Rapid Craps

I understand that they just installed Rapid Craps at Bill's Gamblin Hall.

Has anyone played on this table?

Thanks,
Roger Long

There's a fair bit about rapid craps on the Wizards site, try this:

https://wizardofvegas.com/forum/gambling/tables/1100-rapid-craps

dice setter also has a good description of the game

https://www.dicesetter.com/Tid%20Bits/TidBit1.htm

Being able to sit for awhile at a craps table would be nice but it seems like it would also take away from the excitement of everyone placing bets on the layout. That's part of the fun of craps, the non stop action at the table.

I played two sessions last week. I went in to Bills on Wednesday night at about 8pm and no one was on the table. I bought in which was credited to my station and navigating the screen was easy enough to figure out. The limits are low: $3 - $200. A small benefit is that it seems to give you a proper payout even if you bet incorrect denominations. I know for sure that a $3 place bet on the 6 & 8 pays $3.50 but I don't know for sure whether a $5 place bets pays $5.83 as I just played proper increments out of habit.

The pace of the game is probably comparable to a regular game as there are offsetting factors. After a point is established, you can't immediately put out your odds and additional bets. The stickman has to bring in the dice, enter the result and then your screen becomes active again so that takes a bit longer. Additionally if someone is having trouble getting their bets in they give them time to get it right or help them out so that also slows it down. On the other side, everyone can book their bets simultaneously instead of having to call them in to the dealer one at a time and payouts are faster too so overall it kind of evens out.

It is nice to sit down for long sessions but that also makes it harder to see the rolls so you end up getting up often anyway.

I asked the box man if ratings were done automatically as all action is captured by the computer but he said it was not and that they still manually rate your play. The problem with that is that he can't simply look around the table to see how much you are betting. He said that they have to go around the table and take a look at betting levels every once in awhile but on my second session there, that never happened once.

Overall I liked it a little, not a lot and would continue playing it but if I had to guess, I would say that it does not catch on.

Had to click on the thread just to see what "rapid craps" were. Thought is was a new illness I'm sorry--I had a really bad day and needed to create a laugh.

Is someone actually throwing the dice or is that on a computer?

I thought that someone ate the Circus Circus buffet.

Looks like you have to have a long reach around the player screens to make a controlled throw. I'll be there next week and try to stop by to check out the table setup.

It is an awkward throw because of the extra distance between you and the table occupied by the screen. I sat in the first position to the stick left which made it fairly easy to throw right as the stick man actually goes in the box man position. Aside from that, going straight down would be pretty normal as well.