I've been wanting to write this for a long time, but couldn't think of the right words. This is a great book on Craps. Everything you wanted to know is there, done in easy ways. What pays what, how, where, when, why, and so on. It makes it all so easy. New players will find all they need to know. Better players will find how to win more.

I read all the reviews, and the one that sent my words best was by John Taormino. He really knows how to say what I wanted to say. But his review is now buried here below, and so I thought it is best to bring it up front, here where it belongs, because it says everything just right. So, here it is:

After reading this book, I have to say it is without a doubt the most IMPORTANT book ever written about the game. Royer realizes that the game presents its players various anomalies, that, when spotted, will turn the player onto excellent profits.
I am a professional player in Las Vegas. I incorporate other anomalies that I gathered by doing an exhaustive 1,000,000 live casino roll empirical study of the game. Trust me, the game isn't what you were taught during Undergraduate Statistics in relation to the percentages. It can be beaten!!!!
The first step is to buy this book and read it twice. Then ladies and gentleman, you are on your way!!!!
Way to go Victor Royer, BRAVO!!!!

Powerful profits from craps is an average book that 90% of is review to even the intermediate player.

Royer himself lists 4 criteria that he considers when buying a craps book.

His first question is, "Does it tell me what is what, what does what, and when, how and what it pays?"

His book does that well during the introductory chapter. He goes over the layout in detail and explains each bet, the odds and how to play the bet. He does this in plain english and doesnt get bogged down in the craps terminology. He writes this section at a beginers lvl that eases the novice into the game making him feel more comfortable.

Question #2 the author asks himself, "Does it explain the game simply so I can understand it immediatly?"

He succeeds in this point through he earlier explination of the bets. He also explains in detail what odds are and their effect on the game. So he does well on this point.

Question #3 "Does it show me a simple strategy so that I can play the game wisely and right away?"

This is where the book starts to fail somewhat. He shows several classic betting strategies and explains the pros and cons of each. Sometimes his explinations are incorrect for minor points (listing odds on yo as 30 to 1 vice 15 to 1 or saying that with 2 wins your inside bet will make its money back when it really requires 3ish).

The most glaring ommission is any form of money management technique which I consider vital for novices and seasoned players alike. He gives no guidance on when to press bets (although he does explain how to). No session loss limit is listed and there is never a mention of how, when or the importance of locking up a profit.

Question # 4 "Does it show me something 'new', which other books have not?"

He does do this in his last chapter. After lauding minimum house edge bets the entire book he perscribes and open ended progression on the hardways. He includes with this a session recording him a net gain of over 800 dollars. he does add the disclaimer that this goes against most the strategy plays for craps. While I find his numbers interesting and the "get rich quick" alluring the day the system doesnt work and leaves you out the 1000 - 2000 dollar reccomended session cash for the system is too much for me to risk with real life money.

Of course my opinion on his "big secret" system is simply that, an opinion.

Overall this is a decent read for the beginner player if you just seek to learn the basics of the game and find your way around the table. For my dollar R.D Ellisons "Gamble to win Craps" explains the basics better and has alot more non traditional bets that dont require the risks of progressions. Also Patrick's "Advanced Craps" is a facinating read for some of the best money management techniques on the craps table. You just have to get through the jargon. As another reader suggested Scoblete's books are a wonderful read.

So in conclusion this is an admirable effort but my gambling dollar is better spent elsewhere on better more well rounded books.

I like many casino games, but have only played Craps once, and badly. I was afraid of the game. It looked so complicated. I liked slots better, and also Keno, Roulette, Blackjack. Just about everything in the casino, except Craps. Until I read this book, I thought Craps was just too hard and too risky. That's not it, not at all.

In this book I learned what the pays are, and what the bets are, and how to make them smartly, so that I could play, have a great time, and win. It was so complicated before, but now it is not. It's easy, once you know how. This book is probably the only one that can tell you that in simple language, so that even players like me can get it.

There are many other books about Craps, for sure. I have also read Mr. Scoblete's books, and they are also good. In fact, I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Scoblete in Las Vegas not so long ago. Socially, and briefly, but it was great. It turns out that Mr. Royer and Mr. Scoblete are good friends. It's no wonder that Mr. Royer's book is as good as it is. But what I think makes Mr. Royer's book so good is that he is less technical. I mean, Mr. Scoblete is a wonderful author and his works are very good, but I found Mr. Royer's style easier to understand. It made the game more personal for me, so that I could, well, get it. After I read Mr. Royer's book, I was then able to understand and appreciate Mr. Scoblete's work even more, and enjoyed his books as well. So, I think that both Authors should be your choice if you want to understand Craps.

I also think that Mr. Royer's approach is great and innovative, if you actually try to understand what he is showing you. This book made it possible for me to try Craps, and play the game well, and without fear and intimidation. It turns out that Craps is one of the best games in the casino, so it's a good thing to read this book and learn how to enjoy it.

Good luck, and thank you for reading my review.

