495 one time only come rolls to establish the 1.41% HA PL wager.

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I answered this question head on and in simple terms in the other thread it was brought up in. Don’t recall you responding, but if you want to then please do in that thread.
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January 13th, 2022 at 1:44:05 PM permalink
You would think someone could have created a mechanical device that would be able to toss the dice with the same amount of pressure and velocity and trajectory after setting the dice in a certain position to verify if this is even possible.
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January 13th, 2022 at 1:56:01 PM permalink
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I have seen it work... but with fewer than 5 shooters. That's five in my lifetime.
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Describe one session with a "successful" DI that you have witnessed, i.e., the number of hands played and the number of rolls/hand and the number of point conversions within those hands. How many sessions with that DI did you witness? Did the "successful" DI 7 out at any time on a "short" hand? How long was he or she at the table, and was the shooter playing with green and black chips?

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I played with a cardiac surgeon many times at Caesars. On two other occasions I played with different DIs once.

What you are asking for is some statistic that shows these shooters win more than random shooters. Well, I have also reported that the biggest/longest rolls I've been on were by random shooters.

DI is not measured by wins. DI is identified by the (for lack of a better word) look of the roll of the dice.

Let me give you an example.

Put a sheet of aluminum foil on your bed and throw your dice so they hit the aluminum foil. Now look at the marks on the foil.

If you see impressions from the dice corners you dont have a controlled throw.

But if you see impressions of the two dice hitting flat or on the edges and the dice land close to each other then you have a controlled throw.

No one controls the dice after they hit the table. But if you have a controlled throw you have a better chance of limiting the movement of the dice after they hit the table.
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January 13th, 2022 at 1:56:23 PM permalink
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You would think someone could have created a mechanical device that would be able to toss the dice with the same amount of pressure and velocity and trajectory after setting the dice in a certain position to verify if this is even possible.
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They did built a machine to throw the dice perfectly every time. It could not influence the dice to any statistically significant degree. See attached link

https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1415&context=grrj

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January 13th, 2022 at 2:02:14 PM permalink
I think my throws are more results orientated than means orientated, same with winning or losing at a gambling session.
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January 13th, 2022 at 2:07:09 PM permalink
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Every combination of bets has a negative expectation. No system can beat that
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Please provide a "Webster" like definition of "negative expectation," and also provide the source of such. While you're at it, please define AP as opposed to "sure thing." Can an AP overcome the "negative expectation"? So, if a "combination of bets" has an overpowering advantage of beating the house on a onetime event, it still has a "negative expectation"? ("No system can beat that") Perhaps but players can and do all the time.

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Negative expectation is when the probability of winning times the winning payout is less than 1. If you are betting that the next roll will be a 7 (1 in 6 chance) then any payout less than 6 for 1 (6.00) is negative expectation. Over the long run, you will roll a 7 almost exactly 1 in 6 times, so you will lose money with any payout less than 6.00. Guaranteed

There is no AP in craps. It’s 100% a game of chance and every bet on the table is negative expectation. The most profitable strategy is to not play, the second best option is to play only the lowest house edge bets…which are pass/DP with max odds
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January 13th, 2022 at 2:16:21 PM permalink
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Oh, good. We'd gone far too long here without nonsensical arguments being made. Glad to have you back, Tuttigym.
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Glad to oblige. So, are you going to answer the questions or do your dance and dodge thingy.? You know, the "I could, but it is a gambling fact, so I won't" or words of that nature like when I asked about the calculation of the odds of performing the 495 one time only come rolls to establish the 1.41% HA PL wager.

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There is no possible question that you could ever ask that I would feel an obligation to answer, so, no. I'll respond to your posts if and when I feel like it, which won't be often. When I do, you can be sure that the tone will be condescending, sardonic, dismissive or some combination of the three.
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