The Dice Dominator
By Henry Tamburin
Dominic LoRiggio is known as 'the Dominator' in gambling circles and in the past several years he has made a gigantic impact on casino craps gambling with his Golden Touch™ Craps™ dice control and Golden Touch™ Blackjack classes and seminars, which. While most casinos laugh off the notion, LoRiggio (later known as 'The Dominator' and 'The Man with the Golden Arm') knows that practice makes perfect and sets out to prove them wrong. First, he hooks up with dice-control master Chris Pawlicki-founder of 'Rosebud', the first team approach to craps ever attempted-and soon becomes their ace player.
Dom LoRiggio, known in craps circles as the “The DiceDominator,” has turned the craps worldupside down with his uncanny ability of being able to control the dice when hethrows them. He was featured on the History Channel’s “Dice Dominator” and hehas co-authored the new book, GoldenTouch Dice Control Revolution! – Win at Craps Using a Controlled Throw.
- Can you explain to readers how you can control the outcome of your rolls?
The game of craps is a game of probabilities inherent in twodice. In a random game, those probabilities are set in stone. However, what myfellow Golden Touch dice controllers and I do is influence which dice facescome up by setting the dice a certain way and throwing them our special way. Wechange the probabilities by reducing the number of sevens or increasing theappearance of other numbers.
- What are the steps in a controlled throw?
In dice control, you have to set the dice properly, stand atthe right distance from the back wall, grab the dice properly, grip themproperly, and throw them softly with the proper amount of backswing so theyland softly on the layout, and then hit the back wall and die. It takespractice and discipline. It is a skill that most people can achieve if theywork at it.
- The casinos require that you hit the back wall so doesn’t that make dice control impossible?
Not at all. The Golden Touch throw that Frank Scoblete and Iteach and that is the subject of our new book, Golden Touch Dice ControlRevolution!, must hit the back wall to be successful. If we miss the backwall the throw is usually random as one die is doing something completelydifferent from the other die. When we miss the back wall, we grimace becausenow we must rely on luck for the seven not to show.
- How long would it take an average person to learn the Golden Touch dice control technique? How does a person practice?
I am an average person; so is Frank. It took me six monthsof practice before I knew I had an edge and was comfortable going into thecasinos to play. I practiced almost every day on a craps station that I built.You don’t have to buy a craps table but you do have to simulate one so that youcan practice your throw.
- How does a player know he is influencing the dice?
There are two methods that we use to ascertain and thencalculate what our edge is. For new dice controllers, we recommend using theSRR formula – known as Sevens to Rolls Ratio. This is a way to show us in aneasy formula if we are actually able to change the probabilities of the game.Using the Hardway set, which shows hardway numbers all around the dice set withthe end pips being the 1 and the 6, we can see if we are reducing theappearance of the seven. The seven usually appears once every six rolls onaverage. If you do about five thousand rolls using the Hardway set and you findthat the seven is appearing once every 6.5 rolls, then you are probablychanging the game. At that point you then use the powerful software program,Smart Craps, to prove with statistical certainty that you are influencing thedice outcomes and how much of an edge you have over the casino.
- What were some of your greatest dice sessions?
I had a 56 hand roll before the very first seven showed.I’ve had many hour-long rolls and a few hour andthirty-five minute rolls. With Frank playing, I went 30, 33 and 38 rollsback to back to back. Of course that day Frank Scoblete had an 89-hand roll.Even that great roll doesn’t compare to the Captain’s 147-roll hand or 100-rollhand as described in detail on www.goldentouchcraps.com. The History Channelshowed me calling my numbers and that was a true account. There are times whenI am so “on” that I can call what will land next. I did this six times in a rowfor a Travel Channel show that Frank wrote but the producer decided not to usethat sequence. I am usually a very consistent and quiet shooter but there aretimes that I get into a zone when I am hot and I can get very loud andflamboyant. Frank says that I scare the younger stick people when I “go crazy.”
- How often does a skilled dice controller win?
The number of winning sessions is not as important aswhether you are winning money overall. Most hands are not winners for a dicecontroller, just like most at bats are not hits for good hitters. If you havethree winning hands every 10 turns with the dice you will make money. A playerwho establishes a point and sevens out can only lose his initial bets but thosehot rolls can win multiple bets over and over so the good to great rolls willmake you a lot of money.
- What are the common mistakes dice controllers make?
The first mistake is to overestimate your edge. The secondmistake is to bet that overestimated edge, which means you will lose money orwin very little money. The third mistake is to not practice. No skilled athletegoes into intense competition without practicing his skill. Pitchers warm up;hitters take batting practice almost every day.
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- What words of advice do you have for players interested in becoming dice controllers?
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First read Frank Scoblete and my book The Golden TouchDice Control Revolution to see if you really have the discipline andstick-to-the-task attitude. If you are interested in learning the skill fromgreat dice controllers then consider attending the Golden Touch Craps dicecontrol class (www.goldentouchcraps.com).
- Frank Scoblete rated you as one of the top four dice controllers he ever saw. How do you see this?
Well, Frank is the best one Iever saw. Of course, I never saw the Arm or the Captain shoot, although I havetalked with the Captain and our throw is modeled on his throw.
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