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For the field.9, center field 9, swung on and belted straight to center field (in memory of baseball announcer Dave Niehaus.for the Pac NW area). 2/3/12 craps, pay the field and come again. 2/3 can be used if you have a don't player too; pay the don'ts and come again. If a guy can't hit the wall, I threaten to break out the 'pink dice'. As we know from our article on basic craps math, there are 36 possible combinations when using two six-sided dice. Notice that the Field bet covers all the numbers 2 through 12. Notice that the Field bet covers all the numbers 2 through 12.

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Argosy Alton BelleCasino 219 Piasa Alton, Illinois 62002-6232 Argosy's Alton Belle Casino is a dock side 90 Foot twin stack Riverboat Three gaming decks. 23,000 square foot casino Located just 25 minutes from St. Louis Open 7 days 8:00am until 6:00am. 1-800-711-GAME (4263). Web Address: http://www.argosy.com/stlouis/ Slot Machines: 988 total, from a nickel to $5.00 28 Table Games: Pai Gow Poker Blackjack Caribbean Stud Craps Let-It-Ride Roulette Three Card Poker 3 Restaurants: Key West Bar Outfitters Grill Captain's Table Buffet Lunch: 11am - 4pm Dinner: 4pm - 9pm (Sun - Thurs) and 4pm - 10pm Fri & Sat. RV Parking ??? RV Hook ups ??? Directions ??? Top of Page | |
Empress Casino Joliet River Boat Casino 2300 Empress Drive Empress Hotel 102 rooms Reservations (888) 4-EMPRESS Toll Free RV Parking (80-site RV Resort) Resort Reopens in April
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Casino Queen 200 S. Front Street E. St. Louis, Illinois 62201 The Casino Queen is a four-story, 2,500-passenger, old-fashioned replica, paddlewheeler docked (no cruises) on the Mississippi river. Located directly across from the St. Louis arch in East St. Louis Illinois. (290 miles S.W. of Chicago) East Saint Louis, Illinois From Illinois: Take I-55/I-70 to Third Street exit. Right on River Park Drive Telephone: (618) 874-5000 Reservations 1-800-777-0777 Website address: http://www.casinoqueen.com/ Casino Hours: 9am-6:30am Valet Parking: $4 Casino Size: 27,500 Square Feet 1,000 of the most popular slot and video poker machines Casino Queen Hotel Room Reservation Number: (800) 777-0777 Rooms: 150 Price Range: $89-$149 Suites: 7 Price Range: $300 10% room discount to AAA members. 4 Restaurants: Royal Table Riverview Grill Queen Courtyard Buffet: Breakfast - $5.95 Lunch - $8.95/$10.95 (Sun) Dinner - $12.95 $1 off buffets for slot club members. Senior Discount: On Wed. until 3:30 p.m., if 50 or older receive free Danish, coffee, juice Sr. 2-for-1 breakfast or lunch Sr. 35% off in gift shop and free valet parking. Sports Bar with Tv's and with live entertainment on weekends. MetroLink light-rail station, adjacent. High stakes wagering with table limits from $2 to $2,000 Table games: Craps Blackjack Roulette Let It Ride Caribbean Stud Pai Gow Mini-Baccarat 140 RV Parking with Pull-through sites include cable television, full internet access, with bath house and laundry facilities, $22.95 to ????? 1-800-777-0777 For RV Parking Reservations Top of Page | |
The Grand Victoria Riverboat Casino 250 S. Grove Avenue Elgin, Illinois 60120 click here for map General Information: 847-888-1000 Toll Free: 1-888-508-1900 http://www.grandvictoria-elgin.com 400 feet long and 100 feet wide. 16-foot ceilings. Table gaming is located on one deck in the casino. The 1,200-passenger paddle wheeler-replica is docked on the Fox River. Located 41 miles N.W. of Chicago Open daily 8:30am until 6:30am (22 hours.) Fun Book: Only available to groups Valet Parking: $5 Over 1000 slot and video machines Table Games: 26 Blackjack tables 6 Craps tables 4 Roulette tables 4 Caribbean Stud Poker tables 1 Full-size Baccarat table Many nearby Hotels and Motels 3 Restaurants plus a Deli Buffet $6.99 per person for lunch (11:30am - 3:30pm Mon-Thur) $9.99 per person for dinner (3:30pm - 9pm Mon- Thur) $14.99 per person for dinner (all day Fri, Sat and Sun) Senior Discount: 10% off buffet, if 65, or older. RV parking??? RV Hook ups??? Top of Page | |
