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Anubis Casino 1.0 by Anubis, Inc. 1.0 Introduction This program is a simulation of several casino gambling games. Only table games are included. Also, no "sucker" bets exist. In this casino there are no minimums, there is a maximum bet of $ 21474836.48 ( 2^31 ) Since that is the maximum amount any single chip can be. Each gamblers starts out with $1000.0, so if you can make it to the max you should go try it for real. The amount you bet is up to you, but many games require additional bets based on your initial bet. So split your chips wisely. 2.0 Gamblers Under the File menu you can create gamblers. This allows more than one person to use the casino and keep track of their own success. It also allows each user to keep their own preferences. However, only one human player can play at any one time. A gambler must exist to be in the casino. The "saved gambler" file may be deleted at will without effecting the application Anubis Casino, but all the gamblers in this file will be lost. 2.1 How to split chips When starting at a table only one chip exists. This one chip is all of the current gamblers money. To Split this chip into multiple chips, hold down the shift key and then click on the chip. ( While shift is being pressed the cursor switches to a magnifying glass ). The chip edit dialog will allow you to specify how many chips to split into, or the value the new chips should have. If the chip can not be split exactly into the specified chips and remainder chip will be created to the left of the original chip. Chips will be split into rows of 10 and then down into columns. Be sure to have the original chip far enough left for the new chips to be on screen. ( if the chip go off screen they still exist. Use consolidate chips from the gambler menu ). If your chips get out of control, move to another game. Then you'll go back to a single chip. This occurs since every table is different and since the user can drag the chips where ever they wish it seemed to be the only way to keep things clean. The user can also consolidate chips at any time from under the gambler menu ( replaced with the current gamblers name ). 2.2 How to move a chip While the mouse is inside the anubis casino application window the cursor will appear as a hand. The middle of the palm is the hot spot. To move a chip simply click and drag. You can not drag a chip off screen. But by splitting chips you can create chips off screen. They still exist but are not visible. Move to another game and then all of the current gamblers money will be back in one chip. 2.3 The Second Menu The second menu changes by which table the gambler is at. The last element is always the MOVE TO sub menu which allows the gambler to move to another table. The second to last command is always the OPTIONS command. Which allows options for the current table only to be set. The other commands are specific to the table and current state of the game being played. They can be invoked by the pull down menu, open-apple short cut, using the button on the table or by defining a single key press for each command under the options setting. 2.4 The Third Menu Which is titled by the current gambler. Contains only three commands 1. Stats : which shows the current gamblers statistics since creation. 2. Consolidate Chips : This will combine all chips which are not bet into a single chip. 3. Switch place at table : which allows the gambler to move and change who else is playing. This is only significant for Pai-gow poker and caribbean stud poker. Blackjack is always played alone. 3.0 Table Games The following games exist in this casino: Baccarat BlackJack Carribean Stud Poker Casino War Craps Pai-Gow Poker Roulette Each game has it's own set of options. Thus if Speech is turned on for one game it can be off for all the others. Also the keys can be set differently for each game. To set the keys under the OPTIONS dialog, Highlight the Radio button for the action you wish to set and then press a key. The currently defined key will always be displayed in the dialog. 3.1 Baccarat Baccarat is a simple game where the gambler can bet on three things. Tie : both Banker and Player end up with the same score. Paid 1 to 9 Bank : the Banker ends up with a higher score than the player. Paid 1 to 0.95 ( 5% commission is charged ). Player : the Player ends up with a higher score than the Banker. Paid 1 to 1 Baccarat uses 6 decks of cards. The 10s, Jacks, Queens and Kings are worth 10 points. Aces are worth 1 and the rest of the cards are worth their number. A score in baccarat is simply the sum of the cards. Except only the right most digit is kept. Thus a 5 and 6 would be worth 1. Unlike Blackjack there are no choices in Baccarat. The dealer will deal out all of the cards and declare a winner. A hand of Baccarat proceeds as follows: Both sides are dealt two cards. If either side has a natural ( total of 8 or 9 ) then no extra cards are dealt, the hand is over. Otherwise, if the player's total is less than 6, then the player gets a third card. The Banker will always draw a third card if the Banker's total is less than 3. If the Banker's score is greater or equal to 3 then use the table below to determine the banker's actions. Banker's score: Draws if Player's 3rd card is: Does NOT draw if the Player's 3rd card is: 3 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9-10 8 4 2-3-4-5-6-7 1-8-9-10 5 4-5-6-7 1-2-3-8-9-10 6 6-7 1-2-3-4-5-8-9-10 7 STANDS 8-9 NATURAL - Neither side can draw. If the player takes no 3rd card then the banker stands on 6. The side with the highest score wins. 3.2 BlackJack To begin a hand of Blackjack, make a bet in the "one" circle. This is a bet for the Player. Blackjack can be