In 1977 I was in AC with my dad…who loved to play the game of craps. He believed in pure luck, believed he was lucky and that he would one day break the casino. Of course, he lost more than he won. By sheer repetition, he learned some of the techniques that GTC teaches, but he lacked an understanding of the math of the game. He pressed too much. He bet everyone. As I look back now, he was doomed to lose. He and I just didn’t know it then.
One night, in 1977 after I had graduated college and was going to start law school , I went with my dad to AC. Quickly, he had a big roll and so did another guy and another guy. It was all random except that these men had some technique by sheer repetition. For example, they were all soft touch shooters. And they set the dice….my dad did 3’s on top. He had over the years learned like a Pavlovian dog that he was more successful this way. He just never understood the details or the math of the game.
In any event, he colors up 80g. And he gives me 40g and says: Use this to pay for law school.
At the time, the entire 3 years of law school was 45g, so I was happy to take the 40. I went to the room and went to sleep. Dad stayed at the casino with his 40g.
A few hours later, I hear him rummaging in the room. I knew this was not good. I had hid the 40. He wasn’t going to find it without waking me. When he came to the bed, I could feel him over me. Quietly, he said: Son, where is the 40g. I ignored him and made believe I was sleeping. Again he asked, this time a little louder: Son, where is the 40g. When I did not answer, he shook me. I looked up at him and lied: I said I lost the money at another casino. I thought he would explode. He looked sick. I told him that I was joking. With that he said to give him the 40g. I said: Dad, this is to pay for my tuition. You lost 40g and now you will lose this. He said he already lost it all and had markers he needed the 40g for. I told him that if he took the money, I would go home and never play craps with him again. He looked for moment and then said he wanted the money. I gave it to him. He left the room. I called for a ride home and left him there…..
It took me 10 years to pay off my law school loan. I swore that one day I would get that money back somehow. I promised myself I would find a way to get that money back.
I never really played craps again with my dad ( but that is another story). Dad passed away in 2006. Sometime thereafter, a friend sent me an article that had appeared in Playboy Magazine about GTC.
I read the article and was amazed that there were a lot of similarities with the way my dad used to shoot. I bought Dice Revolution by Dom and became intrigued. I felt that I may have found the way to get that 40g back. After reading the book, I went to AC and tried my luck. I had some initial success but I did not learn enough from the book alone. I started taking the classes and reading all the books. Now, 4 years later, I can say that GTC helped me fulfill the promise. The casino’s finally have paid for my law school education. Thanks GTC.
My only regret is that I did not pick this up sooner….so I could have shared it with my dad….and we could have played together again….as winners.

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