Craps small portion (less than 50%) of each shoe is usually dealt in order to protect the house. In a similar variation, cards representing dice are dealt directly from a continuous shuffling machine (CSM). Typically, the CSM will hold approximately 264 cards, or 44 sets of 1 through 6 spot cards. Two cards are dealt from the CSM for each roll. The game is played exactly as regular craps, but the roll distribution of the remaining cards in the CSM is slightly skewed from the normal symmetric distribution of dice. Even if the dealer were to shuffle each roll back into
Dice notation on both dice may be interpreted as either 0 or 100, depending on the game rules. The "d1000" (using three 10-sided dice) is occasionally also seen, although it is more common in wargames than role-playing games. A number of notational strategies exist for discarding only certain types of results. Some games extend the standard notation to A"d"X"(k"Y")+"B where, in addition to the above, Y is the number of dice kept (k) from the roll. Whether the dice omitted are the highest, lowest, or the player's choice depends on the game in question. 7th Sea and Legend of the Five Rings