When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Dice control - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dice_control

    Jim Klimesh, director of casino operations for Indiana's Empress Casino Hammond believes it is sometimes possible to control the dice with certain throws that do not hit the back wall of the craps table. [2] One example is the "army blanket roll", named after the playing surface of the dice games of American servicemen during World War II.

  3. Cheating in casinos - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheating_in_casinos

    Mail fraud or sending a mail offer but not honoring the offer once the customer is at the casino, also called bait and switch. Rigged video poker machines, such as the Vegas "American Coin Scandal" [4] Rigged drawings, such as at The Venetian, Las Vegas. [5] Corrupt regulators, such as Ronald Dale Harris. Using a computer to gain an edge over ...

  4. Advantage gambling - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advantage_gambling

    The term usually refers to house-banked casino games, but can also refer to games played against other players, such as poker. Someone who practices advantage gambling is often referred to as an advantage player, or AP. Unlike cheating, which is by definition illegal, advantage play exploits innate characteristics of a particular game to give ...

  5. Craps - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craps

    [5]: 7–8 Hazard allows the dice shooter to choose any number from five to nine as their "main" number; [6]: 168 in a pamphlet published in 1933, [7] Edward Tinker claimed that Marigny simplified the game by making the main always seven, [5] which is the mathematically optimal choice, i.e., the choice with the lowest disadvantage for the shooter.

  6. Adelstein-Lew controversy - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelstein-Lew_controversy

    On 29 September 2022, the Hustler Casino, in Gardena, California, started the live stream of a high-stakes, hold 'em cash game. The betting format called for three blinds of $100, $200, and $400 respectively, with a $400 big blind ante and an $800 straddle in play.

  7. Casino game - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casino_games

    After 10 rounds, the expected loss will be 10 × 1 × 5.26% = 0.53. As you can see, standard deviation is many times the magnitude of the expected loss. [9] The standard deviation for pai gow poker is the lowest out of all common casino games. Many casino games, particularly slot machines, have extremely high standard deviations.

  8. Sic bo - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic_bo

    Sic bo (Chinese: 骰寶), also known as tai sai (大細), dai siu (大小; tài xỉu), big and small or hi-lo, is an unequal game of chance of ancient Chinese origin played with three dice. Grand hazard and chuck-a-luck are variants, both of English origin.

  9. Natural (gambling) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_(Gambling)

    In recent years, however, some casinos have used the payout ratio of 6:5 for a greater house edge. [5] In craps, a natural is a roll of two dice with a score of 7 or 11 on the come out roll. This will lead to a win for the players who wagered money on the Pass or Come bet, but a loss for players betting Don't Pass, or Don't Come.