TABLE GAMES By Daniel Cruikshank
BETTING MAGIC—PART II How To Use The Built-In Functionality Of Electronic Table Games
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n my previous article I introduced you to two of the various Magic Buttons that are provided to help you save time when making complex bets. In this article I am going to explore four additional Magic Buttons that are available on the electronic Craps machine. These buttons are: Across, Inside, Outside and Press. Across This button will make Place bets on every number in the box, i.e. the 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10. If a Point is established then a bet will not be placed on the Point number. This assumes that you already have a Pass line bet established. This would be true in the Shoot To Win e-Craps machine if you are the shooter. Inside This button will Place a bet on the 5, 6, 8 and 9, with the exception of the Point number if it is one of the Inside numbers. Outside This button will Place a bet on the 4, 5, 9 and 10, with the exception of the Point number if it is one of the Outside numbers. Press This button will double the bet on the number that won. None of the other numbers are doubled. This button will double Place, Buy and Hardways bets. It will not double Lay or Proposition bets. Putting It Together Craps, unlike Roulette, has multi-roll bets. That is, Place, Buy, Pass, Don’t Pass, Come, Don’t Come or Odds bets, do not automatically lose just because that number was not rolled by the dice. When they win, they may not be taken down. This is true of Place and Odds bets. For example, let’s assume you want to place a bet on every number in the box. You would normally do this after a Point is established. Let’s say a 6 is the point. You have a $1 Pass line bet which will win if another 6 is rolled. You make a double-Odds bet on the 6 by placing $2 behind the Pass line. You press the Across button, which places a $1 bet on the 4, 5, 8, 9 and 10. Your total bet is $8. The next roll is a 4. You win $1.80. You push the Press button to double the 4 bet from $1 to $2. Your total bet is now $9.
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The next roll is an 8. You win $1.16 Press the 8 to $2. Your total bet is now $10. The next roll is a 4. You now win $3.60. Your total winnings is now $6.56. You do not Press. The next roll is a 5. You win $1.40 putting your winnings at $7.96. You Press the 5 bringing your total bet to $11. The next roll is a 6. You win $2.20 increasing your total win to $10.16. The Place bets are now OFF but still in place, they cannot win or lose. You Press the Pass line bet to $2. The next roll is a 7, which wins $2, putting your winnings at $12.16. The next roll is a 6. The box bets are now ON. They can be impacted by the next roll. You’re feeling lucky. You have a $2 Pass line bet on the 6. You make a $4 odds bet. You now have $17 on the line. What will the next roll be? Summary In my opinion, Craps is one of the most exciting and rewarding casino games, live or electronic (my preference). The scenario I described above can happen. The Interblock Craps machine provides statistics that can help you decide when to bet Across, Inside or Outside depending on the average rolls per session. We’d love to hear about your experiences playing electronic table games! Write us at Editor@AZGamingGuide.com with the word “Electronic Table Games” in the subject line. $ Writer Daniel Cruikshank lives in Arizona, is retired, and has been an Electronic and Live Table Games player for decades. He has written a book called “The Franklin Trail—A Dark Memoir,” which is available online at Apple Books and Amazon.com.
