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Craps Betting Systems

There are hundreds of casino table game betting systems out there that promise riches to those who are willing to part with a few dollars.   The systems simply do not work.   There is no way a betting system alone can ever overcome the house advantage over the long run.   The sellers of these systems will try to hook you into buying their products by trying to answer all of your obvious and intelligent questions in advance.   Like "If you can make so much money using your betting system, then why are you selling it instead of using it?

The answer always goes something like, "I have made my millions and now I want to share it with everyone, but only to those who are serious about making a lot of money". Your seriousness is gauged by your willingness to give them some of your money.

It is fairly easy to debunk these bogus claims.   One just need run computer simulations of thousands or millions of dice rolls, roulette spins or whatever.   If the house has a mathematical advantage that advantage does not change because you want it to or because you pay someone to tell you it will change.

But, there is something that the computer simulations cannot and do not consider and that is the human factor. Some of the casino table games especially craps and roulette are greatly influenced by the human factor.

It is indisputable that a skilled dice controller can influence the outcome of the dice roll. If the skilled dice controller can reduce the occurrence of the losing seven from one in six throws (the random occurrence) to one in 6.5 throws then the house advantage is erased.   Actually now the player has the mathematical advantage. Computer simulations based on the new occurrence of the seven combined with sound betting methods will yield a player advantage over the long run just as they do when the house has the advantage.

This is not to say that after learning dice control that you will become an instant winner and make millions of dollars playing craps.   What I do promise is that after learning dice control and the proper betting and money management techniques that you will be a consistent winner over the long run.   How much you win depends on how much you bet and how you are throwing on any given session.   Lets face it, no skilled player of any game or sport is on 100% of the time.   They have good games, bad games, good days, bad days, good innings, bad innings, good holes, bad holes and on and on. But expert skilled players do in fact excel over time and overcome the odds.   Does Tiger Woods win every event?   No, but he has sure made a lot of money!

I say that any win is a good win.   The win does not have to be large.   In fact I am a proponent of capitalizing on large numbers of small wins rather than small numbers of large wins.   This keeps you under the casino's radar and enables you to keep playing with out being bothered too much by the casino staff.   The best situation for a skilled craps player is this:   find an empty table and open it.   Skilled throwers make most of their money on their own throws and if you are the only on at the table you get to throw a lot.

Typically, after you open the table others will follow.   Many people are intimidated by opening a table and will only play once a game is established.   So, your opening the table is actually good for you and good for the casino.   You winning activity will draw even more people to the table and in no time at all it will fill up. This is a very good time for you to leave.   It could take over an hour for you to get the dice again and You Do Not Make Money On Other Throwers unless you know they are dice controllers.   You are in fact very likely to lose money on other throwers and if you stay at the table you will be tempted to bet on the other throwers and end up giving back your profits.

It is best to leave the table with your small win, find another game and start the process over.

The human factor and the roulette player's advantage in another article posted in our Roulette articles section.

W. K. Johnson