https://wizardofvegas.com/forum/gamb...ce/#post624547
I decided to "steal" this thread from WoV because it is along the same lines we are discussing in the WoV thread on this forum. I read RS's post and I wanted to give him a (Thank You) for it! Since RS is a member here as well, I am certain he will read this. Many times in my mind I think RS is a little younger than myself and we don't exactly agree on many subjects. For instance I don't talk to Siri. I don't do hashtags. I don't think we converse in the same manner. I don't scout as well and find all the 10% or better winners that he does. However, I do believe that we make our living doing very similar moves inside of Casinos and we both live in the Vegas area. Here is a copy of what he posted...
Procedures to prevent it (dice switching) are in place anywhere I've seen craps (AFAIK). That isn't to say it's super effective. You throw one die off the table, have a confederate pick it up and hand in a different die. Easy. I can't imagine getting a die with print and the # and all that stuff would be difficult either. And of course, the pit boss who checks the die that was thrown off the table....what's he gonna do? He's gonna spin it a time or two between his thumb & index finger, see if the number is the same (oftentimes they don't even know what the number should be)....and really, they aren't expecting to get a fake die turned in...as they've probably checked a die thousands of times and never once did anything other than put it back into play. I've never seen a die removed from a table because there was anything wrong with it.
And countless other ways to get a die on the table. No box person, check. Chatty stickman who doesn't watch the dice, check. Annoyed/bothered/fill-in-the-blank base dealer, check. Throw in a distraction or two (full out brawl starting out in the aisle, guy dropping his beer on the layout, a real loud scream of excitement/winning from another table, you name it).
I'd imagine dice-switching occurs much more frequently than what most of us think (most of us probably think it happens once in a blue moon).
Other members on WoV, like the general public, believe that things like this do not happen anymore because we have become more advanced in technology. I would disagree with these members and completely agree with RS. These members are of the same mindset that think Bank Robberies or Casino Heists are a thing of the past. I know that all one has to do is search around on the line to figure out that these are common every day events not only in Vegas but around the world.
Another good example would be to think that "past posting" is a thing of the past which it certainly is not. Does one really believe that "Smash and Grab" doesn't happen anymore because of all the surveillance or how about just good old fashioned Grab all the Chips and Run for the Door?