Cheating Methods in Craps

Cheating and stealing occur in almost every casino, especially in craps where there are so many craps rules, causing players to be distracted. The method of ‘railing’ is the most commonly used cheating methods at craps tables, and involves stealing chips from players. Railers work in twos. One steals the chips, and the other takes the chips and disappears before being discovered. Craps is a difficult game to follow, and it may occur that players forget their winnings on the table without noticing, leaving them for other players to steal.

Capping is a method of cheating where the cheater adds chips to a winning stack. Of course, players can only do this if they have a winning bet in play. Another stealing method is called “pinching,” and this involves taking chips away from a losing wager.

Past-posting is another popular method used when cheating in casinos. The name is derived from horse-racing where bettors used to call in winner bet to their bookie after a specific race had been run. In craps, players are able to do this by capping odds bets with more chips after a point has been made, when the dealer is distracted by moving losing bets off the table. Craps 777 reminds you that this is usually done when dice are thrown in the opposite direction from the past-poster, so that people are not looking at them.

The other major way of cheating at craps is dice control. Some players can throw dice very carefully so that they know what numbers are likely to come up. In order to control dice, some craps players use weighted dice. Most casinos have dice that are almost impossible to fake or to tamper with. Many casinos use transparent or translucent dice with special marks which are visible only by looking through the dice. These dice are very difficult to counterfeit, and even if the player succeeds, the dice are switched every few rounds to make sure that they are not affected by being thrown.