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Question of the Day - 26 May 2005

Q:
I enjoy playing craps whenever I visit Las Vegas. I recently went to a Native American casino in northern San Diego County and discovered they have "card craps." The game is played with 2 decks of 6 cards each that determine your "dice roll." How "random" is this game and is it even worth playing? All table payouts remain the same as in a Vegas craps game.
Michael Shackleford
A:

Contributing expert Michael "The Wizard of Odds" Shackleford answers:

A law in California states dice alone cannot determine the outcome of a bet. So what they California casinos do is shuffle one 6-card deck for each die, each deck comprising cards valuing 1 to 6. Then two dice -- I believe of different colors -- are rolled, and the "nth" card is turned over in each deck, where "n" is the number rolled for that deck.

For example: If the player rolled a 2 and 5, then the 2nd card would be turned over in one deck and the fifth in the other. The cards turned over represent a throw of the dice. Mathematically speaking, the odds are the same as in regular craps.

Michael is author of Gambling 102 - the Best Strategies for All Casino Games

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