There were different ways of throwing dice. There was the
'Stamp'--when the caster with an elastic spring of the wrist
rapped the cornet or box with vehemence on the table, the dice as
yet not appearing from under the box. The 'Dribble' was, when
with an air of easy but ingenious motion, the caster poured, as
it were, the dice on the board--when, if he happened to be an old
practitioner, he might suddenly cog with his fore-finger one of
the cubes. The 'Long Gallery' was when the dice were flung or
hurled the whole length of the board. Sometimes the dice were
thrown off the table, near a confederate, who, in picking them
up, changed one of the fair for a false die with two sixes. This
was generally done at the first throw, and at the last, when the
fair die was replaced. The sixes were on the opposite squares,
so that the fraud could only be detected by examination. Of
course this trick could only be practised at raffles, where only
three throws are required.
A pair of false dice was arranged as follows:--
{Two fours
On one die, {Two fives
{Two sixes
{Two fives
On the other, {Two threes
{Two aces
With these dice it was impossible to throw what is at Hazard
denominated Crabs, or a losing game--that is, aces, or ace and
deuce, twelve, or seven.
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