played with anywhere from 1 to 6 decks. ( use options... to change this ). The aces are worth 1 or 11 points, 2 - 10 are worth their number, Jacks + Queens + Kings are all worth 10. The hand with the score closest to 21 wins. But any score greater or equal to 22 is a losing hand. A hand starts out with two cards. The player has several options: Stand : Similar to calling, the player has agreed his turn is over and is ready with the current score. Hit : Asks the dealer for another card. If the Player's score goes over 21 then the player loses. Double Down : This is a special bet for the 3rd card. To double down place another bet in the "TWO" circle press d. down, the dealer will give the player one more card and accept the new bet. HOWEVER, no more cards can be dealt to the player. Split : ( only possible if first two cards are of equal value ). This will split the current player hand into two hands. Then each hand will have an opportunity to hit and stand. To be able to play another hand, another bet must be made also. The other item to bet on occurs when the dealer has an ACE showing. This is the insurance bet. A bet on insurance is betting the dealer will have 21. The insurance bet must be half the initial bet. With an initial bet of $5.0, and the dealer is showing an ACE, a $2.50 insurance bet is made ( just put a $2.50 chip onto the insurance line ). If the House has 21 then the insurance bet is a winner . The insurance bet is paid 2 to 1. If the Player also has Blackjack then the game is push otherwise the player will lose if the dealer has blackjack. 3.3 Carribean Stud Poker First off, no progressive bets exist. These bets are great money makers for a casino. Don't bet on them ! Each hand is played with a single deck of cards. Cards are only dealt to active players. Thus if other people play it will effect the cards dealt to the current gambler. Since only one deck is used, players may NOT communicate any information about their hands to other players. In carribean stud an ante bet is made for the player. ( use the ONE circle ). With an ante the player will be dealt 5 cards. The player will then decide to FOLD or CALL FOLD : The player does not want to try his hand with the dealers. The ante bet is lost. The hand is over. CALL : The player believes he has a strong hand and bets twice the ante in the TWO circle. If the player has a better poker hand than the dealer then the player wins. But if the dealer does not have an Ace/King or higher then the dealer folds and the ante bet is paid. If the dealer does have an Ace/King or higher and the player called and the player won: The ante bet is paid 1 to 1. The CALL bet is paid by the following table: High Card no extra payout 1 Pair 1 to 1 2 Pair 2 to 1 3 of a Kind 3 to 1 Straight 4 to 1 Flush 5 to 1 Full House 7 to 1 4 of Kind 20 to 1 Straight Flush 50 to 1 Royal Straight Flush 100 to 1 If the two hands exactly tie then the House wins. 3.4 Casino War This game is extremely simple. It is played with six decks of cards. One card is dealt to the player and one to the dealer, if the player has a higher card then the player wins. In case of a tie the player may either Surrender or go to WAR. Surrender : the player forfeits half of the bet and this hand is over. War : The player must make twice the original bet to get another card, However the pay out is only on the first bet. 3.5 Craps Craps is played on a large table with the shooter throwing two dice. The "roll" is equal to the sum of the two dice, thus a single Roll will be between 2 and 12. The initial bet made is usually on the Pass Line. This bet is betting with the shooter. This bet can only be made before a "come out" roll is made. ( The puck will show OFF, if no point is set ). On the come out roll a 7 or 11 is a winner, while 2, 3 and 12 are losers. If any other number is rolled then this is the point. The Puck will then be placed on the point and the shooter will continue until the point is resolved. With the Point established the shooter will continue to roll until a seven or the point number is rolled. If the shooter rolls the point then the Pass line bet is a winner paying even money. If a seven is rolled then the pass line bet is a loser. The other bet involved with the Pass line is the "Back up" bet. This is also called placing odds. ( on a real craps table this bet is not marked, simply put your chip behind your pass line bet and the Dealers will adjust it if need be ). Backing up your pass line bet is the way to get the best odds from a casino. Some casinos will let you bet up to 100 times your pass line bet. Keeping in the spirit of letting the player bet what he wants there is no limit to the back up bet. The Back up bet or Odds bet is paid off depending on the point number. Point Pay-off 4 or 10 2 to 1 5 or 9 7 to 6 6 or 8 7 to 5 The 4 and 10 are twin numbers. They are called this since they have the same number of combinations on the dice. ( 1+3, 2+2, 3+1 = 3 combinations. 