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I have been thinking of how to build an ordinary 6-sided die where the probabilities can be surreptitiously altered during a game. The answer, of course, is with non-newtonian fluid.
The dice are hollow, and partially filled with, well, probably not custard, but some variant of silly putty, a viscoelastic
fluid. It is rigid and holds its shape well enough to bounce, but when left for a moment it will flow like liquid.
Using the Custard Dice would work as follows:
Through sleight of hand, drop the dice into your dice cup so the desired roll faces upwards. Hold still or place the cup on a flat surface for maybe ten or twenty seconds, and the putty dribbles to the lowest point inside. Roll the dice, and the probabilities are loaded to favour your chosen roll.
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In the software world, everyone pays lip-service to security, but
only two industries really take it seriously, namely, banks and
casinos. |
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Since I was only in Vegas* remotely, they healed remarkably
fast. |
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*Likewise Sun City, Macau and Evian. |
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My brother got quite good at hand throwing unloaded dice
to
hit the numbers you wanted when we were children (or was
that
me? some things get a bit vague at this distance) wasn't
guaranteed of course, especially when trying not to look
like
you were trying to do it, but the odds were a little better
than average when paying attention to the dice, a cup
makes
it more difficult of course but with practice you could get
slightly better than average odds with that too. |
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Less chance of getting caught if there's no physical
evidence, but even card counters get caught so you'd be
spotted eventually. |
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They used to think darts was a game of chance too, was
even a court case over a gambling license a pub didn't
have. |
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If your not gifted, why does it always comes down to hours in months of practice. |
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By the way [+] for a delayed rolling dice. |
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