WAKE UP. Every Casino has a built-in EDGE.

Yup, no matter how good you are in gambling, casinos have a built-in edge on every gaming option. THAT means, casinos ONLY offer games which insure that they will WIN more money FROM players than they will lose TO players.

Yup, and that, my friend, is a fact. And that built-in profit that allows casinos to become a profitable business is what they call the dreaded CASNO EDGE.

Whaddaya’ think, that casinos are there to give ya’ll money? Of course not. If casinos do that, then why did they put up this kind of business anyway?

So what do you do to beat this casino edge?

Easy.

Just play the games that have the LOWEST casino edges. Yup, that means, these are the games that give the player, or the gambler if you will, the BEST chances of winning.

You can’t force the casino to play by the rules, giving itself a mere 50-50 chance of beating you or that other guy throwing the dice like a jackass as if he’s Peyton Manning or…

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We know when most high-rollers spend an 18-hour day at the Taj they get pretty hungry. Most people would assume that these dapper gents take their winnings and head over to Morton’s for a nice filet mignon. But that is not the case. According to reports from a craps dealer at the Taj, surprising as it may be, most high rollers bring their own sustenance and steer clear of restaurants all together. The real players, like Frank Scoblete, author of Forever Craps, maintain their high energy and focus by eating whitefish salad–sometimes up to two pounds of it during real high energy rolls.

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We know it’s hard to try and learn all those Vegas table games, which is why you’ve been avoiding the craps tables for all these years. There are just way too many ways to bet, so why bother? Thank god for the Eldorado Hotel Casino in Reno, they’ll find a way to make it simple:

The game is essentially a simplified game of craps, based on the ‘pass line’ bet and played at a smaller, blackjack-style table with a single die.

The die is rolled in a cup, and like craps, players get to take turns. This will encourage the camaraderie of a craps game because when the right number is rolled, everyone betting wins…

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· Is there anything (besides berets, croissants, and a latent contempt for America) more patently European than gambling using rectangular poker chips? For $300, these high end checks can be yours. [Italian Papers] · If you’re like us, you’re tired of throwing dice in back alleys and in dank basements around town. $4,449 and a casino quality craps table can turn even the lamest laundry room into a den of inequity in mere minutes.

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If there’s anything more fun in Vegas than winning at the Craps tables, we demand you tell us what it is instantly. Friend-to-Oddjack Joe Speaker just came back from a Vegas weekend, where he tore it up with the dice. The point is eight, your toss Mr. Speaker:
I am an artist with […]

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Remember that novel Beat the House by Frederick Lembeck about how to beat the casino at baccarat, craps, and black jack with a series of systems field tested to bring you the best success. No? Us either. However, here’s a little e-mail address that will let you have a free sampling of a chapter of […]

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Casino City Times craptastic guru Frank Scoblete offers this weeks craps tip:
Against random rollers at craps all bets have a house edge. The more you bet, the more the house takes. If a shooter just hit a 6, increasing your bet on the 6 does not increase your chances of hitting that 6 again. The […]

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Craps is poised to become the new poker. Well, maybe not. It could at least be the new Skee-Ball. But what was once considered a game for shady millionaires to steal Demi Moore away from Woody Harrelson is starting to get a little more maintstream popularity thanks to, most likley, poker. That’s right everybody wants to be a high roller and commence some reputable form of big pimpin’. Jigga wha’, you say? We know. Most of the weekend gamblers are now shying away from the slot machines and actually gambling. Well, craps is a great way to impress a lady or pretty much piss everyone off around the table if you don’t know what you’re doing. So, we’ve culled the web’s finest craps teachers and laid them out for you here. Go rent a car, head to your nearest casino, and find your own chesty lady to blow on dice for you after you have some semblance of what you’re doing.

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