Q&A for How to Shoot Dice

The short answer is yes—but that’s cheating, and it ruins the fun of the game. The best part of dice games is the randomness—the excitement of not knowing what you’ll roll next. If you try to control your rolls with tricks or tools, it doesn’t just spoil the game for you but also for everyone else playing. If you’re just curious, some people try ways to influence rolls. For example, you could buy loaded dice, which are made to roll certain numbers more often. Another way is to practice throwing dice in a specific way to try and control the outcome. But these methods don’t always work, and even if they do, they take away the joy of playing fair and enjoying the surprises the game brings. Games are meant to be fun and fair, and it’s better to focus on strategy and let the dice do their thing.

You roll until you lose. If you crap out by rolling a 2, 3 or a 12, you lose the bet, but you keep the dice and roll again.

It's up to you and whoever you're playing with, but usually you throw it against the side of something.

Snake eyes are two 1's, making it a 2, so you lose. Your turn is over and you don't win any bets, so you pass the dice on.

Once the point is set, anyone can make a side bet on the current game. Usually, side bets are made in groups of two numbers. For example, let's say the shooter's point is a 10. Considering that a 10 and 4 are approximately the same percentage of likelihood to hit, you could make a side bet against the shooter (or anyone else for that matter) that the shooter would hit a 4 or a 10 before they hit a 7 or 11. Some people don't allow side bets on 6 and 8 as a group because of the higher likelihood that they'll hit those numbers versus a 4/10 or a 5/9. But, you can always bet a single number against another single number as well. (E.g. I bet the shooter will "7 out" before they hit an 8.)

The chance is 1/36, assuming you have two 6 sided die, this is the same as any pair, like snake eyes, pairs of 2s, pairs of threes, etc.

You win when you roll your point. For example, say you rolled a 5 and after you’ve rolled, however many times and you finally hit a 5 before hitting a 7 or 11, then you win.

Yes, usually if you have a big crowd of people you can't just keep the dice forever! If you lose, pass it on to the next player and try again next time.

When the shooter roll and number that’s not a crap, they can bet they ask the others players who want to bet and then they put a amount of money on the line.