The book is alright. Nothing new or original. I bought it, read it 3 times and returned it unsatisfied. There are better books.

Check out the 2 reviews by the guys from VEGAS below me. Don't those reviews seem a bit too polished? I am betting they are either friends of the author or it is the author himself.

Pass this one up. Frank Scoblete offers much better content, even though some of his books are amateur as far as graphics go.

The Author of this book is truly an inspired visionary in the way of explaining and treating the complex games of the 21st century. Many reviewers on this Amazon site have testified to his foresight and brilliance as gaming author, and gaming instructor, and innovator in the way of new approaches to the old ways.

There are many excellent reviews about this book here on this site. For example:

Reviewer John Taormino from Las Vegas writes:

"After reading this book, I have to say it is without a doubt the most IMPORTANT book ever written about the game. The first step is to buy this book and read it twice. Then ladies and gentleman, you are on your way!!!! Way to go Victor Royer, BRAVO!!!! "

(For the entire review, please scroll down)

Another reviewer writes:

"It's all in this book. What pays what, how much, when and why, what's a good bet, what isn't and why." (For that review, please scroll next to Mr. Taormino's)

Additional reviewers here on Amazon, and in many other articles and sites everywhere, around the world, have confirmed that Mr. Royer not only knows what he's writing about, but is able to do it in ways that actually help players learn complex games and strategies in a manner that allows them to enjoy the games and the profits derived from their success.

I was therefore shocked to see a venomous review by someone called Dave R., who obviously not only doesn't know his own games, but entirely fails to understand the approach that Mr. Royer has made to this book, and to his many other books. This angry person simply fails to understand that Mr. Royer is not writing about the same, tired, old, casino games in the same, tired, old ways.

Understanding Craps, or any of the other games, as they are now played and offered in the 21st century casinos, does not just revolve around the "math-only" approach. If that was the only way to approach Craps, then no winning strategy would ever be possible because -- mathematically -- Craps is still a negative-expectation game, as, indeed, Mr. Royer points out. Mr. Taormino also points this out in his very accurate review of this same book.

In another part of his angry rant, Dave R. says that Mr. Royer doesn't have understanding of the math. Well, the truth is that large parts of this book are precisely about the math of the game. In fact, Mr. Royer goes to great lengths to show exactly the accurate breakdown of all the bets in Craps, including their true odds and house edge. If he didn't have any understanding of this -- as Dave R. suggests -- then how could he provide the framework for this, when he, in fact, does so, and does it so skillfully.

What Dave R. obviously also misunderstands is the fact that Mr. Royer's disagreement with traditional methods -- those that are based on the math-only approach -- is conceptual. Mr. Royer goes to great lengths in this book, and in his other books, to make it abundantly clear that although the mathematics of the games can be understood within those parameters as absolute, the point is that in reality such are only arbitrary concepts because the "long haul" of the math theories will not be validated within the player's small-slice of the events within the few hours of play that such a player will be exposed to Craps, or any other casino game. The point of the difference in these concepts is entirely lost to Dave R., and it is therefore plainly obvious that he is one of those "blind theorists" who know only that with which they have been indoctrinated and do not possess the ability to think outside of their own limitations. People like Dave R. exist in a box, and nothing outside of it makes sense to them. In fact any concept of "outside", or of any thinking that may be different to his, is entirely out of reach of their severely handicapped abilities of comprehension, or conceptualization.

Also, Dave R. makes it a point to try and lambaste some of Mr. Royer's suggested parameters in exploring alternative strategies to the playing of Craps. Not only does Dave R. conveniently forget the excellent chapters on traditional strategies that are in this book, but he also fails to actually understand what these suggested alternatives are, as presented. Mr. Royer clearly makes a point of letting every reader know that these are strategies that are different, and that not everyone will understand them, or be able to use them. Mr. Taormino in his review also understands that, and he also is able to use methods of this type because of such understanding, and real-world experiences. But the greatest failure in Dave R's angry tirade is the failure to understand one of the most clearly stated principles in all of Mr. Royer's books, and that is this: No single event is ever the deciding factor. Only the series of events will determine the results. Dave R's examples are one slice from an overall strategy concept, and one that requires a multitude of events, and not just this one slice. What Dave R. is suggesting is taking a small piece of something and because it is one-of-a-kind, and he didn't like it, or didn't understand it, it is therefore bad. That's kind of like looking at a painting under a microscope and because the paint looks chipped and the brush strokes look ragged, then making a review that says the entire painting is awful. Under this kind of erroneous scrutiny, even the Mona Lisa would be considered as trash.

Shame on you, Dave R. If you are such a great expert, write your own books. It's obvious from your rant that you are the one who knows nothing. All you know how to do is trash the hard work of others because of your own limitations.

This is a great book on Craps. Mr. Royer is a terrific author of great note, and justifiably considered as one of the most prominent innovators in casino gaming today. Read this book, and his other books for yourself, and you will know why this is so.