I hit good ol’ Amazondotcom & found the three highest-rated anti-fog products & tried them out on successive weeks.

NUMBER THREE is the artfully-named “Cat Crap” Ek Cat Crap Glass and Lens Cleaner It’s a waxy substance, you smear it on & by the directions buff it until clear. But I don’t know how to tell the difference between “buffing until clear” and “wiping it off.” It did do better at mitigating the fogging problem than the old spray-on I had laying around. But it still didn’t keep the lenses clear, either. Three Stars.

NUMBER TWO is Sea Drops Sea Drops Anti-Fog & Lens Cleaner This is a viscous fluid, you smear it on & let it dry, then buff. I buffed it just barely enough for the spots to disappear & tried it out. It worked “pretty good.” My lenses didn’t fog up, stayed mostly clear but by the end of class there was still a little spotting. Much better than the old spray-on, but still not quite as good as number one. Four Stars.

For my money, NUMBER ONE is Fog Tech. FogTech Anti-fog 30ml Solution It’s a clear solution, you wipe it on & let dry. That’s it, no guessing how much buffing you need. My goggles stayed clear & dry throughout the class. It may be the priciest solution, but it works. Five Stars.

Now I can see the foot coming at my nose.

Much better.

Next up: “Blocking”

In California, you are not allowed to win a bet that is determined entirely by the roll of dice. This is why they usually couple the rolling of dice with the flipping of cards.

Most of the casinos that offer this game have two stacks of cards (with different colored backs). Each stack is numbered Ace through 6. The rolling of the dice determines which card is flipped from each stack. The end result is that the odds are the same as a regular craps game.

btw – Vegas Matt’s suggestion would not result in a game with the same odds as a traditional craps game. In his game, the probability of “rolling” a pair would be 1/11 instead of 1/6. In order to mimic the odds of a traditional craps game, the “dice” need to be “rolled” individually.

For each “roll”, you would shuffle the cards and randomly select two of them. The face value of the cards would count like you had rolled that number with a die (the Ace would count as one).

You just have to remember that for each roll, you must put the two cards selected in the previous roll back in your 12 card deck and re-shuffle. If you removed the cards and left them out, it would change the odds.

Maybe the very first “roll” when all the cards are in the deck, but once some cards are gone, the chance of getting that number is just a little bit less.

I don’t know if the odds change that much that it affects the way you bet. Maybe if you simply counted the one’s and six’s that have been used, and if there are a lot less ones in the deck, then you bet more on the 8,9 & 10 (and vice versa if there are more 6’s gone)

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Believe it or not, I read your questions on Yahoo Answers. You are 16 years old. From your questions, you sound like a very intelligent young man who is very interested in making money. You sound a little like myself when I was young.

I was very poor. I had a big garden and raised chickens to help my mother feed the four of us. I remember my first summer job. I got a job washing dishes at this Italian restaurant. I was never so happy to see that summer end. I had to give up that terrible job and go back to school. At age 16, I realized going to school was alot easier and more important than washing dishes. The hell with the money.

Like you, I wanted my own money. I was poor and did not have a lot of money. After that summer job, I realized you can only make big money with an education and not from a nickel and dime job or street hustle.

My first $1000 investment was stock in “Jack-In-The-Box- Restaurants” when they had ten (10) locations. I traded Gold in the futures market @ $50/oz right after gold was deregulated. The price of gold shoot pass $1500/oz. I will not even go into real estate investments.

Sure I gamble. I was a (I.L.W.U.) Longshoreman before becoming a Stock Broker. I have hustled dice and cards in the streets for years. Read my Yahoo Question on street dice. No one on the gambling section could answer the question. It would be easy for me to answer your question.

Gambling is a past time and fun to me. Gambling was after, I got my big huge foundation from solid investments. Gambling is no way for a young 16 year old to waste his time. Do you know how much Gold has moved in the last four years? If you would have invested your $100 in gold futures four years ago, you would be worth $10,000 today. Do you know how to read the stock prices? Do you know the US dollar vs the Japan yen? Do you know the price of crude oil? I guess you have been to busy playing street dice and let the big money go by without even (smile) knowing it.

My advise to you. Let me see you post questions in the investment section. When you are able to totally lose $5000 in Las Vegas without blinking, than ask questions in the gambling section.

Live is too short to play games. Study hard and may the force be with you. Peace, from Los Angeles.

I have been to the tables about 10 times now. I understand about half of what is played. The center of the table is still a mystery. I believe a book with more details, drawings of positions and less story telling would work better for me.

On the other hand the book is quite good giving the basics of a controlled throw and has excellent math in it but overall the book was something of a disappointment. The best part of the book was the Foreword by Frank Scoblete who has an exciting style of writing.

I am actually looking forward to the new dice control book “The Golden Touch Dice Control Revolution!” written by Frank Scoblete and Dominator.

