Shooting Craps in Vegas

I've been to Las Vegas a few times, and I love that town. Just the way things are handled there seem pretty cool. to me. I once walked from the Stratosphere Hotel halfway down the strip all the way to Binions on the north end of the strip. The whole way, I had a glass of whiskey in my hand and I was alone. I didn't get molested or fucked with at all, amazingly enough. I've heard stories of people getting mugged if they stray too far from the casinos.

On one trip, I was staying at the Imperial Palace, and after 2 days, I was down $800. I had gotten VERY drunk the night before, and went to bed around 5:30 am. I woke up at 8:30 am, completely sober and awake. I still don't know how that happened.

I decided that I was hungry, and went downstairs to the casino next door to get some breakfast. I still had about $100 left, and decided that if I lost that money, I wouldn't gamble any more. On my way to breakfast, I noticed my friend's dad, Gene, playing Craps. I had never played craps before, and neither had he. One of the dealers was giving him pointers, so I joined him.

After a little while, we were both up a little money, and were doing pretty well. People started gathering around the table, and joining in on the fun. My stack of chips started growing. Then, we got on a cold streak, and I was down to my original $100. I told Gene that if I lost that, I was done.

Then, we got on a heater.

There were 16 people playing on the table, and we were all winning. Normally, a player rolls for very little time. 10 minutes is usually a nice run for people to make money on. That's because it's pretty easy to "crap out" by rolling a 7 before hitting your point.

If you don't know what I'm talking about, look up the rules.

Gene rolled for almost an hour. He kept hitting point after point. Everyone on the table was winning. We won so much, that they had to refill all the chips. If you've ever passed by a craps table, you see a lot of chips by the boss. They almost ran out.

In 4 hours of shooting craps, I went from $100, to $1200. We had a great time, and made a bunch of money.

Another time I was down there with a couple friends of mine, Maureen and Jeremy. Maureen decided that they were going to take me to a concert as a surprise. They took me to see Richard Cheese. I'll tell ya, that guy can put on a show! He's an asshole in person, but that's another story.

We go to the show about an hour and a half early, and they wanted to look around. I, on the other hand, went straight to a craps table. In an hour, I turned $100 to $500. There were about 10 people on the table, and nobody would roll except for me and the guy on the other end of the table. We kept rolling, and people kept making money off of us. It was glorious.