I'm brand new to Java and need help implementing this dice game for a homework assignment! Please help me, I do not know where to start.

For this lab, you will write a small simulator on the simplest version of the dice game called Craps: http://casinogambling.about.com/od/craps/a/craps101.htm

Specifically, you will implement the Passline Bet version of craps. Using two six-sided die, the rules are as follows:

You place your bet on the passline before a new shooter begins his roll. This is known as the come out roll. If the shooter rolls a 7 or 11 you win. If the shooter rolls a 2, 3 or 12, you lose. If the shooter rolls any other number, that number becomes the point number.

The shooter must roll that number again before a seven is rolled. If that happens, you win even money for your passline bet. If a seven is rolled before the point number is rolled again, you lose.

When the user rolls a 7 or 11 on the first roll, this is known as Natural. When the user rolls a 2, 3, or 12 on the first roll, this is known as Craps.

Your simulation will prompt the user for their name, the amount of money the user brings to the table, and the amount of money the user wants to bet. The simulation will continuously run by placing the bet amount continuously until the users balance is $0. A sample output (with some error cases) for this is as follows (bold text indicates user input):

Welcome to SimCraps! Enter your user name: John

Hello John!

Enter the amount of money you will bring to the table: 1000

Enter the bet amount between $1 and $1000: 1001

Invalid bet! Please enter a bet between $1 and $1000: -2

Invalid bet! Please enter a bet between $1 and $1000: 10000

The username can be any String (must include at least 1 non-space character). You can assume that the user will only enter a valid Integer value for the initial balance brought to the table. However, your program must check that the bet amount is in a valid range between $1 and the users balance. You must also check and make sure that the bet amount throughout the simulation never exceeds the users remaining balance. For example, if the original bet was $100 and you only have a balance $50, then the bet for that game will be $50. If you win, and your balance is back up to $100, the next bet will be maxed at your original bet of $100.

During the games played in the simulation, you will need to print out the actions to the console (i.e. what the user is rolling, if the user won, if the user lost, what the user is betting, and what the users current balance is). A sample output for a few games of craps is as follows:

John bets $100

Rolled a 5

Rolled a 7

*****Crap out! You lose.*****

John's balance: 900. Playing a new game...

John bets $100

Rolled a 8

Rolled a 6

Rolled a 4

Rolled a 6

Rolled a 8

*****Rolled the point! You win!***** John's balance: 1000. Playing a new game...

Johns bets $100

Rolled a 3

*****Craps! You lose.*****

John's balance: 900. Playing a new game...

John bets $100

Rolled a 7

*****Natural! You win!*****

Once the simulation is over, your program will print out statistics of the entire simulation. The stats you need to keep track of are:

- Number of games played

- Number of games won

- Number of games lost

- Maximum number of rolls in a single game

- Natural roll count

- Craps roll count

- Maximum winning streak

- Maximum losing streak

- Maximum balance throughout simulation

- The game number when the Maximum balance was obtained

After the statistics are printed out, the program will prompt the user to run another simulation or not. If the user chooses not to, your program should terminate. If the user wants to run another, then the simulation is rerun and starts by asking the user for their name, balance, and bet. Your program must check to see if the user input is valid (lower-case / upper-case responses are valid).

A sample output of what the statistics should look like starting at the last game in the simulation is:

John's balance: 100. Playing a new game...

Mustafa bets $100

Rolled a 9

Rolled a 8

Rolled a 6

Rolled a 7

*****Crap out! You lose.***** John's balance: $0

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*** SIMULATION STATISTICS ***

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Games played: 230

Games won: 110

Games lost: 120

Maximum Rolls in a single game: 29

Natural Count: 44

Craps Count: 25

Maximum Winning Streak: 9

Maximum Loosing Streak: 7

Maximum balance: 2100 during game 97

Replay? Enter 'y' or 'n': n

There are many ways to structure / organize your code and I will provide some requirements for you to follow. Some objects to implement are:

Lab2.java

- Contains the main method. All it does is construct a CrapsSimulation object and calls .start() on it.

CrapsSimulation.javaA

- class representing all the information for the Simulation. This includes:

- A CrapsGame object

- A CrapsMetricsMonitor object

- The users name

- The users balance

- The users bet

- The current win streak

- The current lose streak

Public methods that this class must implement are:

CrapsSimulation()

- Constructor that initializes all fields to default values and constructs any objects used (i.e. Scanner, CrapsMetricsMonitor, )

void start()

- Main loop of a single simulation run.

- This is where the user inputs their name, balance, and bet, runs the simulation, and continues to do so if the user wants to run it again.

CrapsGame.javaA

- class representing all the information for a single craps game. This includes:

- Number of times a roll happened

- A CrapsMetricsMonitor object

- Public methods that this class must implement are:

- CrapsGame(CrapsMetricsMonitor monitor)

- Constructor that initializes the class fields. A CrapsMetricsMonitor is passed into the constructor since there are specific stats within a single game that must be updated (and the same object should be used for all metrics in the simulation).

- boolean playGame()

- Contains the algorithm for an actual game.

CrapsMetricsMonitor.java

- A class representing all of the statistics gathered during a single simulation.

Public methods:

Any methods you need to update / increment / decrement the class fields. These should be called throughout your simulation.

- void printStatistics()

- Prints all of the statistics for the simulation (see sample output).

- void reset()

- A method to reset the state of the CrapsMetricsMonitor object. This will be called if the user wants to start a new simulation after one was just completed.