Scoblete Craps

Frank Scoblete

Casino Gambling’s Number One Authority

However, for those players who have read Scoblete's first craps book, Beat the Craps Out of the Casinos, this is the natural followup. It goes into the five count indepth, explains variations of the captain's Supersystem and discusses other areas not covered in the first book.

Frank Scoblete is America's #1 best-selling gaming author, casino games expert and speaker. He has been awarded certificates from Amazon.com as the best-selling gaming author on the Internet and the Barnes & Noble website calls him: 'Unquestionably the number one best-selling gaming author.' His books and television shows have been written about and reviewed by many of the nation’s top newspapers and magazines.

Frank is now published by Triumph Books, a division of Random House, the largest publisher in the world.

1. 'Frank Scoblete's Forever Craps will teach even veteran craps players revolutionary new techniques. You'll learn the new Five-Step Advantage-Play Method, a surefire way to increase your profits at the tables! You'll also learn refinements for the 5-Count, Rhythmic Rolling techniques, maximizing comps, terrific Don't betting strategies, how to protect yourself from criminals, and much, much more!
2. Frank Scoblete is the #1 best selling gaming author in America. His newest books are Slots Conquest: How to Beat the Slot Machines; Everything Casino Poker: Get the Edge at Video Poker, Texas Hold'em, Omaha Hi-Lo and Pai Gow Poker!;Beat Blackjack Now: The Easiest Way to Get the Edge; Casino Craps.

You can see a series of DVDs on the Internet featuring Frank Scoblete: http://www.videojug.com/interview/gambling-basics-2

See television media presentation and excerpts from shows: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4638870588901763565#.

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Frank Scoblete grew up in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York. He attended St. John's Prep on a full athletic scholarship for baseball and basketball.

Switching directions, Frank attended college on a full, academic scholarship. In college, Frank boxed ('I was pummeled in my last fight. I have no memory of the last seven minutes.') and wrote for the school paper. He majored in history, literature and philosophy.

Frank has three masters’ degrees.

From 1969, the year he graduated college, until 1974, Frank worked as a feature writer, then editor, then managing editor, and finally publisher of Island Magazine, a news magazine on Long Island.

He was the first writer in America to investigate the phenomena of teenagers hanging out in shopping malls, an investigative piece that gained him national attention.

During this time, Frank was also a frequent free-lance reviewer of books, nightclubs and gourmet restaurants for a number of New York newspapers and was a frequent guest on radio and television shows. He also had his own radio program 'Frank Scoblete Live!'

In 1975, Frank decided to try his hand at acting ('I've always been a ham!').

In 1979, Frank co-founded The Other Vic Theatre Company, a professional touring troupe that played dinner theatres, resorts, and charities. From 1979 until he sold his share of the company in 1989, Frank produced, directed and acted in over 50 plays.

In 1986, Frank was researching the lead role for the hit play, The Only Game in Town - the story of a down-and-out gambler in Las Vegas. His co-star was Alene Paone. They went to Atlantic City to research their roles. 'I was hooked. I began to realize that I enjoyed the casinos even more than I enjoyed working in the theatre.' Alene and Frank toured in the play for four months, fell in love, and married.

In 1989, Frank sold his share of the theatre company and began his career as a gaming writer with articles and short stories for Win Magazine. He had spent four years (1986 to 1990) researching, analyzing, and when he could, playing the games. From 1990 to 1992, Frank 'basically lived in the casinos.'

With the phenomenal success of his first book, Beat the Craps Out of the Casinos in 1991 (which has subsequently become the best-selling craps book of all time), Frank began a successful climb to the top of the gaming mountain. He is now the most well known, respected and sought-after gaming writer and speaker in the country.

Frank has also served as a consultant to IGT, J.Berwin and eGaming Review in England, CNN, the Discovery Channel, ABC, Walter Cronkite, TBS, Silicon Gaming, Mikohn Gaming, Cadallac Jack and The Travel Channel.

