Prof. Scott Discusses Research on Gaming Probabilities

Robert H. Scott III, Ph.D. professor in the Department of Economics, Finance, and Real Estate and Arthur and Dorothy Greenbaum/Robert Ferguson/NJAR Endowed Chair in Real Estate Policy, was recently interviewed by Color Up, a media company dedicated to the dice game of craps. In the video, "Building a Machine to Study Dice Control," Scott discusses strategies and validity behind throwing a die to achieve a particular outcome.

The discussion is based on Scott's previous research on the topic, "Golden Arm: A Probabilistic Study of Dice Control in Craps" (UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal, Vol. 22, Iss. 1, 2018) and "Pair-a-Dice Lost: Experiments in Dice Control" (UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal, Vol. 24, Iss. 1, 2020). "Golden Arm" calculates how much control a craps shooter must possess on dice outcomes to eliminate the house advantage, while "Pair-a-Dice Lost" tests whether a custom-made dice throwing machine applying common dice control methods could produce dice rolls that differ from random.

Watch the full interview.