Harrah's Joliet 150 N. Scott Street Joliet, Illinois 60431 Local: 815-740-7800 Toll Free: 1-800-427-7247 Web Address: http://www.harrahs.com/our_casinos/jol/index.html Casino is on a barge docked on the Des Plaines River Casino Size: 39,000 sq ft Valet Parking: $5 Casino Hours: 8:30am-6:30am Location: (43 miles S.W. of Chicago) Harrahs Hotel Reservation Number: 1-800-HARRAHS Rooms: 200 Price Range: $69-$159 Suites: 4 Price Range: $325 2 Restaurants: Buffets: Lunch - $7.99/$15.99 (Sat-Sun) Dinner - $9.99/ $14.99/$15.99 (Mon)/$18.99 Fri-Sun Harrah's Offers: 1100 slot machines Table Games: Blackjack Caribbean Stud Poker Baccarat Craps Roulette RV Parking ??? Rv hookups??? Top of Page | |
Harrah's Metropolis Casino 203 South Ferry Street Metropolis, Illinois 62960-202 (618) 524-2628 General Information (618) 524-5678 Web Address: http://www.harrahsmetropolis.com/casinos/harrahs-metropolis/casino-gambling/index.html Located at Southern tip of Illinois, dockside on the Ohio River. Casino Open 9am-7am daily. 30,000 square foot casino Directions: Take Highway 24 to Exit 37 (Highway 45), go north for three miles to Metropolis, turn left and go four blocks. Hotel Amerihost 120 rooms Located across the street from the Casino Hotel Reservations (800) 935-1111 Toll Free 3 Restaurants: The Range Steakhouse Fresh Market Square Buffet Fresh Market Express 1,200 slot machines: 5 cents to $10,00 Table Games - 25 total: Blackjack Craps Roulette Mini-Baccarat Caribbean Stud Poker Let It Ride Other Games: Video Poker- 97 machines Rv Parking ??? Rv Hook ups ??? Top of Page | |
Hollywood Casino 8 East Galena Boulevard Aurora, IL 60506 Phone: 630-801-7000 Toll Free: 800-888-7777 Web Address: http://www.hollywoodcasinoaurora.com/ This is a merging of two boats referred to as Hollywood Casino. 32,000 square feet of gaming space make up the two casinos. Open 8:30 am to 6:30 am 3 Restaurants: Fairbanks Steakhouse Take Two Deli Epic Buffet serves: Lunch: 11:30am - 3pm, $8.99/$11.99 Dinner: 4pm - 9pm, $12.99/$15.99 (Sun - Thur, Fri and Sat) 4pm-11pm Directions: On the Fox River between New York Street Bridge and the Illinois Avenue. Bridge 38 miles west of Chicago. O'Hare Airport, 38 miles. 1,105 slot machines: Nickel to $25 machines 61 Table Games: 34 Blackjack 7 Craps 4 Roulette 6 Caribbean Stud 2 Mini baccarat 8 Poker Entertainment Hollywood memorabilia for movie fans No on-site lodging; off-site lodging available, 1/2 block RV Parking ??? RV Hook ups??? Top of Page | |
Jumer's Casino Rock Island 18th St.- Mississippi Riverfront Rock Island, IL 61201 (309) 793-4200 General Information (800) 477-7747 Toll Free Web Address: http://www.jumerscri.com/ Open 8:00am-3:00am daily 13,200 square foot, Casino Rock Island is an 189 ft.900 passengers turn-of-the-century casino riverboat.. Three enclosed decks house two casinos areas, a restaurant, several bars and an entertainment lounge. Casino Directions From Chicago: 165 miles: take 88 west or 80 west to 280/74 west (combined route). Stay on 280 west, when it splits then exit to route 92 into Rock Island. That will bring you directly in front of the boatworks. From St. Louis: 232 miles: take 55 north to 74 west to 280/74 west (combined route). Stay on 280 west when it splits then exit to route 92 into Rock Island. That will bring you directly in front of the boatworks. Or take 67 north which takes you into downtown Rock Island. Turn right on 9th Avenue. Then turn left on 18th Street. That takes you directly in front of the boatworks. From Peoria: 90 miles: take 74 west to 280/74 west (combined route). Stay on 