CASINO CRAPS Version 1.1 July 6, 1988 Introduction: Casino Craps is a Simulation of the action spot in most U.S. Casinos, the dice or craps table. This simulation was written originally to test betting, and playing strategies before setting out to go to the casino. Casino Craps has been written in True Basic by Bob Rhode and is ShareWare. CASINO CRAPS may be distributed as you wish as long as the program, its support files, and this documentation file remain together. If this program brings you some unseen value and enjoyment please feel free to send a donation of your choice. Donations greater than ten ($10.00) will entitle you to receive the next revision to the program at no extra charge. Boot Road Software Bob Rhode 1308 Boot Road West Chester, Pa. 19380 CIS 72356,2022 Genie Robert J. Rhode VERSION DATA: Version 1.1 is complete with the following exceptions: 1. The Don't Pass line Bet is not fully implemented to handle Don't Pass Line odds bets. 2. The Any-7 Bet is not implemented. 3. The Any-Craps Bet is not implemented. 4. The COME bet is not implemented. 5. The Don't Come bet is not implemented. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: The Program has been tested on an Amiga 500 w/1Meg, an Amiga 2000 w/1meg, and an Amiga 1000 w/512kb. The Program requires WorkBench 1.2 and narrator.device in the devs directory on the logged in workbench disk. In other words a standard workbench disk will suffice. The Program is totally mouse driven with voice and windowed prompts. The Program "CRAPSx.xc" (x = version), along with "Table.box", and Title.box must reside in the same Directory on the same disk. The Game: The origin of craps dates back to prehistoric times. According to some unknown author, the cave men carved crude die out of animal bones. God only knows why? At any rate, the game is indeed older than you and I. It was imported to the United States by some sadist who visited New Orleans some time ago. The Game of Craps is where the action is. It is the most popular table game in North American casinos. This Program is dedicated to a large Ukranian crap shooter from Norristown, Pa. who has inspired this author to practice, practice, practice.... test test test, and finally copy the betting strategies that brings tears to the eyes of Casino operators in Atlantic City. Now if you don't believe any of this just send in the ten bucks and throw the rest of this package away. If you want to BELIEVE read on, and test your betting strategies prior to testing your VISA's LIMIT at your favorite casino. To most if not all first time casino visitors, Craps appears to be an enormously complicated game to attempt. The table looks complicated! The Game moves to fast! People are standing and getting aggitated! Yes, all true. The purpose of this program is to dispell these myths, and teach a rather simple ancient game to one who has never played before. To understand the game, lets first consider the tools, the dice, there are two of them, each die has six sides, each side is marked with dots indicating its value 1 to 6. One can toss them across a casino craps table and the outcome must be some number between 2 and 12, assuming of course both dice landed on the table. Please understand that the probability of each number varies. The chances of throwing (rolling) a four are fewer than rolling a seven. Please refer to table 2 for a complete list of probabiliites for the game of Craps. One interesting note is that a 7 will be rolled approximately 17% of the time. A 7 will win if all are thrown at the right time, and lose if thrown at the wrong time. The skilled, lucky, or psychic individual, recognizes subtle patterns or streaks in the why and ways of a run of dice throws and comes away a winner on a regular basis. Now don't laugh there are some people out there with this capability! Perhaps this program will allow you to recognize your psychic skills? Enjoy. The Start of the Play (THE COME-OUT): When a player is handed the dice to throw, for the first time, the first roll is called a "COME-OUT" now you have two choices of bets. A PASS-LINE Bet is one that you make if you wish to bet WITH the dice. A DON'T PASS LINE Bet is one that you make if you wish to bet against the dice. Lets stick to the winners choice, THE PASS LINE BET: You will bet with the dice and with the person throwing the dice, In this case you are the roller. Position the mouse pointer somewhere within the pass-line box and click it once. Then move the mouse pointer to either the five dollar or one dollar chip and click on either one repeatedly until you have picked up the dollar value of your requested bet. The amount 'clicked up will be displayed in the Bet-Box. Click on the Bet box and your bet will be placed in the pass line, and the dice will be thrown. The possible outcomes are listed below. The Come Out Roll Roll 2 - 3 - 12 7 - 11 | 4 - 10 5 - 9 6 - 8 Out- Craps..... Natural | Point Numbers Come (LOSER) WINNER | (Must be repeated to Win) Table 1 On This first roll, the come-out, PASS-LINE bet, 7 or an 11 immediately wins. 2, 3, or 12 immediately loses. If you toss any other number, 4, 10, 5, 9, 6, or 8 you have made your POINT, there is no immediate decision. If you throw a Craps 2, 3, or 12 You lose your pass-line bet, are allowed to place another, and try again with a new come- out roll. If you throw a natural winner, 7 or 11. You win an amount equal to your pass-line wager, and try again with a new