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CASINO 101 by Kevin Blackwood What do bull-riding and shooting craps have in common? No, the answer isn’t that either way you’ll get your butt kicked; nor does it have anything to do with the horn bet. The common denominator in both activities is that using two hands is against the rules. If you’re a […]
WHEN TOO MUCH PRIDE LEADS TO A FALL
Hubris By Frank Scoblete The ancient Greeks had a term for overweening pride: hubris. The great Greek playwright Aeschylus in his masterful play Agamemnon wrote about how the gods seek to destroy men who put themselves above other men. Those great kings whose heads rise too high and who “count their kills by company” must […]
The Weird & the Wonderful
Scobe Speaks The Weird & the Wonderful by Frank Scoblete I’ve been involved in casino gambling now for some 20 odd years—and indeed some of my experiences have been quite odd in the houses of Lady Luck. Over these years I have written 20 books, four videos and DVDs, three audio tapes, three television shows, […]
Sixty-Sixty Over and Out
Scobe Speaks by Frank Scoblete Sixty-Sixty Over and Out The measures of greatness for a single craps hand are time, the multitude of numbers hit, and how much money you make. The longer a craps roll lasts, the slower the game goes, since more and larger bets have to be paid off. So the hand […]
No Sweat? Not always!
No Sweat? Not always! Keeping yourself in the “Thrill Zone” by Frank Scoblete In my book The Craps Underground: The Inside Story of How Dice Controllers Are Winning Millions from the Casinos!, I wrote about a legendary Atlantic City player known as the Captain of Craps. He once explained to me his theory on how […]
BEGINNER’S GAMBLING DICE
BEGINNER’S DICE 10 easy steps to learning the Gambling game By Frank Scoblete The oldest known form of gambling saw primitive man carving symbols into the ankle bones of various deceased animals, usually sheep, sometimes wild animals that were respected as a source of food or strength, and even into the ankle or knee […]
Cutthroat Craps
Feature Frank Scoblete Cutthroat Craps You’ve got everything to gain Most gambling writers are cautious, timid souls–and with good reason. We don’t want to offer information that might lead players to jump off the deep end of the casino diving board, whooping and hollering as their bankrolls go “splat!” on the concrete floor of […]
DICE CONTROL – IS IT FACT OR FICTION?
DICE CONTROL Controlling the Dice – IS IT FACT OR FICTION? by Henry Tamburin The hot topic in gambling these days is dice control and whether it’s possible for players to influence the results of their rolls to gain the advantage over the casino. To get some answers about this controversial topic, I interviewed Dan […]
Rules & Strategy – Craps
Rules & Strategy Craps Although craps is a relatively player friendly game with a low house edge, because of its chaotic appearance gamblers unfamiliar with it often shy away. But once you get past its deceptive exterior, craps is actually one of the easiest games on the casino floor. Additional Articles