Best Way To Roll Dice In Craps

We’ve played craps a time or two during our innumerable Las Vegas outings, but until recently had never heard the term “burning the dice.”

Then, we can simply sum the probabilities for each unique dice sum (2 to 12), telling us the probability of each roll in craps, for the specified dice set. If we look at a specific bet, such as a pass line bet, and specify the dice set for each situation (come out roll, 4/10 points, 5/9 points, 6/8 points), we can now come up with an actual. We’ve played craps a time or two during our innumerable Las Vegas outings, but until recently had never heard the term “burning the dice.” A helpful yet surly floor supervisor at one of our favorite casinos shared that “burning the dice” is a method cheaters use, so it’s not permitted. Remember, there are 11 numbers that can be rolled with a pair of dice and some numbers are much easier to roll (come up more frequently) than others. Check out the list below of numbers and the ways to roll them: 2 – one way – 1-1. 3 – two ways – 1-2, 2-1. 4 – three ways – 1-3, 2-2, 3-1. 5 – four ways – 1-4, 2-3, 3-2, 4-1. It just takes two dice and a Craps table. Craps is based around the pass line bet. This is the bet that the shooter (the one rolling the dice) wins after a round. First, each player places their bets by placing their chips on the pass line.

The guy asks the pretty girl next to him to kiss the dice. Then for some reason he shakes the dice real good - making sure the dice are purely random. Then with a loud holler, wails the dice across the craps table - going all over the place. If ever there was a way to just donate money to the casino - this is it.

A helpful yet surly floor supervisor at one of our favorite casinos shared that “burning the dice” is a method cheaters use, so it’s not permitted.

“Burning the dice” is when a player rubs the dice against the table felt repeatedly in an attempt to dull the corners and influence the roll.

Players should take care to avoid friction with the felt, as well as casino management.

Casinos are always on the lookout for cheaters, of course, so there are a number of rules and procedures to prevent tampering with the dice or making rolls less random, the way Mother Nature intended.

Longtime followers of this blog will recall we compiled a list of 11 Casino Dice Security Measures to Keep Players From Cheating. It was the one time we did “research” and “took notes.”

Security steps include the serial numbers on dice, making dice translucent, backfilling the pips, canceling used dice and the aforementioned sharp corners.

The dots on dice are pips. When they’re drilled, they’re filled back in (backfilled) to ensure perfect balance.

Best Way To Roll The Dice In Craps

Here’s a fun game. Whenever you see an advertisement for a casino, make sure to notice whether the dice have rounded or sharp corners. If the corners are rounded, you know somebody slipped up, as dice with rounded corners are never used in casinos.

Dice with rounded corners are typically used in board games and for other non-gambling purposes.

Once you start noticing dice corners, you can’t not see them!

Even bigtime movies get casino dice wrong. Check out this still from the popular documentary starring Bruce Willis, “Armageddon.”

We trust this prop person never worked in Hollywood again.

Best Way To Roll Dice In Craps

We call “no roll” on that one! Landing on an asteroid to divert it from a collision course with Earth is a lot more believable than a casino using dice with rounded corners.

Best Way To Roll Dice On A Craps Table

Now, you know.

Knowing what “burning the dice” is will win you a bar bet someday, or at least help you avoid the wrath of a casino pit boss.

Best Way To Roll Dice In Craps

Note: Yes, we know a pit boss is different from a floor supervisor. We honestly didn’t expect you to read this far.