World Championship of Craps

Poker has had an annual world championship for over 40 years.  The world championship of poker generates millions in ads revenue and gets prime TV slots across the world.  Craps though, doesn’t have the same public image.  Even with sophisticated betting systems and dice control the public doesn’t recognize craps as a game of skill, but rather as a game of luck.  Famous gambling author Frank Scoblete decided, in the summer of 2006, to change all of that.

Frank Scoblete has written volumes about both craps and black jack. As both a gambling celebrity, and an expert on the topic he was in a unique position to start the ball (or dice) rolling.  He decided to hold an all inclusive tournament in the gambling capital of the world to pit some of the best craps players head to head.

The Setup

To make sure everyone enjoyed this event, there was a relaxed atmosphere designed for everyone to have a blast. Scoblete got the Golden Touch Craps Team instructors to attend and give lessons to all of the attendees. These lessons covered all aspects of craps play, but the real highlight was the training in dice control.

There were 9 categories of competition based on types of bets and rolling technique. Out of these there was a champion in each category, and then there was an over all champion for the event: Linda "The Lowroller" Mabry! She is the first world champion craps has had, but hopefuly there will be many more in the future.

The Winners

• World Champion - Lind Mabry
• The Come Out Championship - Jim Buckley
  
• The In The Field Championship - Dennis Dion
  
• The Make Your Point Championship - Nancy Visco
  
• The On The Hop Championship - Louis Van Dyke
  
• The 4 and 10 Championship - Don Garcia
  
• The 6 and 8 Championship - Pet Higgins
  
• The Crapshooter Championship - John Chabot
  
• The Hardway Championship - Tim Barnes
  
• The No Sevens Championship - Phil Corder

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