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NBA All Star Charles Barkley recently revealed that he has lost over ten million dollars through his addiction to gambling. Instead of giving him up for a lost cause, a degenerate gambler, Barkley’s fans have rallied around him as he enters treatment for his disease. In particular Barkley’s hometown has shown a support and understanding of Barkley and his illness that is heartwarming as they point out all the things he’s done for the town including his large donations to numerous charities around the Birmingham, Alabama area.

Mack Doolin M.D. and CEO of one of the largest hospitals in the area has said that he intends to stick by Barkley until he kicks this addiction. Doolin has experience counseling people with addiction and claims that Barkley just needs to learn how to set and stick to limits. This is good advice for all gamblers with or without addiction problems as limits are what keeps you in check and keeps you enjoying the game. If you play for nineteen hours and win once then you’re not doing it right as Charles Barkley found out. A sensible way to play the casinos is to set yourself both time and spending limits and once either is up you should walk away. Most importantly not matter your game be it poker or slots, don’t chase your losses! Learn to view them as the price of playing the game.

Here are a few quick craps tips from some experienced players.

- If you don’t understand something ask the dealer, they’re there to answer your questions.

- Keep your hands off the table when someone is throwing the dice – you don’t want to accidentally ruin someone’s throw!

- Throw the dice, don’t drop them or slide them across the table, this is close enough to cheating it can make casinos suspicious of you.

- Play at tables that are within your budget, a bad roll at a high stakes table and you’ll be out of playing money in no time.

- Don’t go in without knowing the minimum bet.

- Always collect your winnings, no one else is going to remember how many chips you won in five minutes.

- Don’t bet down the middle, proposition bets in the middle of a table can carry a 16% high house advantage.

- Your best strategy for a night of fun rather than a few minutes is a Pass/Don’t Pass or Come/Don’t Come bets.

For the novice Craps player, here’s a glossary of all the names of the different equipment and marks on the table you’re likely to come across.

The Come Box

The Come Box is in the top middle area of each side. Bets on the Come Box like bets on the pass line mean you believe that the dice will pass or a point will repeat before a seven-out happens but you can only make this bet after a come-out roll. You win on this bet if a player hits a seven or an eleven but if a player shoots a two, three or twelve then you lose and if a player shoots a point then your come bet goes on that number and you win if that number repeats before the next seven is rolled and lose if the seven hits before that number.

 The Don’t Come Box

The Don’t Come Box is in the top outside corner of each side. Like the Don’t Pass Line it bars the 12. Any player with a bet in the Don’t Come Box wins if a player shoots a two or three but if a player shoots a seven or an eleven then the player with the bet in the don’t come box loses.  

The Field

The Field is found just in front of the Come Line on both sides, bets in the field last only one roll of the dice if a player rolls five, six, seven or eight the player with the bet in the field loses but if a player rolls a two, three, four, nine, ten, eleven or twelve the player with a bet in the field wins.The Place Bets