Casino Player August 2022

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SCOBE SPEAKS

SOOTHSAYER Winning opportunities when playing craps By Frank Scoblete

SOOTHSAYER: You make bad bets. Every bet has a house attached to it…

CRAPS PLAYER: Not the odds bet; not the odds bet!

SOOTHSAYER: You can’t make odds bets unless you have a pass line, don’t pass, come or don’t come bet.All those bets have house edges; small ones but house edges nevertheless.You see, the odds bets ride on those other bets or they can’t be made.

CRAPS PLAYER: When I bet the pass line, I protect the bet with the any craps bet. I am saving money there.

SOOTHSAYER: No,you are actually costing yourself more money.Any craps wagers have somewhat high house edges.They don’t help save you any money. CRAPS PLAYER: I want to slam the casino when I am playing craps. I don’t just want small wins; I want to blast them.No small wins for me. I want to fill up a safe with my winnings. SOOTHSAYER: And how has that been working for you? Have you blasted the casinos enough to make you ahead of the game? Or do you lose most of your sessions and trips to the casinos?

SOOTHSAYER: Craps is a wonderful game.Full of excitement and ter ror, maybe in equal measure.It draws many men,mostly men as women don’t gravitate toward it for some reason,and these men do throw their money at Lady Luck hoping she will grant them their wishes. Some times she does and sometimes she doesn’t.

CRAPS PLAYER: I’ve had some big wins, at times.

SOOTHSAYER: You haven’t answered my question.

CRAPS PLAYER: Soothsayer means truth sayer, correct?

CRAPS PLAYER: I am not ahead but I have fun.That’s the whole pur pose of the game, isn’t it?

SOOTHSAYER: Correct.

CRAPS PLAYER: And you are going to tell me the absolute truth about craps?

SOOTHSAYER: The best bets at craps—and I named most of them above—can give you many more winning opportunities than betting the house edge bets that are high. If you play in a contained way and make good bets you are giving yourself the best chance to turn the ta bles on the house. But the house will still have the edge over you. CRAPS PLAYER: Are you saying that I am stupid for betting the way I prefer to bet? Is it so bad to make some hardways bets? Throw in a high/low bet or two?What about the horn? I have even bet the Fire bet; so what? Big money can be made on those bets.That’s what I want, the big money. I want to fill up a safe of money!

SOOTHSAYER: Correct.

CRAPS PLAYER: Right off the bat my friend,can I beat the game?That’s all I want to know.

SOOTHSAYER: No, you can’t beat the game, not at all. In fact, you in particular lose so much more money than you should because of the way you play.

CRAPS PLAYER: What does that mean?

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