Dice Control Makes it to New York Times

All the news that's fit to print.

maybe all this talk about craps will divert some of the casino's attention away from real advantage play.

They develop a new policy "leave all your money at the cage, then come in and play all you want for free. When you leave, you do not get to pick up your money however, that is ours."

:)

I'm a BJ player, and don't even know craps much less play.

But this issue of dice control is interesting. I have a background
in computational physics. I'd guess that with today's computers and
techniques, it could be feasible to numerically simulate the
physical conditions of dice throwing in craps. Just set up the
boundary conditions of the "table" (geometry, coefficients of
friction, and elastic rebound) and create a discrete lattice
representation of the dice, add gravity (possibly even wind resistance);
and then you have a close enough to real craps table in the computer.
Give the dice a realistic spread of initial conditions for a skilled
player, and test what the statistics are.

Has anyone done this yet?

thrower? I'm sure someone can design and build a simple spring loaded (maybe pneumatic) device to throw dice consistently.
The first thing to check out is if the radomization caused by hitting the pyramid bumpers of a real craps table can be overcome by dice setters.

mechanical arm with the numerical simulator. Robocraps knows the
exact toss parameters when the dice leave its hand, calculates the
outcome, and places bets while the dice are still in the air (legally
right?). And robocraps is 10 times as strong as a casino security
guard.

disguises himself as a human. The Griffin book needs a whole new
category: cyborgs.