come-out roll. If you throw a point, a 4, 10, 5, 9, 6, or 8. You continue to throw the dice until either the same number, your POINT, is rolled again, in which case you win, or until a 7 is thrown, in which case you lose all bets and the dice passes to the next player. During this sequence, throwing a 2, 3, or 12 has no significance to your roll, unless of course, you have placed a bet against one of them. If you do throw your point number before throwing a seven, you then start over with another COME-OUT roll. This sequence continues until you roll a seven after you have established your POINT, thus losing. During this sequence you may place other bets on the table as you choose. You may place a bet on a number, 'Place-Bet'. You may make a bet on the Field, ('Field-Bet', 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12). You may make a One-Time bet, or bet that the dice will come up the hard way. These bets are all make prior to rolling the dice each time. If you decided to play the DON'T PASS LINE the opposite is true for the come-out bet except rolling a twelve is a WASH, neither you or the house wins. The Pass-Line Odds Bet: After you have made a POINT, a 4, 10, 5, 9, 6, or 8 on the come-out roll you will be asked to place ODDS against that point. Click on the chips until you have picked up the amount you want and then click on the BET box to place the bet. If you wish to make no odds-bet, or made a betting mistake, click on the QUIT/CLEAR Box and start over. You can place odds either equal to the amount bet or up to two times your original pass-line bet. This is called Double-Odds. Learning the Odds Bet: In order to understand the Odds bet associated with the pass line wager, you must first learn what the correct odds are at a craps table for all the possible numbers. Study the following chart (table 2). Number Ways Probability HOW 2 1 35 to 1 1-1 3 2 17 to 1 1-2, 2-1 4 3 11 to 1 2-2, 1-3, 3-1 5 4 8 to 1 1-4, 4-1, 2-3, 3-2 6 5 6.2 to 1 3-3, 2-4, 4-2, 1-5, 5-1 7 6 5 to 1 1-6, 6-1, 2-5, 5-2, 3-4, 4-3 8 5 6.2 to 1 4-4, 2-6, 6-2, 3-5, 5-3 9 4 8 to 1 3-6, 6-3, 4-5, 5-4 10 3 11 to 1 5-5, 4-6, 6-4 11 2 17 to 1 5-6, 6-5 12 1 35 to 1 6-6 36 Table 2 As shown in the above chart there are more ways to roll a 7 than any other number. There are 36 possible outcomes and 6 ways to throw a 7 therefore there must be 30 ways not to throw a 7 So the odds of throwing a 7 are 30:6 or 5 to 1. Over a period of time a 7 should be thrown once every six rolls. Now that you have a feel for odds lets get back to making the odds bet. First, what's the big deal about placing an odds bet on the pass line bet anyway? Ok, here's the reason why. The casino will pay you 1 to 1, even money, for your pass line bet if you throw the your point before throwing a seven-out. The casino will pay correct odds on your odds bet! Check the following chart. Point Correct Odds of it Number Repeating before throwing a 7 6 - 8 6 to 5 5 - 9 3 to 3 4 - 10 2 to 1 An Example: Your the player whom has picked up the dice, you place $5 on the PASS-LINE and throw the dice across the table, 4 yells the dealer, Your Point is 4. You make an ODDS-BET of $10, the most you can make at a double-odds table, and start throwing the dice looking for your 4 before rolling a 7. A few rolls later you throw the 4, Your point, you will be paid $5 for your pass-line wager and 2 to 1 or $20 for your odds-bet. Since the casino paid off your odds-bet at the correct odds, there is absolutely no casino advantage. In fact this is the only bet you can make in any Vegas or Atlantic City casino that has no advantage to either the player or the casino. The pass line bet has an advantage to the casino of 1.4% placing single-odds reduces that to about .85%, Double odds reduces the casino's advantage to about .63%. Take care to note that since 5 and 9 pays 3 to 2 that your odds bet must be an even amount. As an example for a $5 pass-line-bet the single odds must be $6 the double odds stay at $10 and obviously $8 is a valid odds-bet since it can be paid off in whole dollars. Ok so now you have make PASS-LINE BET and placed an ODDS-BET against it. Now you can make some other bet on the table or roll the dice looking for your point. If you want to make any additional bets click the bet box again and pick the type of bet you want to make, pick up the chips and then click the bet box to place them. Other Bets: Example; You wish to make a place Bet on the 6. Click once somewhere within the Place-Bet area, Then Click on the place bet number wanted "6", then click on the Bet-Box to place it. Then Click on the ROLL-Box to roll the dice. PLACE-BETS: If you choose to place a bet on a number, once a point has been established, you may do so by clicking on the BET-BOX, Clicking on the PLACE-BET(s) Box, Clicking on the actual Place- Bet wanted, Pick up some chips, and click on the Bet Box, then roll-box to roll the dice. The casino does not pay correct odds for bets "Placed" check the table below for the pay-offs. PLACE CASINO SHOULD CASINO NUMBER PAYS BE ADVANTAGE 6 - 8 7 TO 6 6 TO 5 1.52% 5 - 9 7 TO 5 3 TO 2 4% 4 - 10 9 TO 5 2 TO 1 6.67% A Typical Game: One strategy, used with some success, is as follows: 1.) Find a Table that is hot? Huh? This is no small feat. If you or I could do this anytime we wanted to I wouldn't be writing this dumb paper. A hot table can be found most of the time if your not to anxious. At any rate lets assume you found a table that feels hot. This Table should be a $5 table unless you have an urge to lose more. 2.) Play a pass-line bet. Make the Pass-Line bet at the next come-out roll. Always start out with a Minimum bet in this case, since you found a $5 table it is $5. 