[Terry]

That sums it up pretty well.

This is nothing new. It got a book published about it and got some cable TV exposure, that's all. I've seen some players working at this for over 20 years; their thrift shop clothes and the bus schedule in their pocket says something about their success.

One countermeasure casinos have used to prevented this ... Years ago, before a stick was used, a dealer would toss the dice to the player. The player had to catch the dice on the fly and shoot immediately -- if he missed the catch, he had to set them down and the dealer would toss again.

The stick came into use to prevent the dealers from switching loaded dice into and out of the game. Craps had gotten a bad reputation and the joints needed to do something for their image.

Ooops. See, I could go on for a very long time. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]