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I had heard of 'dice-less' craps b4, but I had never seen it in action. So I just had to watch. The stickman was actually the card dealer. After (s)he shuffled the cards, the shooter (designated by a square puck marked 'shooter') would hold up between 1-6 fingers to let the dealer know how many cards to burn, then the next 2 cards were the 'roll'. 48 cards in the deck....A-6...8times. The cards were reshuffled after each hand. Odds were paid just like regular craps. I read the Wizards page on card craps but didn't see anything quite like this one. 2 & 12 paid 30 for 1 on props and double on the field. Anyone make a quick guess what the House advantage would be on this one?

Presentation of the Stigler Choctaw Travel Plaza Casino. This Choctaw Casino is located in Stigler, United States. The casino provides visitors with more than 200 slot machines starting from 1 cent to 5 dollars and a fidelity card as well for regular players. 11 reviews of Choctaw Casino - Broken Bow 'I'm no high-roller, but I would expect at least a few table games. Not a single card game, roullete, craps etc - not a one. Other than that, it was really clean, well-ventilated casino (for an all-smoking establishment).

Also, all the card table games (BJ, Let It Ride, PaiGow, etc) had a small circle beside the main bet that everyone was putting a $.50 chip in. I thought at first it was some kind of side bet, then found out that it was a OK state 'tax' of some sort! The tables were packed with $5 players blithely ignoring the 10% tax on each hand!! Ignorance is bliss, I guess!!!!!! And it didn't matter if it was $5 or $50, the tax was $.50! Think I'll just stick to the buffet at this place.

After Oklahoma lawmakers approved traditional ball and dice games this year, casinos are now able to open those tables up to customers.

The law expands gaming rules to allow roulette and craps. Many casinos already had these kinds of games, but the outcomes were based on the use of playing cards rather than what someone might find in a Las Vegas casino.

In all, the state signed agreements with 13 tribes. The U.S. Department of Interior gave final approval to the compacts last week.

The Cherokee Nation celebrated Monday by holding a ceremonial roll of the dice at its Hard Rock Casino in Tulsa.

'We never really had a clear idea of what the implementation date was going to be until the week of,' said Mickey Ward, senior director of corporate gaming for the Cherokee Nation. 'So we put a lot of teasers out there to the public that this was coming, getting them excited.'

Both tribes and lawmakers said that expanding the use of traditional games would keep more gambling money in Oklahoma, rather than having it leave the state for other casino havens like the Gulf Coast and Kansas City.

'The biggest thing is that it now allows us to offer the products that they're used to seeing in the traditional commercial gaming market. So dollars that we would normally see leave the state of Oklahoma, they now can stay within the state,' Ward said.

The Chickasaw Nation launched craps and roulette at its Winstar World Casino and Resort on Friday, and roulette at the Riverwind Casino on Saturday. Other tribes are cashing in on the new law, including the Choctaw Nation, which opened its 10 tables in three casinos last week.

Cherokee Nation Entertainment will have seven traditional roulette and five craps tables spread across three of its casinos.

The tribe built a new training site for about 50 employees to learn how to use the games and put them through dozens of hours of training. Casinos in Oklahoma have had games similar to roulette and craps before, but state law prevented them from having actual balls and dice used. Instead, players won or lost based on the use of playing cards that simulated the Vegas-style games.

The new law will allow electronic roulette and dice games to use outcomes based on a ball or dice.

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'We feel this puts tribal gaming in Oklahoma on the level playing field now with all of your traditional commercial markets. Anything that a player would want to seek in their gaming experience we can now offer here in the state,' said Ward.

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Getting ready to shoot the dice on the craps table Monday.

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Dale Denwalt has closely followed state policy and politics since his first internship as an Oklahoma Capitol reporter in 2006. He graduated from Northeastern State University in his hometown of Tahlequah. Denwalt worked as a news reporter in... Read more ›