I’ve been to tables where the dice have almost rounded edges. I am thinking these couldn’t have been changed in the last 24 hours.

"BarnabusD" wrote: I know the casinos change their dice every day a couple of times at least. How oily do they get from the fingers of everyone? How fast do the edges lose their points and become smoother? I also don’t like when someone who has been coughing and sneezing takes the dice in his hands. Those germs are just waiting to attack someone! That goes for chips too.

Good questions, BarnabusD.

From the first throw a new set of dice are wearing and degrading. How "fast" this happens will vary and depend on several factors, such as how many times the dice are thrown, table conditions, layout type, how often the dice are thrown off the table, into the chip rail, into chip stacks, etc.

In practice sessions, I change my dice depending on their appearance and feel, if the edges are getting knicked up, etc. Perhaps others will chime in about how many rolls dice usually last before they need changing.

In the casinos both the dice and chips (among other things!) are germ-laden and at times both can be especially sticky and gross. Take notice of how many folks don’t bother to wash their hands after using the rest room! On a recent trip, an old-timer at the table with a cut on one of his fingers was bleeding on the dice. 😐

I’ve come back from trips with far fewer colds simply by washing my hands frequently.

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Don’t forget about the shaking of dice .

I think the casinos change the dice every six or eight hours to make sure they are hard edged. That’s why I usually get new dice after a few thousand rolls. I like the dice to be new. I seem to shoot better with the new dice. Have any others experienced that same thing?

The sharper the dice, the better for the dice controller. The rounded edges of used dice will tend to skid when they land and that can hurt our throws. So unlike many traditional craps players, controlled shooters should prefer shooting with sharp dice. Given a choice of a table just adding new dice and one with older dice choose the new dice — all other things being equal of course.