loaded dices..but how?

[Paullus Scipio]

Gee, there are myriad ways to load dice..... there's " inside work" - percentage dice, passers, missouts, tappers dead numbers, spot loads( referred to above),......and 'loads' can all be done with modern, transparent dice...
...then there's "outside work" - shapes, bricks and flats, bevels, suction dice, capped dice, slick dice, trip dice, raised edge work, cut-edge work, heavy paint, the pin gaff, "rollers"....the list goes on and on. :lol:
..Then of course, they can be loaded high or low, to win or lose, etc.....and clever sharks have several sets, to vary the 'load' so the 'Mark' doesn't catch on and the shark is able to switch them in and out by sleight- of -hand...

That would be too easy to see. I mean the lead-weighted ones, with a metal piece inside.

....oh, no it wouldn't! dice can be cut and restored so that you can't see the join, even with a magnifying glass !! A common one, rather than lead, is to use a mercury load ( a 'tapper'). A dumbell shape with one end in the centre is drilled and a little oil ( for lubrication) and mercury added. With the mercury placed in the centre, the dice is fair and surface tension prevents the mercury moving - like this the dice passes any 'balance test' too. When he needs 'Lucky seven' ( or 'Venus' if you are Roman) the sharp taps the dice sharply "for luck" , pauses while the mercury shifts and 'Bingo!', makes his throw...a tap on the opposite side/corner re -centres the load......... D lol:
I have even (many years ago) caught ardent wargamers using loaded dice in a competition... hock: :evil: :twisted: