SEVEN-OUT Excuses

The is a list of common excuses, usually made by superstitious players, when a SEVEN-OUTrolls. Remember, the 7 is supposed to roll one out of every six times onaverage.

  • Bad dice
  • Cold dice
  • New dice
  • Worn-out dice
  • Dice bounced off the table
  • One or both dice landed on the rail
  • Dice hit a stack of checques (chips)
  • Dice did not roll the full length of the table
  • Dice landed in the House Bank
  • Dice hit the stick
  • Die landed in the Stickman’s bowl
  • Die landed on top of a stack of cheques
  • Dice bounced off a player
  • Dice landed on cash money
  • One die landed on top of the other
  • Dice bounced off a dealer
  • Dice slipped out of hands of the Shooter
  • Cocked dice against a checque
  • Cocked dice against a wall
  • Weak Roll
  • Stickman accidentally sends out dice to shooter on a SEVEN
  • Bad shooter
  • You don’t like the shooter
  • Shooter is betting on The DON’T
  • New Stickman
  • New Dealer
  • Somebody uttered that word, “SEVEN”
  • Somebody you know came up to the table and said, “How’s it going?”
  • A new player walks up to the table and places a large bet in the middle of a roll.
  • Cold table
  • Bad table
  • You just placed all the Point numbers
  • You just got up on all the Numbers through the Come Line
  • Table action slowed because the house had to count the bank for shift change
  • Your wife or significant other just came up and said, “How’s it going Honey?”.

Common statements made by players when a seven-out is rolled:

  • “S _ _ _”
  • “F _ _ _”
  • “G _ _ Damnit!
  • “It happens EVERY time”