4+6, 5+5, 6+4 = 3 combinations ). Thus if a $5.0 pass line bet was made and the point was a 4 or 10, a $5.0 back up bet would pay $10.0 If the point was a 5 or 9 then a $6.0 back up bet would pay $7.0 The Don't Pass line is the inverse of the Pass line. When making this bet the player is betting the shooter will Seven out before the shooter makes the point. On a come out roll a 2 or 3 is a winner, 7 and 11 are losers and the 12 is a push. The don't pass line is riskier than the pass line bet on the come out roll, but has a better chance of paying once a point is established. Like the Pass line bet, the player can "Back up" or place odds on the Don't pass line bet. The Back up bet or Odds bet is paid off depending on the point number. Point Pay-off 4 or 10 1 to 2 5 or 9 3 to 2 6 or 8 6 to 5 Thus if a $5.0 Don't pass line bet was made and the point was a 4 or 10, a $10.0 back up bet would pay $5.0 Since there are ( 1+6, 2+5, 3+4, 4+3,5+2,6+1 = 6 ways to make a seven and only 3 ways to make a 4 or 10 ). Also a $9.0 back up would pay $6.0 for a 5 or 9 and a $6.0 back up would pay $5.0 for a 6 or 8. Understanding the Pass line and Don't pass lines will allow the player to also make "come" and "Don't Come" bets. These are just like the Pass and don't pass except you can start one at any time after the come out roll. Let's say the shooter rolls a 4 on the come out roll. If a come bet is made then the next roll will pay the come line for a 7 or 11, lose on a 2, 3 or 12 and be moved to the number rolled for all other numbers. If you want to back up your Come bet place chips in the Odds Box next to your come bet. Then if the shooter rolls the "come number" before rolling a seven then that bet is a winner. The next seven will clear the come bet and the odds. The "Back up"/odds bet is so bad for a casino, the casino will allow you to remove this bet at any time. The other single number bet is called a Place bet. In a real casino you would tell the Dealer "place the six" or which ever number you wish. To make a place bet simply put a chip in the Box which contains the number. Place bets are paid will the following odds: Number Pay-off 4, 10 9 to 5 5, 9 7 to 5 6, 8 7 to 6 Thus a placing $5.0 on the four will pay $9.0 When a place bet wins the winnings are next to the chip which was bet. Like in all of the other games. Be sure to move this bet off the board or it will be considered a new bet upon the next roll. The place bets do not pay off as well as the odds you would get from a come bet. But you can place a number at any time, you have to wait for a number to be rolled and have made a bet in the come area to get a come bet on a number. You can also take down a place bet at any time. Any seven will clear all Place bets. The field bet is a single roll bet, if a 2,3,4, 9,10, 11, or 12 is rolled it is a winner, otherwise it is a loser. The 2 and 12 are paid 2 to 1, while all other numbers are paid even money. The HardWay bets are betting on the hard way of rolling the numbers. There are 3 ways to get a four ( 1+3, 2+2, 3+1) but only the 2+2 is a hard four. The dealers will usually call out these numbers as easy or hard depending on the roll. To make a bet on a hardway put a chip in the box for the number you wish, ( 4, 6, 8, 10 ). The hardway bet is a winner when a hardway of that number is rolled. It is a loser when a seven or an easy way of that number is rolled. Below the HardWay bets are the "one roll bets". All of these bets will be settled one way or the other on the next roll of the dice. Any seven will pay 5 to 1 if a seven is rolled otherwise it is a loser. The next group are the Horn bets. You can make an Horn bet by putting a chip in the Yellow HORN BET box, You can also bet on a individual 2, 3, 11 or 12 by placing a bet on these number in the Large White boxes. The small yellow boxes are for the High Horn bets. A horn bet is like betting on each number ( 2,3,11,12). Thus a $4.0 horn bet will put a dollar on each. However, having four singles is not easy. So the Casinos made the Horn High bets. Where a $5.0 bet is a horn bet with one number getting two dollars. To place a high horn bet, put a chip into the small yellow dice boxes. A $5.0 bet on the aces ( 2 ) is a $2.0 bet on the 2, and a $1.0 bet on the 3, a $1.0 bet on the 11 and a $1.0 bet on the 12. When a horn bet is paid the profit is paid so the bet can ride on the next roll of the dice. The Any craps bet will pay 8 to 1 for the 2, 3 or 12. 3.6 Pai-Gow Poker This game is player with a single deck plus a joker. ( The fish ). The joker can be an ACE or a wild card for a straight or a flush. The player and dealer will receive seven cards. Then the player will prepare two hands. A five card hand and a two card hand. For the player to win, both hands must beat the dealer's hands and for the player to lose, the dealer must beat both of the player's hands. The five card hand MUST be stronger than the two card hand. To align your hand, click and drag the cards around. The Left most position is the starting position. So move your cards so they read left to right. ( if you have a pair be sure they are left most or you will NOT receive credit for them ). The "BEST" button will align your cards as the house would align them. The interesting part of Pai-gow is how/when to split and keep together two pairs. 3.7 Roulette This game is played with a ball and a wheel. For each betting turn, bets are placed and the wheel is spun. The Ball will stop on a single number. Each bet and spin is completely independent of the previous spin. The roulette wheel has a total of 38 different numbers ( 1 - 36, Zero and double Zero ). There are 18 red numbers, 18 black numbers and 2 green numbers. The player may bet on any single number, receiving a payoff of 35 to 1. If the player's chip is touching more than one number it would be as if more than one bet were placed. ( if a $10.0 chip was touching the four and seven, then it would be as if a $5.0 four bet and a $5.0 seven bet had been placed ). The player can also bet on up to four numbers in this manner. At the end of the numbers are the column bets. These pay 2 to 1, if any number in the column is hit then it is a winner. The Zero and double zero only count for bets placed on them. They will not pay for any outside or column bets. An "outside" bet is a bet which is placed on anything besides a number. ( 1st 12, red, black, odd, etc. ) The 3 groups of 12 also pay 2 to 1. The rest of the outside bets ( 1-18, even, red, black, odd, 19-36 ) all pay even money.