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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. 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 ...

  4. 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.

  5. Gambling mathematics - Wikipedia

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    The mathematics of gambling is a collection of probability applications encountered in games of chance and can get included in game theory.From a mathematical point of view, the games of chance are experiments generating various types of aleatory events, and it is possible to calculate by using the properties of probability on a finite space of possibilities.

  6. 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.

  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. Adelstein-Lew controversy - Wikipedia

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    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.

  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.