We were in Tunica last year, and I was blocking for you. I promptly made a passline bet with full odds right where you were throwing your dice. The dealer asked me why I put my chips in your way. I could have crawled under the table. 😳

A craps throwing woman was at the end of the table one evening with a low cut dress. And, well, you can imagine the laughter when one dice bounced up and went down the dress. She had to reach in to retrieve it. They asked the shooter if he wanted new dice and he said no, but could she put the other die there for good luck ! More laughter. Then, 7-out and the laughter turned to "I told you so’s" as in I told you to come down.

Gameday, your story reminded me of a similar situation I had several years ago. We were playing at a rather empty table when a young lady–who was definitely facing the right way when the Good Lord was passing out bosons—walked up to the end of the table. She was a real ding bat who would lead way over the table when she threw the dice and let’s say she was about to fall out of her blouse. Every time she rolled, the dealer at our end of the table would lead out real far for a better "look." After about 4 throws, he was leaning out so far that his feet sled out from under him and he fell into the table. Talk about laughing.

Doc

For many years while playing next to Doc at sl1 whenever he would seven out, He would pick
up his chips and head to a blackjack table, and as he left the dealer would say. Sir your come bet, he
couldn’t hear the dealer so I would tell the dealer that "I will give them to him" . Twenty dollars every time
he left was very profitable.

Goldfinger

Goldfinger, thanks for reminding me of that. I am a calmer now and don’t leave mad as I used to when I though I should win every time. By the way I will collect the money you owe me next time we meet plus the 5% interest. Thanks for reminding of my investment.

Doc

If you had stayed a little longer the last time I played w/ you two, you could have collected it from his great roll 😀

Anyone ever see this one.
While at a table a RR shot the dice. One landed flat about 2 inches from the back wall. The other went up and came down directly on the other dice. There was a 5 on the top die. But you could not see the upper face of the bottom die.
The table stopped for a moment. No one seemed sure what to do. Some players were calling for it to be a roll. I was trying to figure out what was on the hidden top. There was a 1-4 facing me on the bottom die. It could have been either a 2 or a 5, I could not be sure. I wanted it to be a no roll.
That is what the box called. No roll. I still am not sure what it was because of the way the stickman quickly pulled the dice when the box called a no roll. I only wished I had thought to take a photo of this.
Never saw it before and have never seen it happen since.

Each state has its own rule to determine what constitutes a valid roll. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Colorado and New Zealand all have the same rule regarding one die coming to rest on top of the other die. In those locations it would be called a No Roll. New Jersey gaming regulation 19:47-1.9(a) states:

A roll of the dice shall be invalid whenever either or both of the dice go off the table or whenever one die comes to rest on top of the other. — NJ 19:47-1.9(a)

Following is the link to Chapter 47 of the New Jersey gaming regulations for Craps and Mini-Craps:

http://www.state.nj.us/casinos/actreg/reg/docs_chapter47/c47s01.pdf

I have read that in Las Vegas they would remove the top die to see what number was facing up on the bottom die and call it a valid roll. So Nevada may have different regulations.

Skinny,
I should have guessed you would know where to find a definitive answer to this most unusual situation.
When it happened, the table went silent and for a moment it felt as if no one knew what to do.

Thanks for the information.

More than a few times (before GTC) a dealer would give me more money than I was owed on a pass line 6 or 8 bet. Like an idiot I mentioned the discrepancy, threw the extra chips back towards the dealer and would say "you gave me too much". Thanks to joining GTC now I know better….. if the casino pays you more than you are supposed to get you DO NOT have to give that back!!!!

Colorado took its rules almost verbatim from New Jersey. Nevada is the legal leader in gambling rules but we took NJ’s. They work ok. Except for player controlled bets. One casino’s pit boss complained to the commission that another casino’s dealers were making bets for themselves so the player controlled bets are down for now. I will be going to the commission meeting in November to dispute that claim. I have always seen them to ask the player where it is to go. Little bickering drives me nuts and I understand this pit ass has recently come from LV. Do tell.

Back to the subject. Ever had gas at the table?

OMC

OMC,
Wouldn’t that affect the speed of the toss? LOL

This has nothing to do with gas, but once when I was at a table during the wee hours, it got to only 3 players. The pit came over and announced that they were closing half the table. This was after a few good, but not great rolls I had from SL1. I was forced to move over to SR1, which was open. I remember my reaction. I tried to keep my cool. Stay in the game. Remember what GTC teaches. Although I was not happy, I do practice from time to time from SR1 so I was not flustered. Turned out OK, as I had one good roll from SR1 and called it a night.

Pit creature said he was closing half of the table because it was slow and he was sending the dealer to relieve on the BJ table.

Yes it changes the speed of the delivery. Slows it down if immediately pending or speeds it up if in between. If not the thrower it is a good time to go to the men’s room and purge the problem. Or go home. Depends on the severity. Or the potent-ness of the wind.

OMC

Once an obviously inebriated woman pick up all 5 dice and threw then down the table. Without missing a beat the stick called "18".

😆

I wonder if they were all the same number he would have called Yahtzee?

I heard of a shooter who kept a "loaded/illegal" die hidden in his hand and would exchange it for the good die. By mistake he through all 3 dice and the dealer called "your point is 16."

I often wonder if he was put in jail.

Dc

Thanks for this thread Dr. Thinking back on my playing days in Vegas I can think of the incident that prompted my becoming a craps player. I am playing blackjack for the first (and last) time ever back before I learned how to play craps. I am sitting at a table in the last position. Dealer is showing a six, I have a face card and then she hits me with another face card, so what do I do? Hold right? Nope. Split the kings. EVERYONE at the table meaning my brother, my friend, and two random players look at me with that "are you nuts?" look on their faces. My friend is saying "dude, dealer is showing a 6, you don’t hit on that". I tell him you play your way, I’ll play my way. I get a 7 and an 8. Dealer flips. Face card. And of course next card is a 5. The whole table practically killed me. I picked up my chips, walked to a craps table, and have been a craps player ever since . . .

A couple of years ago, I find myself on a weekend morning, about 7am, at a hotel in AC. While I am shooting at SL1, on a decent roll, a guy in a bathrobe and shower cap walks up to the table. Everyone is laughing and I am trying to keep my focus. But even I am shocked. I thought he was a crazy man. He totally disrupted the table. Bought in immediately. Stopped the flow and everyone but me thought it was a big joke. Of course, with focus shattered, the roll did not last much longer. I colored up and left. I just thought the guy was crazy.

A few months later, at a different casino, this time at night, the same guy shows up. Now he is with 3 other guys. One is a heavy that buys in for 5g. The others buy in for 300 to 500. The crazy man is dressed in a Hawaiian print shirt and a straw fedora type hat. Pineapples on the shirt. All the guys are loud and boisterous. I realize that the other guys were also at the table when I first encountered him. These guys were hooting and hollering and laughing as they each threw the dice and each one had terrible rolls. They all went broke before the dice came back to me. I didn’t lose a penny on them because I was 5 counting.

Table got somewhat hot and they were not there. If you ever see this guy in AC, best to stay away entirely or 5 count him. Just makes you wonder how this crew has the money to keep coming back.

What is next? Does he come to the table in a spacesuit?

TM