He has appeared frequently on television including the History Channel, A&E, the Travel Channel, CNN, TBS, and the National Geographic Channel, among others. Frank has done hundreds of radio shows throughout the country and his 'gaming tips' are broadcast on KATY in California.

Frank has written several television shows for the Travel Channel, A&E, and the History Channel.

Frank has several very popular websites: www.scoblete.com in association with CasinoCity.com; also www.goldentouchcraps.com and www.goldentouchblackjack.com. He has a private members-only website as well.

A charismatic speaker, Frank has been featured at many festivals and symposiums, most recently Sunset Station's Beat the House Seminar in Las Vegas; The Craps Festival at Sam's Town in Tunica, The Las Vegas Craps Festival, Casino Player's Atlantic City Gaming Festivals at Trump Taj Mahal and The Tropicana; The Casino Player Las Vegas Gaming Festival at The Tropicana; The Midwest Gaming Expo in Chicago; The Harvey Illinois Gaming Festival; The Texas Gamblers Expo in Austin, A Weekend with Frank Scoblete at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas and A Weekend with Frank Scoblete at Sam's Town in Tunica.

He has also done Frank Scoblete's Gamblers Jamborees at Sam's Town, Isleta Casino, Gold Strike and Windsor Casino Hotel.

He has given talks at bookstores throughout the country, and also at libraries, charitable organizations, at fund-raising activities and at the Learning Annex.

Frank does about 15 private seminars a year in craps, blackjack, slots and poker with his Golden Touch™ company of experts.

Frank calls his public talks 'instructional entertainment' and they are characterized by a lively stage style, good information, and humor. 'As an actor I always enjoyed performing before a large audience but often found myself performing for less than sold-out shows. As a gaming speaker, it's standing-room-only for most of my talks.'

Because of the tremendous popularity of Frank's talks, Paone Press came out with a series of audio cassettes in 1997 featuring him discussing various aspects of casino gaming: Slot Conquest, and Power of Positive Playing.

His recent DVD (2008) is Golden Touch™: Beat Craps by Controlling the Dice which shows over 200 unedited controlled dice throws.

Frank is a strong advocate of casino gambling 'for fun and hopefully profit' and he has debated anti-gaming advocates in the past. 'While I am a casino gaming advocate in general, I am a player advocate in particular. I want to see players get the best run for their money and I love to see players win! All my books and tapes are geared to giving players the best possible shot at beating the casinos.'

In that spirit Frank formed the Golden Touch™ Craps™ dice control seminars in 2002 with Dominator, Mr. Finesse and author Bill Burton and the Golden Touch™ Blackjack seminars in 2004 with Dominator, Henry Tamburin and Dan Pronovost which teaches the revolutionary new Speed Count. In 2007, Frank launched his Casino Killer College which will teach advantage methods for slots, video poker, poker and Pai Gow poker.

Frank is a regular contributor and columnist for over 50 magazines and newspapers in America, Canada, and the Islands. He is widely syndicated on the internet.

Frank Scoblete lives in New York with his wife, Alene Paone Scoblete. He has two grown sons. All his books and tapes are available in leading bookstores such as Barnes & Noble, B. Dalton, Borders Books & Music, Walden Books or on Internet book sites such as Amazon.com. or by calling 1-886-738-3423.

To book Frank as a consultant, speaker or for special engagements, or if you are interested in having Frank write for your newspaper or magazine, please write to Frank at fscobe@optonline.net or call him at 516-596-3239.

