KnowYourCraps started because most craps content online falls into one of two camps: dry technical references that read like a rulebook, or hype-driven "system" sites promising an edge that doesn't exist. I wanted something in between — a site that explains the game the way a knowledgeable friend would and gets the math right every time. This site is built and written by one person, not a content farm, and every page on it gets the same standard: honest numbers, plain language, and no shortcuts on accuracy.
The Simulator
The simulator exists because I couldn't find anything else that did what I wanted. I was looking for something that played like a bubble-craps machine and could take my own actual rolls — not random ones — and track everything from what I threw to what it paid out, so I could practice at home without touching real money and still get a real sense of my results. Nothing out there did that, so I built it myself.
On Dice Setting: My Own Practice
The dice setting page on this site presents both sides of that debate without taking a position, and I've held to that deliberately even though I practice controlled shooting myself. I track my own throws, I've put in real practice time on a home setup, and I also test it at the casino itself, not just at home. Here's my honest opinion: I can't be certain it works. I've had better results since I started practicing it, but a few thousand rolls isn't a large enough batch to prove anything, and I'm not going to pretend my own experience settles a question that professional statisticians and skeptics have argued over for decades. I also use the simulator myself — running my own logged rolls back through it to test which betting strategies would have actually paid off against my real results. It's a way of putting my own practice to work without adding real money to the equation while I'm still evaluating it. I find the practice genuinely interesting, and I think there's a real case for taking it seriously. But the honest answer, for me and for anyone else who tries it, is that the data required to prove it one way or the other is a lot bigger than what any individual player collects, whether that's at home or at a real table. That's not a hedge — it's just where the evidence actually stands, covered in full on the dice setting page itself.
Craps should be entertainment, not a financial plan, and no page on this site is a substitute for knowing your own limits. If gambling stops being fun or starts affecting your finances, relationships, or wellbeing, the Responsible Gambling page has resources that can help.