Sun Runner: the Dice Dominator

[Kasey]

The thing that bugged me about the show was the big deal they made about pit harrassment being the casino's only "weapon" against a dice controller.

Surely the casino can show a craps player to the door the same as a BJ player.

[Sun Runner]

> Holding the dice for an hour or for 45 rolls without
> "sevening out" is not the same thing as not
> rolling any sevens during this time. During the
> typical "hot roll" the shooter will roll
> several sevens, but they will "luckily"
> occur on the come out rolls.

Thank you. Of course that makes sense; as I said earlier my ignorance of the game puts me on thin ice.

> The above is not intended to suggest that it is not
> possible for a shooter to influence the dice.

You seem to have an opinion about this topic and from your writing style I would assume you believe influenceing the dice to be possible.

Do you know of any empirical studies (empirical I guess because how do you 'sim' one guys physical dexterity!?) that would confirm anyones ability to do so?

Thanks for clearing up that first point.

[Sun Runner]

> The thing that bugged me about the show ...

> Surely the casino can show a craps player to the door
> the same as a BJ player.

I wondered the same thing.

Possibly anything involving a physical movement (muscle memory) can be disrupted easier than knocking a guy off his game who is mentally counting cards.

So they throw the card counting bum out and they just screw with the dice thrower's concentration; leaving him to keep throwing and losing like the rest.

OR, they don't do that at all (made for TV.)

[Parker]

> I wondered the same thing.

> Possibly anything involving a physical movement
> (muscle memory) can be disrupted easier than knocking
> a guy off his game who is mentally counting cards.

> So they throw the card counting bum out and they just
> screw with the dice thrower's concentration; leaving
> him to keep throwing and losing like the rest.

> OR, they don't do that at all (made for TV.)

>

Polite back-offs do not make for exciting television.

[the_heater]

The Wizard of Odds has a good article on this topic on his web site. Here is a link to the article.
In answer to your question: I have not yet formed an opinion one way or the other.

Craps Appendix 3: Dice Setting