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FRANK SCOBLETE'S BOOKS

• Casino Craps: Shoot to Win! (Triumph Books, a division of Random House)
• Beat Blackjack Now!The Easiest Way to Get the Edge! (Triumph Books, a division of Random House)
• Cutting Edge Craps: Advanced Strategies for Serious Players! (Triumph Books, a division of Random House)
• Slots Conquest: How to Beat the Slot Machines! (Triumph Books, a division of Random House)
• The Virgin Kiss (Research Services Unlimited)
• The Golden Touch™ Craps™ Dice Control Revolution [Research Services Unlimited]
• Golden Touch™ Blackjack Revolution! [Research Services Unlimited]
• Armada Strategies for Spanish 21 [Bonus Books]
• Baccarat Battle Book! [Bonus Books]
• Beat the Craps Out of the Casinos: How to Play Craps and Win! [Bonus Books]
• Beat the Craps Out of the Casinos: How to Play Craps and Win! Expanded Edition. [Bonus Books]
• Best Blackjack! [Bonus Books]
• Best Blackjack! Expanded Edition [Bonus Books]
• Bold Card Play: Best Strategies Caribbean Stud, Let It Ride & Three Card Poker [Bonus Books]
• Break the One-Armed Bandits! How to Come Out Ahead When You Play Slots [Bonus Books]
• Forever Craps: The Five-Step Advantage Play Method! [Bonus Books]
• Captain's Special Report on Tournament Craps [Paone Press]
• Guerrilla Gambling: How to Beat the Casinos at Their Own Games! [Bonus Books]
• Guerrilla Gambling: How to Beat the Casinos at Their Own Games! Updated Edition [Bonus Books]
• The Captain's Craps Revolution! [Paone Press]
• The Morons of Blackjack and Other Monsters [Paone Press]
• Spin Roulette Gold: Secrets of Beating the Wheel [Bonus Books]
• Victory at Video Poker with Video Blackjack, Craps and Keno [Bonus Books]
• Casino Gambling: Play Like a Pro in 10 Minutes or Less! [Bonus Books]
• The Craps Underground: How Dice Controllers Are Winning Millions from the Casinos [Bonus Books]

FRANK CONRIBUTED CHAPTERS OR FOREWORDS TO:

The Experts' Guide to Casino Games edited by Walter Thomason

Blackjack for the Clueless by Walter Thomason

American Casino Guide edited by Steve Bourie

109 Ways to Beat the Casinos edited by Walter Thomason

The Casino Answer Book by John Grochowski

21st Century Blackjack by Walter Thomason

Gamblers' Digest edited by Dennis Thornton

FRANK SCOBLETE'S VIDEO TAPES / hosted by James Coburn:

Winning Strategies at Slots with Video Poker

Winning Strategies at Blackjack

Winning Strategies at Craps

FRANK SCOBLETE'S DVDs:

Golden Touch™ Craps™ DVD: Beat Craps by Controlling the Dice written and hosted by Frank Scoblete

Casino Craps: Shoot to Win!

Special Series with Video Jug (http://www.videojug.com/interview/gambling-basics-2)

FRANK SCOBLETE'S AUDIO TAPES:

Slot Conquest!

Power of Positive Playing!

Sharpshooter Craps!

FRANK SCOBLETE'S GET THE EDGE GUIDES:

Get the Edge at Blackjack: Revolutionary Advantage Play Methods That Work! by John May

Thrifty Gambling by John Brokopp

Get the Edge at Roulette: How to Predict Where the Ball Will Land! by Christopher Pawlicki.

77 Ways to Get the Edge at Casino Poker by Fred Renzey

Insider's Guide to Internet Gambling by John Brokopp

Get the Edge at Low-Limit Texas Hold'em by Bill Burton

The Lottery Book: The Truth Behind the Numbers by Don Catlin

How to Win a Million Playing Slots...or lose trying by Frank Legato

PRODUCED PLAYS:

The Virgin Kiss

Dracula's Blind Date

COLUMNIST:

Frank's articles and columns regularly appear in over 50 magazines, web pages and newspapers in America, Canada, Europe and the Islands including:

Access Magazine

American Lottery Magazine

Aruba Nights

Atlantic City Insider

Atlantic City Magazine

Atlantic City Weekly

Blackjack Insider (email magazine)

Bonaire Nights

Bottom Line Magazine

Casino City Times (web)

Casino Gaming Magazine (UK)

Casino Magazine

Casino Ops Magazine

Casino Player

Casino Player (online)

Casino U.K. (web)

Chance and Circumstance

Chance The Best of Gaming

Craps Club (web)

Craps Companion (email magazine)

