Whenever I see dice at a casino, they are always a red translucent color with white dots. Why not use the white dice with black dots?
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You can see loads in translucent dice. They don’t have to be red. I’ve seen green dice in use at some casinos.
Just say no.
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The dice have sharp points for the same reason, to avoid shaving weight off one corner.
True, but most craps layouts are green. The green dice just sort of blend into them, making it difficult for the stickman to see. One of my co-workers auditioned at a casino where they use green dice- there was one red and one green die on the table, and he blew the audition because he couldn’t find the green die.
Red dice show up a lot better. Now, why the layouts are green, I don’t know. We had purple ones where I work for a while. The dealers hated them because it was difficult to see a lot of the bets, especially on a $5 game, when there were a lot of red chips on the table. Management made us put up with them until the customers complained that the bright purple hurt their eyes…
BTW, another reason for translucent dice- some casinos have dice that are internally marked, so if a die goes off the table, they have more to identify it by than an externally stamped number, or casino logo.
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OK, I figured out why the layouts on gaming tables are green. From personal experience, mind you. I am currently in exile in the blackjack pit. I’m a craps dealer, so I’m basically dealing an unfamiliar game.
One of the blackjack tables has a (rather worn) green layout. The rest of the layouts are bright, screaming purple. I find that I make fewer mistakes on the green layout, especially late in the day, when I’m tired.
I have found that my eyes don’t get as tired on a green layout as they do on a purple one.
Green is a “cool” color, and is easier on the eyes as purple.
Just thought I’d share.
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Agisofia is right - it has to do with the physical characteristics of your eyes - Green is the easiest color to deal with for long periods of time. The dice are red because red contrasts with the green and is easiest to see against the background.
The dice are clear to as to prevent folks from loading them. You’ll notice that whenever the dice fly off the table (which happens more often than you think), the Boxman will hold them up to the light when examining them. He’s looking to make sure you didn’t replace his casino dice with your own loaded dice.
Well, of course the dice are read! If you didn’t read them, how would you know who won?
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So if red dice are used on a green table, what happens with folk who are red-green color blind? I seem to recall that about 10% of the adult male population had this problem.
They always lose!
Since the pips (dots) are white, folks who are red-green color blind might see eerie white dots bouncing around, no?
Any red-green color-blind craps shooters out there?
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Another way of “loading” the dice is to put weights right in the grooves where the white dots go in. Saw it on TLC.
Colorblindness probably wouldn’t affect the bettor’s success as the stickman always announces the results and bets are placed before the dice are thrown anyway. Of course, of the stickman were colorblind there could be a problem.
If I were colorblind, I would be most worried about counting my checks (chips). The denominations are usually not noted on the face of the check. Since most places use red for $5 (“nickels”) and green for $25 (“quarters”), I would want to sure that I were betting the right amount.
And I’m guessing that would be because plants are green.
CKDextHavn, did I mess up the title or something? I am looking now and can’t find a mistake but maybe I screwed up in my post. Or were you talking to someone else? Just curious.
It’s a joke, Llard, a play on the words “red” and “read” and a sarcastic remark in the direction of those who think spelling isn’t important.
I’ve never actually seen a boxman hold the dice up to the light- it usually isn’t necessary as most casinos have some kind of identifying mark on the dice, such as a serial number. The theory is sound, though. The translucence is designed to be able to check for loads. I have seen boxmen hold the dice between the thumb and forefinger and spin them to check for balance. Also, once one of the boxmen where I work got a pair of dice that had been “retired” to show the dealers how easily dice can be altered. He rubbed the dice on the layout hard enough to take a small chip off the corner of one of them- not a huge difference, but enough to alter the possible outcome of a roll by a small percentage, enough to give a player a slight edge. A good boxman will stop a shooter from “burning” the dice, that is, rubbing them on the felt of the table before shooting. There is another theory that the friction caused by rubbing the dice on the layout creates heat, which will cause the dice to land with the heated side, if not exactly up, at least not on the bottom side of the dice. I don’t know if this is true or apocryphal.
The trouble with Sir Launcelot is by the time he comes riding up, you’ve already married King Arthur.