Beat the Craps Out of the Casinos: How to Play Craps and Win! (Revised Edition)

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Summary: I Just Got the Best Present!
Review: My wife just gave me what I really wanted, a complete set of Frank Scoblete's books and tapes on craps. While I have read and reread all of them several times, my copies have gotten beaten up. Now I have a pristine collection: Beat the Craps Out of the Casinos, Frank's first book, introduces the Captain and his marvelous methods of play such as the 5-Count, The Captain's Craps Revolution look more indepth at the 5-Count and variations in betting systems, then Forever Craps creates the ultimate method of play by utilizing 5 basic concepts to actually get the edge at the game.

In addition to these, my wife gave me Sharpshooter Craps, Scoblete's audiotape, and Guerrilla Gambling, the best overall book on the casino games.

My wife also ordered me The Craps Underground, Scoblete's new hardcover book, but that has not yet been released.

I love the man's writing and I recommend him to anyone with the least interest in craps or casino gambling. His books run the gamut from craps to blackjack to even slots and they are all just so well written and instructive and fun to read.

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Summary: 5-Count System did cut my losses
Review: Read this book and put the system to use 2 days later in Laughlin, NV. Although, I didn't play exactly to the discipline explained (playing both the pass and don't pass at the same time)I did wait in most cases for a shooter to roll 5 times before I placed a bet. For the first time in many trips gambling, I came out ahead on my craps bets. Good book, but would have liked to have read more about modified systems using the 5-count and not as much about the Captain and his crew.

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Summary: a cruel joke
Review: Yes, other reviews will say that they used the system and won. Anyone can win at craps in the short term: if you've played more than once I am sure you've had the same luck.

But as you well know, mathematically, the odds favor the house. Notwithstanding the author's contention, no system improves anyone's odds. the chances of a seven coming on any roll are independent of what's happened on the prior rolls.

Put it another way: if the 5 count system works, why does the author write about controlling dice? If any system worked there would be no need to try to control a roll's outcome. In the same vein, if dice can truly be controlled, why must one use a five count system? His two basic suppositions contradict each other.

I go to Vegas to relax, smoke cigars and enjoy free cocktails. But for every person like me there's two or three that believe big money can be made somehow, some way, at some table game. Sadly, this books not only feeds that hype but pathetically profits by it.