Crapshooter

Curacao Nights

Denver Post

Double Down

Experts' Blackjack Newsletter

Fun 'n Games

Global Gaming Magazine

Gamblers' Gazette

Gambling Times

Gaming Pacific

Gaming South

Gaming Today

Golden Touch™ Craps™ (web)

Harrah's Magazine

Heartland Casino News

Island Gourmet

Scoblete Craps

Jackpot Gulfport

Jackpot Tunica

Las Vegas Magazine

Memphis Commercial Appeal

Midwest Gaming and Travel

Midwest Gaming and Travel (online)

Poker Digest

RGT Online (web)

Southern Gaming and Destinations

St. Martin's Nights

Strictly Slots

Strictly Slots (online)

Tunica Insider (email magazine)

Win Magazine

CONSULTING:

Mikohn Gaming (patents)

IGT (slot patents)

Silicon Gaming (slot patents)

J.Berwin (patents)

eGaming Review in England (Internet Gaming)

Isleta Casino Resort (staff development)

Casino Windsor (staff development)

CNN

Discovery Channel

ABC

Walter Cronkite

TBS

Cadallac Jack (slot machine programming)

The Travel Channel

THEATRE

Frank was the co-owner of The Other Vic Theatre Company for 12 years. He produced, directed and acted in over 50 plays.

TELEVISION:

Frank has appeared in and written many shows on casino gambling for:

The Travel Channel

A&E

The National Geographic Channel

The Discovery Channel

TBS

The History Channel

The Learning Channel

CNN

ZKK-TV (Great Britain)

RADIO:

Frank has done over 200 guest spots on radio shows across the country.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AND CLASSES:

A charismatic speaker, Frank has been featured at many festivals and symposiums, including:

World Casino Championships in Las Vegas

World Craps Championships in Las Vegas

Isleta Casino’s Frank Scoblete's Gambler's Jamboree

The Frank Scoblete Gambler’s Jamboree at Gold Strike Casino

Sunset Station’s Beat the House Seminar in Las Vegas

American Lottery Winners Association convention in Atlantic City

The Craps Festival at Sam’s Town in Tunica

The Las Vegas Craps Festival

Casino Player’s Atlantic City Gaming Festival at Trump Taj Mahal

Casino Player’s Atlantic City Gaming Festival at The Tropicana

The Casino Player Las Vegas Gaming Festival at The Tropicana

The Midwest Gaming Expo in Chicago

The Harvey Illinois Gaming Festival

The Texas Gamblers Expo in Austin

A Weekend with Frank Scoblete at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas

A Weekend with Frank Scoblete at Sam’s Town in Tunica

The World Casino Championships (Las Vegas)

Frank's gives advantage-play classes, Golden Touch™ Craps™, Golden Touch™ Blackjack, and his Casino Killer college which teaches advantage play on advantage-slot machines, video poker, casino poker, Internet poker, tournament poker and Pai Gow poker.

Frank Scoblete can be reached by calling 1-516-596-3239 or by writing to him at: PO Box 446, Malverne, NY 11565. His email is fscobe@optonline.net.

Frank Scoblete is one of the most-famous gambling authors of all time. He’s written dozens of gambling books and countless online articles.

Scoblete got his start in the 1980s when he began writing for gambling magazines. Since then, he’s continued to churn out popular gambling books and articles.

Besides his writing, Scoblete is also famous for being a huge proponent of craps dice control (a.k.a. controlled shooting). This alleged advantage-play technique involves holding the dice in a specific manner and throwing them with the same consistency/force.

The idea is that you can influence the results over time by using a practiced dice toss. But this is a controversial topic that’s surrounded by skepticism.

Many have called into question the legitimacy of Scoblete based on his constant support of dice control.

I’m going to discuss this skepticism and whether it’s warranted. I’ll also cover the good points of Scoblete and how he’s helping further the gambling world.

This piece isn’t about bashing Scoblete and questioning his character. Rather, it’s about examining both sides of Scoblete and what the gambling industry thinks of him.

Who Is Frank Scoblete and What Has He Done?

