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Frank Scoblete Gaming Guru  The Great and Terrible Craps Game11 February 2025
By Frank Scoblete Craps is a wonderful game. It really is. Craps is a horrible game. It really is. There you have it in a nutshell. Depending on the choices you make and what wagers you’ll wager, these will tell us all just what kind of craps player you are. Are you a great player? Are you a rotten player? Are you somewhere in between these two extremes? I am guessing that most craps players, actually the overwhelming the majority of craps players I am convinced, fall somewhere between these two extremes. I also think their playing choices have done many craps players in. The house has an edge on every bet but craps plyer will make bets where the house edge is immense. When I write the word “between” I actually shade the meaning closer to poor bettors than good bettors. At least that has been my experience over the last 40 years. To be blunt, most craps players are lousy gamblers. They are asking to be taken to the cleaners where their wallets will get the cleaning-out treatment. “Sir?” asks the casino boss. “Do you want to lose your money slowly or do you want to make idiot bets that sock it to you? You choose.” Sadly, oh so sadly, craps players basically answer the question by handing over their wallets to be rifled, waxed and handed back to them empty as empty can be. Craps betting is not for the weak-kneed. You need guts to throw out your money on almost all the craps bets at the table. They stink that much. You are, of course, asking to get killed over time, most time actually. Be it a little time, meaning today, meaning right now; or medium time, meaning tomorrow; somewhere in the far-off future – the day after tomorrow that is. There is no escaping the potential losses you will experience if you are the typical craps bettor. Here is the typical craps bettors attack on the casino coffers: • Bet as many different kinds of bets you can make. • One bet? Please. • Two bets? Ha! Ha! • How about many, many bets? Yeah, that’s the way to go! • The Hardways! High-low! The 12! The 2! The whatever the heck is out there to wager on. • Bet me up dear dealers. • Blow your bankroll on all the possible bets at the craps table. Bets that come in with edges in the double-digits no less. “I’ll have an Any 7 please.” • Give me all the new “bonus” bets please. • Can any craps player actually beat the game in the long run (this month) or not, by doing such high-edge multiple bets? Let’s have you play every day and you’ll see. • Bet as you always bet for the amounts you usually bet those bets and see what happens as you play day after day after day. At the end of the month? The year? Your lifetime? In all casino games you have to be aware of the ravages that the house edge can have on your bankroll. Given the remainder of your time on Earth, and you enjoy the contest with the casinos, how should you play your money? All the best in and out of the casinos! Frank Scoblete’s books are available at Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Kindle, e-books, libraries, and book stores. This article is provided by the Frank Scoblete Network. Melissa A. Kaplan is the network's managing editor. If you would like to use this article on your website, please contact Casino City Press, the exclusive web syndication outlet for the Frank Scoblete Network. To contact Frank, please e-mail him at fscobe@optonline.net. Roulette Then and Now4 February 2025
There are three roulette games (as far as I know) currently being played in casinos, one of which is also a church staple – called the three-zero (0, 00, 000) wheel. It is the worst one to play and I recommend that you avoid the game as you would avoid, well, anything that you should avoid. The house edge ... (read more)
"Mistakes. I've made a few."28 January 2025
Borrowing the lyrics from the Frank Sinatra hit (to quote “Mistakes? I’ve made a few!”) I want all casino players reading this to know that I have made a few mistakes in my gaming career. One with a couple of people whom I’ve trusted. Some of the very wrong people. Indeed – totally my fault in this because I saw the warning signs and ignored them. ... (read more)
The Captain Part Two21 January 2025
How should a player who does not have an edge at craps play the game? I guess the wisest of us would say “don’t ever play a game where you don’t have an edge.” That would be a speech of folly if given in seriousness because craps is just so, so much fun and otherwise sane people will play the game because they enjoy it. ... (read more)
Ask Frank: Spanish 21 StrategyHello there, Living in Canada, I find that the rules are more liberal here than at other casino locales, such as the dealer standing on all 17s for Spanish Blackjack. In your book, Armada Strategies for Spanish 21, there is only a strategy for when the dealer hits soft 17. I was wondering if you have any strategies for 8 deck, s17. ... (read more)Ask Frank (Playing Winning Craps)Dear Mr. Scoblete: In your book Forever Craps, you recommend to play one Don't Come bet per shooter without odds in order to reduce your exposure to the house. I usually play at casinos that count the spread and odds. If I play one ... (read more)Bad Ways to Play Good Casino GamesYou've met this guy before. He's cantankerous, witless, and loud. He knows everything about everything when it comes to casino games. He's a self-made expert who knows more than all writers and mathematicians combined, and as he doubles on his thirteen against the dealer's ... (read more)The Craps to English DictionaryCraps is another country, a kingdom with its own mores, legends, myths, rites, rituals, superstitions and government. It also has its own language, much of it easily misunderstood as sexual or scatological references. For those of you interested in journeying to this other ... (read more)Craps Crap and Craps Gold - Part 1What do the following sayings have in common? "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." "Better late than never." "High fences make good neighbors." "Always play the Pass/Come and take full odds." Answer: The above statements are true. Yes, some people might quibble and say that you can eat as ... (read more)Frank Scoblete |
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