3.) Once a point has been established, place double odds on your pass-line bet, place a place-bet on either the 6 or if 6 was your point play the 8. if the 6 hits, take one additional place-bet either 5, 6, 8, or 9. Press any bet the second time it hits. Pressing your bet means double your current place-bet amount. For example start with $6 on the 6, the second time it hits click on the Press-Box, your bet will go to $12. Actually it works like this; the 6 hits, It pays 7 to 6 so your $6 gets $7 laid next to it, you tell the dealer you wish to press it, He gives you $1 and replaces your bet as $12. 4.) Press up your Pass-line bets during the roll. Return to your basic betting unit $5 after a Seven-Out. ONE-TIME AND HARD-WAYS BETS: These bets are either a one-roll decision, or in the case of the hard-ways bets you win if the number comes up the hard-way 3-3, 4-4, 2-2, 5-5, prior to coming up some other way or if you seven-out first. The one-time bets are good for one roll only. These bets have been called the 'DUMBEST BETS AT A CRAPS TABLE' yet you will see them played quite frequently. The table below tells you why. Casino BET Pays Should Pay ADVANTAGE Any - 7 4 to 1 5 to 1 16.67% Any Craps 7 to 1 8 to 1 11.1% 11 or 3 15 to 1 17 to 1 11.1% 2 or 12 30 to 1 35 to 1 13.89% Hard 6 or 8 9 to 1 10 to 1 9.1% Hard 4 or 10 7 to 1 8 to 1 11.1% Keep in mind what that casino advantage means; They keep almost $17 out of every $100 bet on Any 7 for instance. COME-BETS: Come Bets (Not Implemented in this release), Are very similar to Pass Line bets. In fact they work the same way. Once a player has established a point, you may place a bet on the come line, this bet wins on a natural (7,11) loses on craps (2,3,12), and gets placed if the player tosses a point (4,5,6,8,9,10). The casino guy will remove the bet from the come bet area and place it on the point number in the place bet area. Now the original come bet pays even money, just like your pass line wager. So, you say, whats the big deal about this? Well, once this wager gets placed you can place ODDs against it. Remember the discussion on pass line odds bet above, READ IT, this and the pass line odds bets are the way to reduce the casino's take. Of course you may go belly up before you relize the casino's take has been reduced but thats the ole trust yer luck stuff. At any rate it is a very good bet and also a decent strategy can be developed around come- bets, timely place bets, and double odds pass-line wagers. Don't Come bets: Yes, Martha, there is such a bet, it is the opposite of a Come bet! Surprised! It to may be implemented but I doubt if soon. Since it is similar to the Don't Pass line, A NEGATIVE type bet, not for us macho positive types at all. SUMMARY: Remember to keep your bets small at first pressing them up when the dice and the table appear to be going your way. "Bet small win Small, Bet Big lose Big" is something you must remember. This program is designed to help a player try various betting strategies prior to going to the casino. As such it doesn't have a pile of $25 chips. This is a $5 table thus the average Joe with $300 in his pocket can make a go for it. To Play on a $10 table you need at a minimum $600, and to play at a $25 table a minimum of $3000, unless, of course, you had somewhere else to go and didn't wish to hang around very long. The casino is not in business to make players wealthy! Good luck, Bob. MENU & BUTTON/BOX GLOSSARY: MENU Bar Items: All Menu Items will work but due to limitations within this early version of True Basic will not be interrogated in real time. In other words after picking a Menu Item you may very well have to continue playing the game for a second or two at least finish the current bet thing that is going on. Instructions: This Menu option will display a very short, 4 line, set of instructions in the lower window. New Game: This item will clear out the bankroll, net gain, rolls, passes, etc from the right hand sid of the screen and start you'all off fresh again. QUIT: Yes, This is the proper way to quit the game. BUTTON/BOX Items: These are the click on buttons in the lower part of the screen: $5, $1 chips Your betting pile of chips. When it is time to place a bet you click on these chips until the amount you want is displayed in the Bet Box. Bet Box: Click in the bet box if you want to make a bet or after you have picked up some chips and now you want to bet them. ROLL Box: Will roll the dice. QUIT/CLear: A click on this box will give you a quick way to quit. Not recommended luse the menu bar. If you are in the process of making a bet, clicking chips, this box will clear the bet amount. Also if you wish to clear a bet you can use the clear box to make your bet zero (0) and then place (make) the bet as usual. Press Box: This box applies to place bets. Just like the real casino, if you have a place bet on say the four, and it hits you may press the bet, click the press box, or yell out Press my bet, only in this game yelling out will not work!. Click on the press box if you have a placebet on the number just rolled and you wish to double your bet on that number at that time. ----------------------------------------------------------------