Musical Dice -- My Craps Blog

     One of the most magnificent moments OF MY LIFE occurred this particular night at the Monte Carlo casino in Las Vegas. After winning $115 at the blackjack table, and losing $100 of it at a craps table, I was about to leave $15 ahead, when I decided instead to buy in for another 100 at a different table. I got the 100 I lost back, plus maybe 30 or 40 more, and I was about to leave, when the dealer pushed the dice my way, and asked if I wanted to shoot. Since I was a little bit ahead overall, regarding craps here, I said "Why not?" That's when it happened! I held the dice for a super long time, apparently. I started out with 5-dollar levels on all the place bets, then pressed them up to 10, then 15, then to 25, where they stayed for quite some time, before finally pressing them up to 50. I kept my total initial investment of $200 in the top groove, and the bottom groove was where I kept my profits. I was astounded to see that bottom groove filling up with mostly green chips! Even better yet, especially in the last half of my time holding the dice, there were at least a dozen people cheering my every roll of the dice, even cheering me on, as I was shaking up the dice! The way they were cheering, every time I rolled everything but a losing 7, I felt like I was a rock star, or something. The only other time I'd felt like this, was over a year earlier, when I bowled a perfect 300 in league, and the whole house erupted in cheering. When I finally crapped out, the pit boss told me that I'd held on to the dice for 40 minutes, which I'm sure meant that I'd shot over 40 times. I haven't yet been able to match that when I started dice-setting, years later. I ended up leaving the table with $1650, for a total profit at the Monte Carlo of $1565. At the time, it was my biggest win, but that changed 8½ months later, but this is still my best gambling moment!