I have read all the important books on dice advantage play: “Beat the Craps Out of the Casinos,” “Forever Craps,” and “The Craps Underground.” These three were all outstanding books and I would recommend that you read them in this order.

I do recommend that you read Sharpshooter’s book but AFTER you read the others I mention above. It is somewhat slow going owing to Sharpshooter’s writing style but he has good information in the book. It is not a complete attack on the casino game of craps as Scoblete’s books are but it is still a valuable book to read.

There are some other books out there on craps but none of them are really worth buying. Some are just plain awful, including others that try to teach dice control. Stick with Scoblete and Sharpshooter for now and then get the new book about the golden touch craps by Scoblete and Dominator.

That is your craps curriculum.

1) Author discusses the art of physically “controlling” the dice without a real picture !! He added some picture for dice setting but as far as the gripping and shooting are concerned there are only two “free hand” drawing (can you believe ? amateurish free hand pencil drawing) to “make you understand” the correct grip and throw – two most important aspects of dice control.

2) Why he gave less info on the most critical aspect? Because he conducts a costly seminar on the same topic ($300) and this book is nothing but the “sales pitch” of the same seminar.

3) I found more information on dice setting and dice grip FREE on the following website: dicecoach dot com

Bottom line: You will learn nothing about dice control after you finish this book.

Suggestion : Buy the book “Forever Craps” to learn the game and then take a dice control seminar (if you are serious about gambling and can afford $300 on a 2 hour seminar). Save $10 bucks!

A couple of years ago I started to set the dice (now that I know proper sets these were wrong combos) as well as throw them the same way as possible every time. Which lead me to become interested in anything that could be done to expand knowledge in this area, after getting through this book I felt I understood the concept quite a bit more but was still skeptical of it actually working. I signed up for a private class in Vegas and had some personal instruction along many practice rolls on a real craps table. Using the hardway set (described in the book as 4 4 up and 6 6 facing the outside) I rolled a total of 3 craps numbers out of 200 shots with a sevens to roll ratio of around 1:12 (which is extremely high and will most likely average lower over a longer period of time). The thing that surprised me is the drastic decrease of the craps numbers by placing the 6 and the 1 on the outside of the dice (craps numbers are 2, 3 and 12 – taking the 1 and 6 out of the equation makes it very hard to roll a craps number) with that particular set.

I was also able to play in an actual casino with 2 other sharpshooters and noticed we were the only ones who made profits for anyone betting with the dice. The rest of the time we bet against them and counted on the other shooters to 7 out every time. This of course isn’t a science (betting on other shooters) since sometimes they will go into streaks. On my last night in Vegas I also ended up shooting 28 passes, made 5 point numbers and came out with a 7 twice when I set for it. Players at the table who religiously bet against the dice actually switch sides on my roll or picked up and left the table all together. I wasn’t able to get any of the good positions stated in the book of stick right or left, even one off from either position at any time that night. Which forced me to shoot from the outside hook or corner of the table, I was still able to pull it off to some degree.

Even though I had a spectacular hand in one casino, I am still in the infancy stage of sharpshooting the dice which is also referred to as “Dice Control”. You will find that you cant really control the dice but you can influence them and decrease your odds of rolling the 7 at the wrong time. I recommend reading this book as well as signing up for a class. The additional tips I learned with the one on one instruction helped me a great deal as well as reinforced techniques in the book. The book really is not enough to conquer the Craps table, but is essential before even starting down this path of craps play.

I would like to think that Sharpshooter’s book is something new. Sure, controlled or rhythmic throwing and setting are not new topics. What is new is the integration of all elements and presents to the crap player with an open mind the actual techniques that can be done by anyone willing to put in the time to practice and fully understand and integrate all that is presented. While another reviewer mentions that more in depth presentations have been made by other authors such as Scoblete and others, I doubt if any of them presents it in as systematic and as simple as Sharpshooter does here.

There are people that believe that all dice throws are random and nothing we can do can influence that. This book will probably not change your mind. But to those that are open, there are mathematical and logical presentations, as well as rigid mechanics arguments that would have you think that it can be possible. For those that are open to that, this book will detail exactly how you can learn to do it.

As a disclaimer, I have to reveal that I have taken a course taught by Sharpshooter and have seen these things in a casino, as well as had a beginning level of success commensurate to my experience. I will say that the book contains almost everything that was presented in the course materials, with nothing held back. I am a health professional, and my educational background is strongly weighted in the science and mathematical fields. The arguments that Sharpshooter presents are mathematically and physically sound. Everything that Sharpshooter presents in his seminar is here, save the personal instruction on your personal mechanics.

You will not be able to control the dice 100% of the time. Even Randy Johnson doesn’t strike out every single batter he faces. But by controlling the outcome of as little as 1 throw in 43 will put you at break even with the casino. Any better than this yields a positive edge in the casino. Compare that to what card counters experience as an edge in blackjack.

For someone that is looking for a different approach to craps than the standard money management angles, this is a book that can give them something new.