A friend called me the other night to tell me that he was reading up on "dice influencing" and "dice controlling" and he told me he was interested in pursuing it.
He is an advantage poker, blackjack and video poker player, and he wanted to know if being a dice influencer or a dice controller was even possible? And if possible, can he make money at it?
Sure, I said, if you can really "control" the dice you can make money. The key to the game of casino dice or casino craps is hitting the numbers you are betting on with the dice and if you could "control" the throw (the dice) so that they hit the numbers where you have bet your money you will win.
But I doubt anyone can "control" the dice. I do think it is possible to "influence" the dice which means to increase the chances that certain numbers on the dice will show or that certain numbers on the dice won't show.
The way to "influence" the dice is to limit how many times the dice rotate while in flight and as they bounce on the table. The measure of this "influence" is seeing if the dice remain "on axis."
It's actually hard to see if the dice remain on axis unless you have a slow motion video of each roll. But one way to determine if you are at least "close" to having dice control or influence, is to check how the dice hit the table. If the dice hit the table either on a flat surface (a die face) or on an edge you have what could be a throw that just might stay on a straight course and not bounce around all over.
How do you determine if you can throw the dice so they hit on a face or edge? By throwing the dice on a table top or even on your bed that has a sheet of aluminum foil.
Grip and throw the dice so the dice are parallel to the table or bed, and they travel close together. Throw them so that their first "bounce" or "contact" is on the sheet of aluminum. Then look at the sheet of aluminum foil. The sheet of foil will tell you everything you need to know.
If the dice make an impression from the corner points then you have absolutely the wrong kind of control and you cannot influence the dice. But if the dice make an impression on the foil that shows that they hit the foil with a face or with the long line of an edge then you have something to work with in the future.
When you can repeatedly throw the dice onto the foil and only show an impression from faces or edges (and no points from corners) you have the start of a "controlled throw" or an "influenced throw."
But a vital word of caution: having a throw that gets the dice to the table this way does not mean that you will automatically have any control or influence after that initial bounce. All we are trying to determine here is if you have a proper table hit accomplished.
There are so many elements that must also must be mastered. Actually the first is the grip, then the swing of the arm, the elevation of the throw, and the speed or force so that the dice don't bounce on the table too hard and bounce off the back wall too hard.
It's all those elements combined which add up to dice influencing or dice control. It's often discussed and many make claims about it -- but few can actually accomplish it.