The Craps Underground: The Inside Story of How Dice Controllers Are Winning Millions from the Casinos

by Frank Scoblete

Book Overview

The dream of every casino gambler is to get the edge over the house. But few ever do. This book is about those few. Called variously dice controllers, controlled shooters, precision shooters, or... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566252172
• ISBN13: 9781566252171
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Bonus Books
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Compelling and fun book

The human element can't be denied and Frank Scoblete focuses on the people in this book and what a book this is. The characters in the craps world are in an epic struggle to defy the odds and take their fates into their own hands. The book is exciting to read. I couldn't put it down!

The Craps Underground

The Craps underground is a wonderful book about Controlled Shooters that live the dream of consistently winning at the craps table. Could you imagine the power of knowing that when you walk into the casino, you will most likely walk out a winner. This book tells of such people. It was wonderful learning about the legendary Captain, the father of dice control, The Arm, and The Lee Brothers. It was interesting to learn the whole story behind the A & E TV show with the GTC group, and also the history of how this group was formed I loved reading Mr. Scoblete's Las Vegas diary, where he tells of his adventures conquering the casinos with Dominator and Howard "Rock n Roller" Newman. Once I started reading this book I couldn't put it down. I highly recommend it.

Entertaining mix

This is not a how to book. It takes you on a trip with Frank Scoblete from the mid-1980s to last April when he played for 16 days straight in Las Vegas. In those years, Scoblete encountered and hooked up with some of the greatest dice players in the world and formed a team called Golden Touch Craps. The book tells the whole story of Scoblete's growth as a craps player from his meetings with the "father" of modern craps, The Captain, to his meeting with the Lee Brothers and Dominator.There are 20 chapters in the book and each one is a mini-masterpeice. Scoblete doesn't just write about the great wins, however, he is absolutely honest about the sessions that went wrong, the shooters who didn't perform when the chips were down and the cameras were on, and the people who "thought" they had the advantage over the casinos but were in reality just fooling themselves.The book is funny, some of the chapters had me laughing out loud. There were also some sad and poignant moments.This is not just a book for craps players or gamblers. It's a book that everyone can enjoy.

Awesome Book!

I haven't read a book that was this great in years. I was rivetted by the writer's style and his stories are just eye-opping. This book reads like a great novel and I was just awed by the fact that these people are actually in the casinos and playing. A must read for anyone who wishes they could win millions from the casinos!

TERRIFIC BOOK

This book was exciting, interesting, entertaining and gave me a behind the scenes look at some of the greatest casino advantage players in the world. Scoblete is a magnificent writer at the top of his game both in the casinos and on the pages of this book. This is not a how to book but a what happens when you are gifted and work hard to achieve a goal book. You don't even have to like casino gambling to read this book because it reads like a great novel. What really makes it better than most novels is that it is all true. When you are finished reading this book you have new respect for the skill of some players and the great writing talent of the author.