Frank Scoblete is best known as a gambling author who’s written many books, including Golden Touch Blackjack Revolution, Beat the One-Armed Bandits, and Forever Craps. But he got his start as a writer, actor, and teacher.

Scoblete was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1947. He attended St. John’s Prep. school and had offers for both academic and athletic scholarships.

He accepted the latter and studied history, literature, and philosophy in college. Scoblete now has a master’s degree in each subject.

Upon graduating college in 1969, he immediately went to work as a writer and editor. Scoblete would eventually become the publisher of Island Magazine, which was based out of Long Island.

He got into radio at this time with a show called “Frank Scoblete Live!” Healso began working as a high school English teacher in the early 1970s.

In 1975, Scoblete took up acting and co-founded The Other Vic Theatre Company. This acting troupe put on plays at dinner theatres, parties, and resorts.

He acted, directed, and produced over 50 plays with The Other Vic Theatre Company. It was during one of these plays that he found his passion for gambling.

Scoblete was researching a gambling-related role for The Only Game in Town in 1985. He traveled to Atlantic City with his co-star, Alene Paone, to play casino games and get into the mindset of a gambler.

This resulted in him making more frequent trips from New York to Atlantic City. He was not only playing casino games but also becoming interested in gaining an edge.

Scoblete fell in love with gambling enough to where he sold his theater company in 1989 and started writing casino columns for WIN Magazine.

He and Paone became romantical involved not long after they met. She created a publishing house that produced his first book, Beat the Craps the Out of the Casinos.

Paone also shared his penchant for gambling. After she and Scoblete got married in 1993, they spent a large portion of their honeymoon playing blackjack at a Mississippi casino.

Since the release of his first book, Scoblete has only become more widely known in the gambling world. Beyond writing, he’s also been active on the radio and has even appeared in TV documentaries like “What Would You Do If …?” on the Travel Channel.

Scoblete isn’t just a gambling writer either, because he’s turned his passion into becoming an advantage card counter. He also claims to be an advantage dice controller.

The Good Points of Frank Scoblete

Frank Scoblete has spent three nearly decades as a prominent gambling writer. His master’s degree in literature has helped him become one of the best gambling writers ever.

Scoblete writes in an entertaining style that’s easy to read. He also calls on old stories to help hammer his points home.

He frequently discusses a craps player knowing as “The Captain,” whom he claims was the greatest craps players ever. The Captain has since passed away, but he lives on in many of Scoblete’s online gambling columns.

Scoblete’s current articles can be found on CasinoCityTimes. He writes about many gambling related subjects, but his favorite game to discuss is definitely craps.

In an April 2015 article on CasinoCityTimes, Scoblete rips trend betting while also propping up dice control. Here’s an excerpt:

“Sadly, gamblers are looking for just such magic to turn a negative expectation into a positive one. Dice control can give you an edge over the casino — if you learn how to do it (a physical skill) and bet correctly (which many craps players just can’t bring themselves to do); but charting, tracking, using your intuition and analyzing random history cannot do it.

“A couple of “intuitive” Internet denizens strongly urge that you develop your psychic talents to pick out which tables to play on and which shooters on which to wager. Here is a saying you should memorize: Random is random.”

In a November 2017 column, he recounts some wisdom that The Captain gave him during a talk on Atlantic City’s Boardwalk:

“All life seems to be waiting for this or that; you want to get older, you want to get married, you want to have a job, you want to have a house. For most things we have to wait.

“But with gambling, get-rich-quick seems to be the desire there. So rhythmic rolling is out once a person realizes it takes time and discipline. That might do most players in.”

Scoblete also writes about plenty of other casino games like baccarat, blackjack, roulette, and slots. You can find his articles all over the internet just by googling his name.