280 west, when it splits then exit to route 92 into Rock Island. That will bring you directly in front of the boatworks. Restaurant Effie Afton (Buffet Style) Lunch Buffet - $5.95 Dinner Buffet - $8.95 Sunday Brunch - $5.95 700 Slots 18 Table Games: Blackjack Caribbean Stud Poker Craps Roulette Video Poker- 20 machines Table bets from $2.00 to $1000.00 No accommodations on premises Stay across the river at: Jumer's Bettendorf Hotel Address: I-74 @ Spruce Hills Drive Bettendorf, Iowa U.S.A 52722 phone 1: 319-359-7141 phone 2: 1-800-285-8637 E-Mail: reservations@jumers.com RV Parking??? RV Hook ups??? Top of Page | |
Par-A-Dice Hotel Casino, River Boat Casino 21 Blackjack Boulevard East Peoria, Illinois 61611-2011 (309) 698-7711 General Information (309) 699-9317 Casino open daily 8:30am - 4:00am 26,116 square foot casino Web Address:http://www.par-a-dice.com/ Directions To Casino: Take I-74 to exit 95B, East Peoria, IL Five Restaurants: Boyd's Steakhouse Nelsons Deli Bourbons Lounge Centerfield 9 Island Buffet Par-A-Dice Hotel 208 rooms and suites Reservations: 1-800-547-0711 Safe on Line Reservations Slot Machines: 1,150 5 cents to $100.00 Table Games - 30 total: Blackjack Caribbean Stud Poker Craps Roulette Progressive Video Poker 31 machines- 0$.25 to $1.25 bets Video Keno - 40 machines- $0.25 to $1.00 bets Video Poker- 141machines- $0.25 to $5.00 bets RV Parking??? RV hook ups??? | |
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Craps is one of themost popular casino dice games in the industry because it allowsplayers to place bets on the outcome of the dice. Your job is todetermine the outcome of either one roll or a series of rolls. Thereare two types of craps; street crap and table crap. We are going toaddress these two variations of craps in this piece. First of all,let’s answer the question you’re asking; why is nine calledcenterfield in craps? The answer is simple. Nine is called thecenterfield because it is the middle number shown on the layout incasinos. The numbers are usually in this order (2–3–4–9–10–11–12).So, you can understand why nine is called centerfield. If you’venever played craps before, it might be difficult for you tounderstand how the game words or even how the numbers are named. Thegood news is that you don’t need a Ph.D. in gambling to learn how toplay craps.
What You Need toKnow About Playing Craps
Like every otherdice game, a significant level of your success in craps depends onluck whether you’re playing street craps or table craps. While thelogic behind both types of craps is the same, street crap is playedwithout a table. It is called street craps because the dice arerolled on the floor and the players bet against each other. In tablecraps, however, the dice are rolled on a table, usually in a casinosetting and the bet is placed against the bank (casino). Just likeother forms of gambling, craps has a glossary that you should studyif you want to learn the common words, phrases, or terminologyassociated with playing craps. However, this piece is your beginner’sguide to playing craps in the streets or the casino.
First things first,the earliest record of craps can be traced to 1788. At the time, itwas spelled krabs. Unlike many other gambling games that originatedin China and ancient Greece, craps originated in the United States.It is a simplified version of a then-popular European game calledHazard. In Hazard, the player has an option to choose any numberbetween five and nine as their lucky number before they roll thedice. It was brought to New Orleans from London by Bernard XavierPhilippe de Marigny de Mandeville, a young gambler from a wealthyfamily in Louisiana. Instead of allowing the players to pick anynumber of their choice from five to nine, de Marigny fixed the mainnumber as seven. According to de Marigny, seven was the mathematicaloptimal choice.
