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Casino Pictures
A good rule to paste in your hat is never to play for money with one-way cards, i.e., cards whose backs bear pictures or designs that are not symmetrical from top to bottom. During play, a cheat can arrange such a deck so that high cards are right side up, low cards upside down. I know it sounds obvious, but card cheats know from experience that the obvious device is sometimes the one least likely to be suspected. Most players dismiss this idea, if it does occur to them, as too obvious and primitive a device to be used. Therefore the cheat, well aware of this, sometimes uses it; and a quick shuffle, after turning half the pack end for end, will destroy the arrangement and the evidence if anyone shows any sign of suspicion.
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Casino Craps
Most Popular Game
Probably the most widely played game in the Australia; Craps has appeal for both the novice and the veteran player. To the veteran player, it provides the fastest opportunity to make money. Decisions on many bets are made in seconds with every toss of the dice. No other game offers as much variety of plays and decisions, many of which have to be bet on almost instantaneously.
With the exception of Baccarat, it is the only game where the player can take the same position as the house as far as the wagering is concerned. A player can bet against the shooter, make long shot bets, or even lay odds that the shooter won't win! With thirty-six different possibilities of falling, the dice provide lots of entertainment and excitement.
Toss of Dice
In Craps, every player gets an opportunity to toss the . This is unique in gaming. It allows the player to feel as through he has some control over the outcome. It also helps to convey the impression of honesty at the tables. After all, you, the player, are actually throwing the dice. The dealer and other house people are there only to make payments and to collect losing wagers! It is for these last few reasons, too, that the novice, or beginning player, takes such an interest in the game.
The unusually high interest in Craps by Australian players, particularly since the Second World War, has caused the "Dowager Queen" of all casinos, to add craps tables. As a courtesy to the ladies, have come into what was once a bastion of "elegant" game- There are even a few dealers, particularly in New Jersey where gambling is relatively new and many dealers are inexperienced, who are not thoroughly familiar with all of the rules. There is even confusion as to whether you refer to the shooting of dice as a toss, or a roll. For the purposes of this text, I prefer to call it a toss. The entire series of tosses that a player makes from the come-out to the decision, in my mind, is the roll.
Come out Toss
The very first toss of the dice is called the come-out toss. Let's assume that the shooter is betting with the dice. If the come-out toss is a seven or eleven, the shooter wins. If it is a two, three, or a twelve, the shooter loses. In either case, the next toss is also called a come-out toss. If the toss is other than two, three, twelve, seven, or eleven, it establishes the point number. There could conceivably be quite a few consecutive come-out tosses on a very busy table if the shooter continues to throw sevens, elevens, or any of the craps numbers before establishing his point. All subsequent tosses are not referred to in any specific manner.
The toss of seven sometimes referred to as a natural, pays off even money on a come-out toss to all pass line bettors before a point is established. It pays off even money to all don't pass line bettors after a point is established. All other bets, except those made directly on the seven at the correct place on the layout, lose on the toss of seven, except as noted above.
Two, three, or twelve, is called "craps" and is a losing toss on a come-out toss to all pass line bettors; a winning toss paying even money to all don't pass line bettors, on a come out toss, with the exception of the toss of twelve which is barred on the don't pass line and the don't come line.
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