The well-known author is famous for his numerous books throughout the 1990s and 2000s. Here are the many books that he’s written:

• Armada Strategies for Spanish 21
• Beat Blackjack Now! The Easiest Way to Get the Edge
• Beat the Craps Out of the Casinos
• Best Blackjack
• Bold Card Play
• Break the One-Armed Bandits
• Casino Craps: Shoot to Win!
• Casino Conquest: Beat the Casinos
• Casino Gambling: Playing Like A Pro in 10 Minutes or Less
• Cutting Edge Craps: Advanced Strategies for Serious Players
• Everything Casino Poker: Get the Edge at Video Poker, Texas Hold’em, Omaha Hi-Lo, and Pai Gow Poker
• Forever Craps
• Get the Edge at Blackjack
• Get the Edge at Roulette: How to Predict Where the Ball Will Land
• Golden Touch Blackjack
• Golden Touch Dice Control
• Guerrilla Gambling
• I Am a Card Counter: Insider the World of Advantage-Play Blackjack
• Slots Conquest: How to Beat the Slot Machines
• The Baccarat Battle Book
• The Captain’s Craps Revolution
• The Craps Underground: The Inside Story of How Dice Controllers Are Winning Millions from the Casinos
• The Expert’s Guide to Casino Games
• The Virgin Kiss and Other Adventures
• Twenty-First Century Blackjack
• Victory at Video Poker

Overall, Scoblete has penned over two dozen books that revolve around both basic gambling strategy and advantage-play.

As I mentioned before, Scoblete backed up his expertise by becoming a professional card counter in the 1990s. He’s also developed enough mastery of other casino games to justify his status as a gambling expert.

Another thing that the 70-year-old has done includes many interviews and some TV segments. He’s helped to inform the masses on gambling strategy through these media appearances.

The Questionable Side of Frank Scoblete

The biggest controversy surrounding Frank Scoblete is his insistence that players can use dice control to win long-term profits.

If you’re unfamiliar with controlled shooting, this technique involves “setting” the dice and throwing them with the same motion every time.

A common dice set is the V-shape grip. This is often used after making a place 6 or 8 bet, because it hides the 7 and leaves dice combinations open that can form 6/8.

Here’s how the V-shape grip works:

• 3s form a V (better chance for a 6).
• 5 and 1 are side by side and exposed (also for 6).
• 2 and 6 are side by side and exposed (better chance for an 8).
• 4 and 4 are side by side and exposed (also for 6).

Dice control offers a wide range of sets based on what wager you’re trying to win. But this set along with a place 6 or 8 bet make a good starting point.

The goal of controlled shooting is to slightly alter the odds. After all, you don’t need to control your toss very often to gain an edge over the house.

Dice control experts measure their success by Sevens: Rolls Ratio, or RSR, or the ratio of rolls that produce 7 versus those that don’t.

The regular odds of tossing a 7 are one out of every six throws (6:1 odds). But you want 7 to come up fewer times when it causes you to lose a bet.

Here’s an example involving place 8, where you must roll an 8 before 7 to win:

• Place 8 payout is 7:6.
• True odds of winning are 6:5
• House edge is 1.52%.
• You roll 8 five times for every 36 rolls (36:5) on average.
• You roll 7 six times for every 36 rolls (36:6) on average.
• If you bet $10, your average win would be $11.67.
• 5 wins x 11.67 = $58.35 in winnings
• You lose $10 for every loss.
• 6 losses x 10 = $60
• This leaves you $1.65 in the red.

Here’s what happens if you can slightly alter the odds of tossing an 8:

• You roll 8 an average of 5.5 times per 36 rolls.
• You bet $10 and earn $11.67 for each win.
• 5 wins x 11.67 = $64.19 in winnings
• You lose $10 for every loss.
• 6 losses x 10 = $60 in losses
• $64.19 – $60 = $4.19 profit
• 19 / 124.19 (total bets) = 3.37% advantage over casino

After you have your dice set down and understand the goal of controlled shooting, the final piece is to work on your toss. Scoblete explains thatyou want to practice controlled shooting much like a professional athlete would hone their technique.

Frank Scoblete Craps

The more you work on your dice toss, the more likely you are to alter results and collect winnings. But you must first have a place to practice.

Most players can’t afford a regulation-size craps table, nor do they have the space for it. But you can find affordable smaller tables or rig up your own using parts of a regular table like the felt and rubberized back wall.

