Casino Craps:Shoot to Win [Paperback]

For people who are looking for betting strategies, you will not find any in this book. The only strategy they focus on is Pass/Don't Pass and Come/Don't Come bets with full odds. As every craps player should know, Pass line with odds is the best bet, so there is nothing wrong with sitting with this strategy.

But that's as far as the book goes. The books logic on money management is really poor. The author recommends using 1% of your bankroll. As he says, 1% of $30,000 is $300, which I'm sure the majority of players have...or not. He does state that you should bet according to your bankroll, which he is right, and leaves off from there. All other strategy and money management is based on controlled dice, which he does mention that controlled dice throwers still have many losing sessions. This is where the logic just seems to go awry.

Realistically, how many people will ever be with someone who can set the dice? And how many people will work at this method to control the dice? I'm not stating its impossible, but in the book he rants repeatedly about random games, which controlled dice throwers are still throwing random games and has no strategy for playing random games and minimizing losses to keep you at the table. If your aggressive, then this won't bother you.

The author also makes a note about how people following trends are 'dopey'. Yet he, and other authors, like to sell you this '5-count', which is exactly what people who look for trends do, wait for a specific pattern. Its okay to use this so-called '5-count' to monitor how the dice are rolled, but other people who do it are 'dopey'.

Last but not least the end of the book is for setting dice, which is the standard stuff you'd expect anywhere on dice throwing: next to the stick man, proper way to set the dice, how to hold and throw them, and where they should land. A DVD comes with the book, and I thought that was a real nice touch, so bonus points for the inclusion, even if it is 16 minutes long, how long does it have to be to watch someone throw some dice?

All-in-all, its not a bad book. It lists the proper betting methods, and gives reasons for not using other bets. It has a small but decent section on dice setting, and it explains the game in the beginning of the book. The book is good for beginners. I have the author's latest book, and will certainly say it is definitely a step up from this book, but is focused heavily on dice control. If your looking for dice control, these books will do nicely. If your looking for money management with small bankrolls (like the other 98% of us craps players), I would recommend John Patrick's Advanced Craps. The book is more advanced then the beginner book, but he explains the game in the beginning, and most of the systems in the first book are included in this book (because the beginner book doesn't have that many), and the way he approaches money management with his betting strategies is better in the advanced book then the beginner book (oddly enough, the beginner book is more aggressive when you think it'd be more conservative).

If you want to learn how to win money from the casinos then you MUST buy this book. I have always enjoyed Scoblete and Dominator books but this is by far the best. The DVD was very helpful and professional. I look forward to my next trip to the casino with my new skill!

This is a no nonsense approach to Craps. I was looking for information that would help me stay at the tables long enough to enjoy myself. This book gave me that information. A great book for anyone wanting to learn how to play the game. Includes not only how to play the game but also a bit on table manners.

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