Craps Simulation Software

[mastrom101]

Hello all,

I am looking for a simulator I can use in order to simulate the pass bet of the game craps.

Requirements:
- Can run and log a large number of hands
- Can execute a very specific betting strategy

What I'm looking for is a program that will double the previous bet and add 1 to it upon a loss, and start again at 1 everytime it wins a hand.


Thank you so much!

 

[USAFRet]

Basically, you're looking for a Martingale simulator.

Easily done in Excel.
CSB: 20 years ago, in a computer class...we thought we were cool, and gonna defeat the casino. Wrote a simulator for this in assembly. 50,000 rolls....never actually lost (computer) money.

Easily defeated by the house. Or by the users dumbness, which happened to a couple of guys.

 

[mastrom101]

Basically, you're looking for a Martingale simulator.

Easily done in Excel.
CSB: 20 years ago, in a computer class...we thought we were cool, and gonna defeat the casino. Wrote a simulator for this in assembly. 50,000 rolls....never actually lost (computer) money.

Easily defeated by the house. Or by the users dumbness, which happened to a couple of guys.

Not exactly. Martingale does not add one to every bet, it just doubles it.

How would I run such a simulation in excel?

 

[ex_bubblehead]

Yup, table max wager limit easily defeats it. You can rest assured that every conceivable betting strategy has been taken into account by the house and is reflected in the game rules.

 

[USAFRet]

Basically, you're looking for a Martingale simulator.

Easily done in Excel.
CSB: 20 years ago, in a computer class...we thought we were cool, and gonna defeat the casino. Wrote a simulator for this in assembly. 50,000 rolls....never actually lost (computer) money.

Easily defeated by the house. Or by the users dumbness, which happened to a couple of guys.

Not exactly. Martingale does not add one to every bet, it just doubles it.

How would I run such a simulation in excel?

Adding 1 on each iteration of a Martingale scenario doesn't really change the basic concept. It just means you run out of money slightly sooner.

How to 'run such a simulation in Excel'? Learn Excel and write it first.

 

[USAFRet]

But look around. I'm sure you can find more than one simulator for this.

 

[mastrom101]

Yup, table max wager limit easily defeats it. You can rest assured that every conceivable betting strategy has been taken into account by the house and is reflected in the game rules.

This isn't for me to try to beat the casino, its to test theoretical vs experimental probability. Table limits are beyond the scope of the article.

USAFRet I can use excel for calculations and formulas, but I've never run a simulation on it. I'll look on YouTube to try and find some stuff.

 

[USAFRet]

Yup, table max wager limit easily defeats it. You can rest assured that every conceivable betting strategy has been taken into account by the house and is reflected in the game rules.

This isn't for me to try to beat the casino, its to test theoretical vs experimental probability. Table limits are beyond the scope of the article.

USAFRet I can use excel for calculations and formulas, but I've never run a simulation on it. I'll look on YouTube to try and find some stuff.

This type of thing is ALL calcs and formulas. Sometime long, long ago, I actually did write one of these in Excel. Probably around Excel 97 or so.
IIRC, I had cells where you input 'how many rolls', a starting wager ($10), and original pot amount ($600), click the Go button, and off it went. 500, 10,000, 100,000 rolls. Spit out the results.

The issue with these things is getting a true RNG for the next roll, so as to be truly (mostly) random.