Table Chat

I am using J Creator and I am making the game craps on it. What would be the code to do so?

Awww man, you haven’t even specified if its a GUI or not! haha lol Anyways…

If you’re goin to do it as a console application, no problem, a simple use of the
Scanner class and some Math.random() stuffs will do the major work but geez isn’t it
fun to play craps with UI?

Yes and if you are goin with some UI stuff I suggest you read on java Swing tutorial
and the java.awt.graphics classes. Those are essential in order to build your crap and
make it more entertaining. Depth knowledge in core java APIs are a plus.

Why are you using JCreator? I know its a good editor but you may want to consider using
Eclipse IDE instead. Lots of developer tools that will make your coding easy as pie.

http://www.eclipse.org

What are the winning strategies for the game of craps.

I can guarantee you that pdq is 100% wrong on this one. I make a significant portion of my income at the craps table.

There are method of dice control in which you can set the dice and throw them in a specific way that reduces the frequency of the 7 (or increases it, depending on your goals) and can create a statistical advantage. The way you throw the dice is actually much more important than the set, and that part of the equation can take people years to develop. But it is possible, and aside from preventing you from throwing the dice altogether, there isn’t much the casinos can do to prevent you from creating an advantage.

Although it is impossible to create a mathematical advantage at the craps table through betting strategies alone, I have developed a series of bets that in a practical sense almost always win. I have never lost my bankroll in the several years I have been using these strategies. I do not give them out for from (or even cheaply) though. I’m not telling you this to brag or get you to buy something, just to show you that craps most certainly is a game that can be beaten in the long term.

Good luck and have fun.

As a beginning dice control shooter, I know the shortest tables are the ones that are easiest to throw on, but where can I find them? Which casinos specifically (name and town) have the shortest tables?

In AC, I like Ballys, Trump, and Caesars. They aren’t small, but they are smaller than others. Years ago, in imperial plaza in vegas, they had a half table. I dont think they exist anymore with people starting to practice dice control.

Craps newbie, though it seems to me that a good bet would just be to play no pass line every turn unless you’re shooting? I know its not the group friendly move, but I guess I’m just wondering how common it is and how people generally react.

Oh, and any advice pertaining especially to Vegas and craps would be appreciated.

It’s certainly not rude, you can bet on whatever you want. I have been known to shoot from the don’t pass line as well. Very few people have the balls to say anything, even if it bothers them, although some will take their bets down (as they should when I’m shooting, or bet the don’t pass with me).

As far as how common it is, I’d say about 1 in 20 people play the don’t pass line. There are some "regulars" I know who play it almost exclusively, but in general you’ll only see one player at about every 2 full tables playing the don’t.

Anyone know what the table minimums are for all the casinos in Shreveport/Bossier City on blackjack and craps?

When I was there, it was $5

That would stink to have to spend too much time on that.

They don’t have much time for that…here in Nebraska, we spend most of the time tending cattle, soy beans, corn and alfalfa

I went gambling up North. I liked the craps table a lot, but what prevents my craps bet from getting mixed up with other people’s?

Didn’t I just answer this one?

There are 4 casino personnel who run the craps table and are in charge of it. There’s a stickman, a boxman, and 2 dealers who operate the table.

The dealers’ job is to see the bets are located in their spots and paid correctly, without any unnecessary contact with the dice. The craps dealers will watch the bets carefully, and if there are a lot of bets on a square, they will replace the bets within the square in the direction of the player who placed them. Watch them when you play, they do not follow the dice ( that is the stickmans job ) they watch the bets at all times.

The stickman uses his long craps stick in order to control the location of the dice, in addition to him being in charge of making proposition bets and keeping the game exciting and lively.

The boxman is in charge of the cash the table holds, and also functions as a dispute settler in case of need.

Youir bets are safe on the table. But it sure does not hurt to keep an eye on them, and to cover your rail chips with your forearm while you play.

Good luck!

Ten points to the answer that is clear and has detail.

Good Evening Professor Swag,

Believe it or not, I read your questions on Yahoo Answers. You are 16 years old. From your questions, you sound like a very intelligent young man who is very interested in making money. You sound a little like myself when I was young.

I was very poor. I had a big garden and raised chickens to help my mother feed the four of us. I remember my first summer job. I got a job washing dishes at this Italian restaurant. I was never so happy to see that summer end. I had to give up that terrible job and go back to school. At age 16, I realized going to school was alot easier and more important than washing dishes. The hell with the money.

Like you, I wanted my own money. I was poor and did not have a lot of money. After that summer job, I realized you can only make big money with an education and not from a nickel and dime job or street hustle.

My first $1000 investment was stock in "Jack-In-The-Box- Restaurants" when they had ten (10) locations. I traded Gold in the futures market @ $50/oz right after gold was deregulated. The price of gold shoot pass $1500/oz. I will not even go into real estate investments.

Sure I gamble. I was a (I.L.W.U.) Longshoreman before becoming a Stock Broker. I have hustled dice and cards in the streets for years. Read my Yahoo Question on street dice. No one on the gambling section could answer the question. It would be easy for me to answer your question.

Gambling is a past time and fun to me. Gambling was after, I got my big huge foundation from solid investments. Gambling is no way for a young 16 year old to waste his time. Do you know how much Gold has moved in the last four years? If you would have invested your $100 in gold futures four years ago, you would be worth $10,000 today. Do you know how to read the stock prices? Do you know the US dollar vs the Japan yen? Do you know the price of crude oil? I guess you have been to busy playing street dice and let the big money go by without even (smile) knowing it.

My advise to you. Let me see you post questions in the investment section. When you are able to totally lose $5000 in Las Vegas without blinking, than ask questions in the gambling section.

Live is too short to play games. Study hard and may the force be with you. Peace, from Los Angeles.

Hi, i’m new to the world of gaming and am looking to explore possibilities with new and different casino games, instead of sticking only to the simplest game ‘roulette‘.

i am by no means a gambler, nor do i intend to be, i just like playing for fun. i play alot of free online games, and gamble at a real casino about once a month.

Anyway, i have a question about craps.

i hear Craps is a far more "fair” game than roulete, and im considering giving it a go, but after seeing the layout, and playing online, i still just cant get the hang of it!

can somoene explain to me in the simplest form how to play this game? and how to use the strategy of placing a small pass line bet, then bet max on the dont win line?

i think what you’ve heard is that craps can offer you the best odds in the casino, but you’ve got it slightly wrong.
you don’t want to play the pass line against the don’t pass line, that’s just hedging your bets and guarantees you one win and one loss.
the best bet is a small bet on the pass line and the max odds bet, which is placed behind your bet on the pass line, after there is a point. but it’s not a don’t win line, it’s still a pass line bet, you’re still betting to make the point.

that pass line odds bet is the best bet in the casino.

Does anyone play craps on bodog? What are your thoughts?

Also, I tried the practice mode and it moves really slow. There is a major lag from when I click to roll the dice to when the dice are actually rolled. Is the real money version slow too?

I never had problems using the Bodog software. Maybe it’s your connection speed?
Try to contact customer service and see what they have to say about it before you start playing for money.
You can read other Bodog user experiences at Hypercasinos.com