DFAW #223: On the Complainer Blacklist

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On episode 223 of the Atlantic City podcast, Kyle and Craig play Always/Once/Never with casino drinks, discuss Craig’s disappearing offers, and give an update on all the resort fees in the city. Then, they answer listener questions about the pros and cons of subsidizing restaurants on the Boardwalk (as suggested last episode), the origins of the Due For A Win name, and the most-referenced quotes from the show.

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Episode info: [ 0:47:11 | 22.7 MB | download here ]

DFAW #222: Calibrate Your Expectations

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On episode 222 of the Atlantic City Podcast, Kyle and Craig play Always/Once/Never with table games before Kyle gives a brief Horseshoe Baltimore trip report. There’s also some news to cover, January revenue data, and a couple questions in the mailbag.

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Episode info: [ 0:44:16 | 21.2 MB | download here ]

DFAW #221: Bespoke Dishes and Scrumptious Salads

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On episode 221 of the Atlantic City podcast, Kyle and Craig play Always/Once/Never with video poker games, talk about some things opening this summer, then answer some more listener questions.

In the news:

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Episode info: [ 0:36:54 | 17.7 MB | download here ]

DFAW #220: Will Showboat Be a Casino Again?

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On episode 220 of the Atlantic City podcast, Kyle and Craig resurrect restaurants from the Caesars Pier Shops during Always/Once/Never, provide an update on multiple Hard Rock Unity accounts, discuss the prospects of Showboat becoming a casino, then look at the 2023 full-year revenue data before answering a few questions from listener Pat G.

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Episode info: [ 0:38:43 | 18.6 MB | download here ]

DFAW #219: A Resolution for Each Casino

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On episode 219 of the Atlantic City podcast, Kyle and Craig play Always/Once/Never with AC sub shops, talk about Hard Rock’s new loyalty program, and get into the most heated topic at the moment: Caesars Entertainment drastically reducing hours and food options at the Laurel Lounges at Caesars, Harrah’s, and Tropicana.

Then, Kyle busts out the calculator on Crapless Craps (see his blog post breaking down the math on pass line bets), and listener Lou D. asks for a New Year’s Resolution for each Atlantic City casino. He asked this question in December; blame us for talking about New Year’s Resolutions deep into January.

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Episode info: [ 0:54:19 | 26.1 MB | download here ]

Normal vs Crapless Craps – Pass Line Analysis

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In the episode we recorded last night (#219, still unpublished as of the time of this post) I made a bit of a mess of the explanation on how to come up with the pass line odds on crapless craps, and incorrectly declared that it was easier to do than normal craps. Anyway, it’s a fun little math exercise, so let’s quickly do it.

Come out Roll:23456789101112Sum(1 – Sum) – Sum
Odds of Happening1/362/363/364/365/366/365/364/363/362/361/361
Odds of Winning Given it Happening (Regular)003/94/105/1115/114/103/910
Odds of Happening * Odds of Winning00.0278.0444.0631.1667.0631.0444.0278.05560.4929.0142
Odds of Winning Given it Happening (Crapless)1/72/83/94/105/1115/114/103/92/81/7
Odds of Happening * Odds of Winning .0040.0139.0278.0444.0631.1667.0631.0444.0278.0139.0040.4731.0538

I’ve quickly made a chart above that shows the odds of winning a passline bet for both regular craps and crapless craps. These numbers are slightly rounded for simplicity, but if you add the unrounded numbers you should get the exact odds of the player winning any given pass line bet, and thus house edge. Let’s quickly walk through these.

The first number that matters are how likely it is to roll any of these given numbers. There are 36 combinations of ways two dice can come up, and only one of those (1,1) is 2, and six of them (1,6), (2,5), (3,4), (4,3), (5,2), (6,1) are seven. Just counting these up is how to get the odds of these rolls happening on an initial come out roll.

