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Dice Dominator
The Greatest Dice Controller; Part I
Dom LoRiggio, known in craps circles as the “The Dice Dominator,” has
turned the craps world upside down with his uncanny ability of being able
to control the dice when he throws them. He was recently featured on the
History Channel’s Dice Dominator and he has co-authored the new book
(with Frank Scoblete), Casino Craps: Shooting to Win.
When and how did you get started playing craps?
Throughout the late 1980s and early 90s I was an advantage blackjack
player. I got interested in craps after reading several dice books by Frank
Scoblete about the Captain and the Arm and I was intrigued by the idea of
getting the edge at craps using a controlled throw. In the late 90s I started
to practice a controlled throw and then I took a poorly designed course in
controlled shooting and that got me started. I worked on the throw for six
months before I really had it down. A couple of years later I met Frank
Scoblete who was researching a book and we went to the craps tables
where he wanted to see me roll. Well, I wanted to see him roll, too. I had a
half hour roll. Scoblete was impressed. Then he came right back with a
half hour roll himself. Boy was I impressed.
Can you explain to readers how you can control the outcome of
your rolls?
The game of craps is a game of probabilities inherent in two dice. In a
random game, those probabilities are set in stone. However, what my
fellow Golden Touch dice controllers and I do is influence which dice faces
come up by setting the dice a certain way and throwing them our special
way. We change the probabilities by reducing the number of sevens or
increasing the appearance of other numbers.
What are the steps in a controlled throw?
In dice control, you have to set the dice properly, stand at the right
distance from the back wall, grab the dice properly, grip them properly,
and throw them softly with the proper amount of backswing so they land
softly on the layout, and then hit the back wall and die. It takes practice
and discipline. It is a skill that most people can achieve if they work at it.
The casinos require that you hit the back wall so doesn’t that make
dice control impossible?
Not at all. The Golden Touch throw that Frank Scoblete and I teach and
that is the subject of our new book, Casino Craps: Shooting to Win, must
hit the back wall to be successful. If we miss the back wall the throw is
usually random, as one die is doing something completely different from
the other die. When we miss the back wall, we grimace because now we
must rely on luck for the seven not to show.
How long would it take an average person to learn the Golden
Touch dice control technique? How does a person practice?
I am an average person; so is Frank. It took me six months of practice
before I knew I had an edge and was comfortable going into the casinos to
play. I practiced almost every day on a craps station that I built. You don’t
have to buy a craps table, but you do have to simulate one so that you
can practice your throw.
How does a player know he is influencing the dice?
There are two methods that we use to ascertain and then calculate what
our edge is. For new dice controllers, we recommend using the SRR
formula – known as Sevens to Rolls Ratio. This is a way to show us in an
easy formula if we are actually able to change the probabilities of the
game. Using the hardway set, which shows hardway numbers all around
the dice set with the end pips being the 1 and the 6, we can see if we are
reducing the appearance of the seven. The seven usually appears once
every six rolls on average. If you do about five thousand rolls using the
Hardway set and you find that the seven is appearing once every 6.5 rolls,
then you are probably changing the game. At that point you then use the
powerful software program, Smart Craps, to prove with statistical certainty
that you are influencing the dice outcomes and how much of an edge you
have over the casino.
Henry Tamburin is a blackjack and video poker expert. He hosts
the smartgaming.com website and is the editor of the Blackjack
Insider newsletter (for a free three-month subscription, visit www.
bjinsider.com/free). For a FREE copy of his Casino Gambling
Catalog that contains training products for video poker players,
call toll free 1-888-353-3234, or visit the web store on smartgaming.
com. Henry also holds the student record for the most numbers
thrown before a 7 (see www.goldentouchcraps.com
The Greatest Dice Controller; Part I
Dom LoRiggio, known in craps circles as the “The Dice Dominator,” has
turned the craps world upside down with his uncanny ability of being able
to control the dice when he throws them. He was recently featured on the
History Channel’s Dice Dominator and he has co-authored the new book
(with Frank Scoblete), Casino Craps: Shooting to Win.
When and how did you get started playing craps?
Throughout the late 1980s and early 90s I was an advantage blackjack
player. I got interested in craps after reading several dice books by Frank
Scoblete about the Captain and the Arm and I was intrigued by the idea of
getting the edge at craps using a controlled throw. In the late 90s I started
to practice a controlled throw and then I took a poorly designed course in
controlled shooting and that got me started. I worked on the throw for six
months before I really had it down. A couple of years later I met Frank
Scoblete who was researching a book and we went to the craps tables
where he wanted to see me roll. Well, I wanted to see him roll, too. I had a
half hour roll. Scoblete was impressed. Then he came right back with a
half hour roll himself. Boy was I impressed.
Can you explain to readers how you can control the outcome of
your rolls?
The game of craps is a game of probabilities inherent in two dice. In a
random game, those probabilities are set in stone. However, what my
fellow Golden Touch dice controllers and I do is influence which dice faces
come up by setting the dice a certain way and throwing them our special
way. We change the probabilities by reducing the number of sevens or
increasing the appearance of other numbers.
What are the steps in a controlled throw?
In dice control, you have to set the dice properly, stand at the right
distance from the back wall, grab the dice properly, grip them properly,
and throw them softly with the proper amount of backswing so they land
softly on the layout, and then hit the back wall and die. It takes practice
and discipline. It is a skill that most people can achieve if they work at it.
The casinos require that you hit the back wall so doesn’t that make
dice control impossible?
Not at all. The Golden Touch throw that Frank Scoblete and I teach and
that is the subject of our new book, Casino Craps: Shooting to Win, must
hit the back wall to be successful. If we miss the back wall the throw is
usually random, as one die is doing something completely different from
the other die. When we miss the back wall, we grimace because now we
must rely on luck for the seven not to show.
How long would it take an average person to learn the Golden
Touch dice control technique? How does a person practice?
I am an average person; so is Frank. It took me six months of practice
before I knew I had an edge and was comfortable going into the casinos to
play. I practiced almost every day on a craps station that I built. You don’t
have to buy a craps table, but you do have to simulate one so that you
can practice your throw.
How does a player know he is influencing the dice?
There are two methods that we use to ascertain and then calculate what
our edge is. For new dice controllers, we recommend using the SRR
formula – known as Sevens to Rolls Ratio. This is a way to show us in an
easy formula if we are actually able to change the probabilities of the
game. Using the hardway set, which shows hardway numbers all around
the dice set with the end pips being the 1 and the 6, we can see if we are
reducing the appearance of the seven. The seven usually appears once
every six rolls on average. If you do about five thousand rolls using the
Hardway set and you find that the seven is appearing once every 6.5 rolls,
then you are probably changing the game. At that point you then use the
powerful software program, Smart Craps, to prove with statistical certainty
that you are influencing the dice outcomes and how much of an edge you
have over the casino.
Henry Tamburin is a blackjack and video poker expert. He hosts
the smartgaming.com website and is the editor of the Blackjack
Insider newsletter (for a free three-month subscription, visit www.
bjinsider.com/free). For a FREE copy of his Casino Gambling
Catalog that contains training products for video poker players,
call toll free 1-888-353-3234, or visit the web store on smartgaming.
com. Henry also holds the student record for the most numbers
thrown before a 7 (see www.goldentouchcraps.com