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  2. Craps - Wikipedia

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    In crapless craps, 2 and 12 have odds of 11:2 and have a house edge of 7.143% while 3 and 11 have odds of 11:4 with a house edge of 6.25%. [ 33 ] New York Craps is one of the variations of craps played mostly in the Eastern coast of the US, true to its name.

  3. Dice control - Wikipedia

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    The concept of "controlled shooting" goes beyond simply "setting the dice" prior to shooting.It purports to limit the rotation of the dice during the roll. The theory is that if the dice are properly gripped and tossed at the correct angle they will land just before the back wall of the craps table, then gently touch the wall, greatly increasing the probability of their remaining on the same axis.

  4. Glossary of craps terms - Wikipedia

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    To keep the previous winning bet as is. If a player says same bet it does not mean to double the bet, that is referred to as "pressing it" seven out A roll of 7 when the point is On. All bets on Pass, Pass Odds, Come, Come Odds, Place bets, Buy bets, hard ways and any single roll bets not for a seven loses.

  5. Advantage gambling - Wikipedia

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    One way to make money on the exchanges is "trading" - in the above example, the Jets might be a favorite decimal odds of 1.90 to defeat the Bills. If a "trader" thinks these odds too long he may bet $1000 on the Jets, and should he prove correct and the odds on the Jets get shorter, "lay off" by laying, say, a $1016 bet against the Jets at 1.87.

  6. Even money - Wikipedia

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    In professional gambling, even money bets typically do not have odds that are indeed 50–50. Therefore, successful gamblers have to examine any bets they make in light of the odds really being even money. [1] For example, in roulette, betting on red or black is an even money bet. However, the presence of the green 0 and the 00 means that ...

  7. Martingale (betting system) - Wikipedia

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    The impossibility of winning over the long run, given a limit of the size of bets or a limit in the size of one's bankroll or line of credit, is proven by the optional stopping theorem. [ 3 ] However, without these limits, the martingale betting strategy is certain to make money for the gambler because the chance of at least one coin flip ...

  8. Gambling - Wikipedia

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    Gamblers will prefer gambles with worse odds that are drawn from a large sample (e.g., drawing one red ball from an urn containing 89 red balls and 11 blue balls) to better odds that are drawn from a small sample (drawing one red ball from an urn containing 9 red balls and one blue ball). [71] Gambler's fallacy/positive recency bias.

  9. Casino game - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, 'table game' is the term used for games of chance such as blackjack, craps, roulette, and baccarat that are played against the casino and operated by one or more live croupiers, as opposed to those played on a mechanical device like a slot machine or against other players instead of the casino, such as standard poker.