We take that number and multiply it by the chance you win the bet based on that initial roll. In both craps and crapless craps, that number is 1 (100%) if you roll a seven, since that is just a winner. In regular craps 11 is also a guaranteed winner, while 2, 3, and 12 are guaranteed losers. For the other numbers, the only rolls that matter are the odds of hitting the initial number again vs the odds of rolling a seven, since all other rolls don’t impact your pass line bet. If you set a 4 as the point, there are 3 possible rolls of the dice that make your pass line bet a winner (1,3), (2,2), (3,1), while there are always six ways to make a seven. So there are nine total rolls that resolve the bet, and you win three of them.

To come up with the total likelihood that the player wins their pass line bet you just add up the odds that the player wins each individual number times the likelihood that number comes up. For both regular and crapless craps the pass line will win just over 43.7% of the time from just initially rolling the numbers between 4-10 initially, the only difference between the games is on the numbers 2, 3, 11, 12.

In normal craps 2, 3, and 12 are automatic losers, and 11 is an automatic winner. This adds a full 2/36 odds (just over 5.55%, the odds of rolling an 11) to winning the bet, pushing the likelihood of a player win to 49.29%. In crapless craps you get a chance to win initial rolls of 2, 3, and 12, but you have to work to win an 11. You end up gaining around .0218 extra wins from rolling a 2, 3, and 12 on the come out roll in crapless craps, but you end up losing .0416 wins from not automatically winning on an 11, and having only a 1/4 chance of winning an initial point 11 compared to 100% chance in normal craps. This makes the player win only 47.31% of pass line bets in crapless craps.

So it’s the 11 that is why the house edge of a pass line bet in crapless craps is around 5.38% while it’s only 1.42% for normal craps.

It is really fun to get a huge odds payout on a craps number in crapless craps though.

DFAW #218: Sixes or Better

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On episode 218 of the Atlantic City podcast, Kyle and Craig play Always/Once/Never with casino food courts, then dive into another trip report!

Reviews include:

  • Irish Pub Christmas decorations
  • Kings Pub
  • Resorts slots and table games
  • Kuro happy hour
  • McFlurries
  • MGM Tower rooms at Borgata
  • Borgata slots and table games
  • B Bar
  • Bread + Butter
  • And a type of video poker we’ve never played before.

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Episode info: [ 0:51:46 | 24.9 MB | download here ]

DFAW #217: Things We Say We’ll Definitely Do

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On episode 217 of the Atlantic City podcast, Kyle and Craig play Always/Once/Never with defunct casinos, talk about some bar and restaurant news, “plan” for a one-night pre-holiday trip to Borgata, then give a quick rundown of all the video poker bars in AC.

News:

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Episode info: [ 0:28:57 | 13.9 MB | download here ]

DFAW #216: The Great McFlurry Debate

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On episode 216 of the Atlantic City podcast, Kyle professes his love for Hooters, Craig skips an AC trip, and there’s quite a bit of news to cover.

In the news:

Reviews from the trip:

  • Atexcac Mexican Restaurant on the Boardwalk.
  • Check-in process at Tropicana.
  • Havana Tower rooms at Tropicana.
  • Ossu at Tropicana.
  • Gilchrist at Tropicana.
  • Table games at Caesars and Tropicana.
  • Check-out rush hour at Tropicana.
  • Electric vehicle charging in AC.
  • McFlurry topping supremacy.
  • Pressing the buttons vs. touching the screen in video poker.

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Episode info: [ 0:58:39 | 28.2 MB | download here ]

DFAW #215: Not-So-Lazy River

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On episode 215 of the Atlantic City podcast, Kyle and Craig play Always/Once/Never with Japanese restaurants, then Craig gives an exhaustingly detailed report on his AC trip with family.

Reviews:

  • Showboat King Balcony Suite.
  • Lucky Snake Arcade, including roller skating and mini golf.
  • Island Water Park.
  • Disney on Ice at Boardwalk Hall.
  • LandShark Bar & Grill.
  • Hard Rock Cafe.
  • Atlantic City Eatery at Showboat.
  • Sugar Factory desserts vs. convenience store desserts.
  • Bringing kids to AC.

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Episode info: [ 0:55:48 | 26.8 MB | download here ]