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  2. Dice control - Wikipedia

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    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

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    This may involve using suspect apparatus, interfering with apparatus, chip fraud or misrepresenting games. The formally prescribed sanctions for cheating depend on the circumstances and gravity of the cheating and the jurisdiction in which the casino operates. In Nevada, for a player to cheat in a casino is a felony under state law.

  4. Advantage gambling - Wikipedia

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    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

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    These perfect dice from the Tropicana Atlantic City have been retired by drilling a hole completely through between the 1-6 faces; the four-digit serial number on the 6 face has been partially obliterated, but it started and ended with a 4. The dice used at casinos for craps and many other games are sometimes called perfect or gambling house dice.

  6. Adelstein-Lew controversy - Wikipedia

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    The significant and sudden increase in poker popularity among the general public is said to have happened during the period between 2003 and 2006. The game, and particularly its hold 'em variant, was played at home, in poker clubs, in casinos, in television programs, or in online platforms.

  7. Casino game - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, 'table game' is the term used for games of chance such as blackjack, craps, roulette, and baccarat that are played against the casino and operated by one or more live croupiers, as opposed to those played on a mechanical device like a slot machine or against other players instead of the casino, such as standard poker.

  8. Lottery fraud - Wikipedia

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    In 2010, in the Hot Lotto fraud scandal, Eddie Raymond Tipton, former information security director of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) (which also controls the Powerball game), rigged a random number generator to defraud the Hot Lotto lottery game of $14.3 million. On 20 July 2015, Tipton was found guilty on two counts of fraud and ...

  9. Online casino - Wikipedia

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    Also known as software-based online casino games, the outcome of these games is determined using a pseudorandom number generator (PRNG) software. This software ensures that every deal of the card, the outcome of a dice throw, or the results produced by the spinning of a slot machine or roulette wheel is totally random and unpredictable.