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Watch out!! New rules at the TI!
On Feb. 24th in the late afternoon I took two of my
students, Basil and Carl, to play a session at the TI. I
started to buy- in for $500.00, but before they even
took my money they said to me: "We have new rules now,
you have to hit the back wall higher and the dice have
to come back at least 8 inches from the back wall." This
was my first red flag.
On my very first roll the suits in the pit said "That
toss will not work here anymore!" As most of you know
the tables at TI are my favorite tables both for the
good bounce and the reaction of the dice. My dice will
hit the wall but fall straight down, or maybe come back
2 to 3 inches. By the new casino rules, this is not good
anymore. I played for almost two hours, winning only 40
units profit. As I was coloring up the suit came over to
me and said: "You will not be able to throw dice here
anymore, we will let you play the game, but you cannot
shoot."
I talked to my favorite person in the pit, he said:
"These are new rules - the rules are the rules and we
have to stick to them." He also said there had been some
problems with certain principles and students from one
of the larger dice setting seminars around. Their
actions and reactions have caused some problems in the
craps pit, and as a result, the heat has come down on
all of us.
Adding to this problem, the TI was recently sold to Phil
Ruffin, the previous owner of the New Frontier. Many of
you may remember that when Mr. Ruffin owned the New
Frontier, they would not let you set the dice at all. Of
note, Mr. Ruffin sold the New Frontier for 1.25 billon
dollars and paid MGM/Mirage $750 million, what a deal
and steal!
A couple of other casinos on the strip are having back
wall problems too. Bally's and Paris Hotel & Casinos
have both increased the heat level for dice setters. At
Bally's one suit actually told one of my students that
it is illegal to set the dice.
I gave the gaming commission a call on this very subject
and this is what they said:
Dice setting and rhythm rolling is
not regulated by the
gaming commission, and is not considered illegal. They
just want to make sure it is a fair game on both sides.
Any dice setting rules or decisions are made solely by
the management of the individual casinos and should be
the same for all shifts. They say the only problem they
are aware of is that dice setters sometimes hold up the
game by taking too long to find the sets. We all know
that with proper practice, we can set the dice in less
than two seconds.
Many casinos have multiple properties now and the rules
will change from one casino property to the next, and
from one shift to another. Just remember this is Not
Regulated by the gaming commission, nor is it illegal.
It is strictly an individual casino policy.
With the sinking economy being the way it is, I would
think they would welcome more players in their casinos.
I also think we are good for the game, adding interest
and excitement by setting or being a good rhythm roller.
There are a lot of casinos on the strip, down town and
on the outskirts of town where there are good places to
play.
Lets avoid the aggravation and the abuse from the very
few casinos that are unfriendly towards dice setting and
precision throwing. Let's play where we feel the love
and they welcome our play.
Good luck, see you in the pits!
Beau
Dice Coach
| Another 20 minute
roll! I think between that little
modification and adopting your betting tactics,
that this will work well in the long run.
Thanks again! -
Bill - |
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