Dice Sets

Most craps players will pick up the dice, shake them around a bit and fling them down the table. In the world of the dice setter, this is called a "random roll," and the casino's love it. Now, to be honest, there is no way anyone can control the dice from beginning to end of the throw and stay within the rules. However, our aim is to slightly shift the probability of certain numbers rolling. In order to do this there are four parts of the roll that you have control over and must practice: 1) the dice set, 2) the grip, 3) the toss and, 4) the landing. Here I'll show you some of the basic dice sets and when to use them.

	All 7s This set is good for the come out roll as there are sevens all the way around. A quick way to the set the dice is arrange them in any of the hard way sets and rotate either the right or left die 2 quarter turns.	3-V or Flying V This is an excellent set for after the point is established (2 possible theoretical sevens). Excellent for place bets on the inside numbers, especially 6 and 8.
	Hard Ways Good set for practice as it makes it easy to track your on-axis/off-axis rolls. There are 4 ways to make a 7 with this set (rotate one die two faces forward or back and you have the all 7s set!) so I do not recommend this set for casino play.	2-V or Mini V This set targets the outside numbers 4,5,9,10 (each with 2 of 16 possibilities) while maintaining only 2 theoretical sevens. The 6 and 8 too have four total possibilities while the 11 and 3 have one possibility each. No 2 or 12 are expected.
	Crossed Sixes This is an excellent set for after the point is established (2 possible theoretical sevens) You�ll roll a good number of inside numbers and also find yourself hitting the same numbers over and over again.	Straight Sixes Good for come out (4 possible sevens), good for horns and hard ways. Bet cautiously if the stickman is presenting the dice to other shooters in this manner after the come out.

IMPORTANT NOTE: All these sets are based on the axis and not the horizontal and vertical faces, so the crossed sixes set can be arranged with the five and four in front or the 3V can be set with the five and one in front.