While Hazard was afun game, some Americans didn’t like it or its simpler versions. So,it didn’t stick. Americans in the same social class as de Marignywere not happy with Hazard. Eventually, he thought the game to peopleof the local underclass. Little by little, the game started to spreaduntil it got to Mississippi River and its environs. It was aroundthis time that de Marigny changed the name of the game from Hazard toRue de Craps.
For up to 100 yearsafter craps game was invented, casinos abused it by sampling thewrong dice. Most of these casinos made custom made dice that made itdifficult for players to hit the lucky number no matter how hard theytried. It wasn’t until 1907 that the problem was solved by John H.Winn, a legendary dice maker. The Philadelphia-based dice makersolved the cheating problem by creating a layout that featured betson “Pass” and “Don’t Pass”. This layout designwas eventually adopted by reputable casinos across the globe. Moderncasinos started using the layout because it served as an incentivefor them to use regular dices instead of unfair ones.
Crap may have cometo America as a small game from Europe but it increased in popularityother the years. The game even became more popular in the country andacross the globe during World War II. It was no longer a game thatwas enjoyed by lower-class members of society. People from differentsocial classes played craps in the military to pass time andentertain themselves. Most of these service members played streetcraps more than table craps. This is because it was easy to play andthere was no need for a table or any other fancy equipment. All theyneeded to make the game work was a pair of dice and other willingplayers. This is what led to the dominance of craps in the Caribbeanand Las Vegas after the war. Casinos in Europe, Macau, and Australiastarted offering craps as one of their major games after 1960. In2004, an online version of craps was introduced. This promoted theglobal adoption of craps.
How to Win atCraps
Craps is indeed agame of chance but you can still spice things up and increase yourchances of winning with a few professional tips. Craps is one of thecasino games that offer players maximum communal spills and thrills.These smart betting strategies will help you get great resultswhether you’re playing table craps or street craps. Keep reading tofind out more;
1. Bet Smart
The thrill ofwinning a bet is second to none. However, you need to bet smart ifyou want to be in control of the game and prevent spending everythingin your bankroll. The best way to bet smart is to take risksaccording to the situation. This means that you will take risky betswhen you have a large bankroll. This way, losing isn’t going to bethe end of the world since you’ll have money to fall back on. On theother hand, you should stick to small and safe bets when yourbankroll is shrinking. This is the best way to minimize your riskseven if the house still has an edge. It also helps to stick to thesimplest bets. In craps, the simplest bet has a house edge of 1.36%and it is the “Don’t Pass” bet. Placing bets with a highhouse edge will expose you to unnecessary risks.

2. ConsiderSticking to Street Craps
As stated above,table craps in a casino is played against the banker instead of otherplayers. Since the house always wins thanks to their mathematicallyaccurate edge, your chances of winning during street craps is higherthan table craps. If you must play table craps in a casino, you needto be smart about it. Don’t play for too long and don’t keep playingyou’re on a losing streak. If you’re fortunate enough to win moremoney than what you visited the casino with, simply walk away. Thecasino will always take your money in the long run. This is why youshould not bet with more money than you can afford to lose.
3. Join TablesWith Experienced Dice Setters
There is a theorythat some experienced dice setters have a unique technique of rollingdice that gives them an extra edge over other players. While there isstill a lot of controversy surrounding the validity of this theory,there is no harm in trying. If you find a dice setter in the casino,you should consider wagering according to their bets. Even if youfind a reliable dice setter, you should only place low-risk bets.Don’t make a high-risk bet because you’re watching a dice setter.
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4. Set Limits

When you’re in thezone, stopping yourself from gambling with everything you have mightbe difficult. This is why you need to set a limit. Most people thinkthat limits should only be placed on losses and not winnings but thetruth is that limits should set on both sides. This is because youhave finite resources. So, no matter how many times you win, you’lleventually start losing money if you keep playing. Most advancedplayers set their limits at a given percentage of their bankroll. Itcan be 50% of your bankroll. So, you need to stop gambling when youeither lose or win 50% of your bankroll. You don’t double yourbankroll or lose everything before you stop betting. Save some moneyfor next time.
Bottomline
Craps is a greatdice game that is enjoyed by players across genders in differentparts of the world. A standard crap table can accommodate up to 20players at a time and this makes it one of the most accommodatingtables in casinos.