Scoblete preaches that consistently practicing a soft toss off the back wall reduces the amount of kick-back for the dice. This means less-random results and a higher chance that you’ll roll your desired number(s).

This all sounds good in theory. And it’s a big reason why Scoblete has sold so many books and training seminar spots over the years.

The question is if dice control really works as advertised. Some gambling experts like Dominic LoRiggio, Chris Pawlicki, and Stanford Wong back up Scoblete’s assertion that controlled shooting works.

But it’s hard to believe this when casinos don’t actively ban controlled shooters from casinos. Instead, they merely warn dice setters about taking too long to grip the dice and toss them.

If anything, casinos are merely annoyed with controlled shooters, rather than fearful that they’ll win big profits. I’ve honestly never heard of a player being banned for controlled shooting.

Compare this to card counting, where skilled players are banned on a regular basis. Furthermore, counting is proven to give successful players an advantage.

I should add that Scoblete and LoRiggio run Golden Touch Craps seminars in cities like Atlanta City, Las Vegas, and Memphis. And you must pay $1,595 to attend this two-day dice control class.

The price alone doesn’t condemn Scoblete as taking advantage of people. But I wouldn’t pay nearly $1,600 to learn an advantage-play technique that may or may not work.

What the Doubters Say about Scoblete and Dice Control

Frank Scoblete is adamant that dice control is a legitimate technique that can improve your craps winnings. And he’s doubled down on this statement many times.

The Las Vegas Sun’s Jeff Haney did an interview in 2006 with Scoblete and Wong. And Scoblete made multiple references to how controlled shooting works if you put enough work into the matter.

“With video poker or blackjack, it’s just a matter of statistics. You have to make the right decision at the right time, and you have an edge,” he told Haney.

“With dice control, you create your own edge. Everything has to be functioning perfectly.”

Of course, there are many people who don’t believe that controlled shooting works no matter how perfectly everything is functioning. You can see the skepticism about dice control in a WizardOfVegas forum thread.

One forum member named “MrV” writes:

“There was no Captain of Craps, certainly not as he has described him in other stories: Frank employs a literary device: a cliched “hero of mythic proportions.”

There are no dice setters winning millions from casinos, as he claims.

“No, it’s just a bunch of fairly well written B.S. designed to sell books by instilling false hope in the losers wandering dazed and confused in the casinos.”

Another member named “RonC” praises Scoblete’s writing abilities but isn’t sold on dice control:

“I enjoy Frank’s books. I am highly skeptical of his dice control stuff, but he writes in an easily readable style.

“There is a tendency to rehash stories a bit, so I am not sure if I will read the new one. Maybe if I can get it at a low price.”

Forum users aren’t considered the ultimate authorities on gambling and advantage-play methods. But the general sentiment in this forum thread and others is that dice control doesn’t work.

Gambling expert Michael “The Wizard of Odds” Shackleford experimented with controlled shooting to test its effectiveness. Dice control coach Beau Parker had Shackleford attempt to roll 7s and 11s on the come-out roll.

Shackleford ultimately concluded that the results weren’t much different than random rolls.

Frank Scoblete Craps Documentary

Conclusion

Frank Scoblete has had a fine career as a gambling author. And nobody can take away what he’s accomplished through his many books and numerous articles.

But his insistence that dice control works dents his credibility among many. This is especially true when considering that he’s made lots of money selling dice control seminar slots and craps books.

Frank Scoblete Craps Five Count

I won’t go so far as to call Scoblete a scammer and claim that he’s willingly taking advantage of gamblers. He may very well believe that it’s possible to toss dice 10 feet across a table, hit a diamond-patterned wall, and produce the desired number.

But I don’t think that controlled shooting does anything. Furthermore, I believe that people are wasting a lot of money by purchasing materials and seminar spots to learn dice control.

Maybe it’s physically possible to avoid rolling a 7 once in a blue moon. But it doesn’t seem remotely possible that anybody could do this consistently within 36-roll spans.

In summary, Scoblete is a good writer who has many credits to his name. But he would do his legacy some good by not pushing controlled shooting any longer.

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