Object

Royale Casino Loaded Craps Dice

A pair of standard casino craps dice—small acrylic cubes, fingernail-sized pips, and the faint sheen of heavy-use plastic—showing subtle tampering: microscopic balance shifts and a faint edge polish that bias roll outcomes. Players handle them with ritual gestures; Vanessa physically rolls while Data inspects and, with precise manipulations, corrects their imbalance. Chips and plaques pile forward as winning totals materialize, and the croupier and assistant manager react with stunned disbelief.

3 appearances

Purpose

To produce numeric outcomes for wagers at the casino craps table, resolving bets and determining payouts through physical dice rolls.

Significance

Function as the narrative pivot: their engineered bias creates a deterministic cruelty that Data overturns, enabling a mathematically precise winning streak. That reversal supplies the exact sum required for Riker's legal purchase claim, converting a rigged system into tactical leverage and powering the away team's escape.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

3 moments

S2E12 · The Royale

Loaded Dice, Legal Fiction

The loaded craps dice are the technical clue Data detects; he physically adjusts their balance with calibrated pressure, then uses controlled rolls to produce specific outcomes that convert statistical bias into a guaranteed bankroll large enough to buy the hotel.

Before: In play on the craps table, biased and manipulated to produce unfair results (previous snake eyes), held by players and croupier.

After: Handled by Data during the streak, then returned to table circulation implicitly; their imbalance has been temporarily compensated by Data's interventions.

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S2E12 · The Royale

Loaded Dice, Legal Title

The loaded craps dice are the technical clue Data inspects; he detects imbalance, applies android manipulation to 'repair' them, then uses controlled rolls to generate successive winning outcomes that produce the required monetary total.

Before: Physically tampered and improperly balanced, in play at the craps table and handled by various players (Vanessa, Texas).

After: Returned to fairer balance under Data's manipulation and used to produce controlled outcomes while briefly remaining in Data's possession during his hot streak.

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S2E12 · The Royale

The Buyout and the Revolving Door

The loaded craps dice are central: Data diagnoses their bias, physically 'repairs' them with precise pressure and rolls them to produce a controlled succession of winners that escalates the casino total to the purchase threshold.

Before: In circulation on the craps table, used by patrons; microscopically imbalanced and producing unfair results.

After: Handled by Data and then returned to casino staff control implicitly; their tampering has been exploited to achieve the bankroll target and are no longer the focus once the team departs.

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