Here is something exciting. It is one of those things that you can try each time that you go on a trip... perhaps the two or three times a year that you go to Vegas or whatever place to which you go... it is like playing the lottery... someday you may hit. I got this idea from "listening" to Eddie on the newsgroup (rec.gambling.craps). His thinking is beginning to rub off on me. Here is a hint. You might try looking for a person who seems able to control the dice. Some people throw more 2's or 12's than others because they control the dice. If you believe this, and you find a person like that, then try this method. You are looking for three twelves or twos in a row... in my example I am using the twelves... you could go for more, but I would be satisfied at this point with a mere three twelves in a row. Now, this is how it works. Look for bets on the dice table that pay high odds.
I would suggest the 2 or the 12 craps. They pay 30 to 1. As I said before, for this example, we will try it with the twelve. I did it on WinCraps to get these numbers. You decide to "invest" perhaps $100 for this trip. Make $5 bets. You can do it with dollar bets and the same $100 (make a hundred bets), or $5 bets and $200... whatever fits into your budget. Forty $5 bets with $200 sounds like something that most players can afford to lose in order to try to win over $7500... right? You are buying 40 "chances" to win that $7500. To be fair with you, please notice that 7500 divided by 40 is 187.5. That means that you only have one chance in about 188 of winning this $7500. Then 7500 divided by 200 is 37.5. So, the odds against you are about 9%... remember that on a pass bet it is only 1.4%. I am ignoring the money that you take out if either or both of the first two bets win... that makes it a little better. In any event, it is not a good bet... but a lot of fun. This is also why I suggest looking for a person who can somewhat control the dice. This will even things out some more.
Let's say that you decided on going for the twelves with a $5 bet each time. If you win the first bet you will have $150 sitting there on the table. Remove $100... that is half of your original bankroll, and now the most that you can lose on this "experiment" is $100... that is with just one winner in the 40 bets that you are ready to make. You have one chance in 36 of winning, so the odds are in your favor that you will not lose over $100 on any trip. Notice that I am talking about losing and not winning! Alright, you now bet $50 on the twelve for this one roll only (the one right after a winner). If it loses... you should probably just stop. If you hit the first 12 close to the beginning you will be winning money, but the most that you can be losing is $100. That is a good time to stop. But if that $50 bet wins, then you will have $1550 (plus the $100 that you previously removed). Your next bet will be $200... so you remove another $1350 from the table... you cannot lose that back on this trip... and it will pay for many of your future trips on which you can try this method again. You have now removed $100 plus $1350 for a total of $1450 and have a $200 bet on the twelve. All that you have seen win is two rolls of the dice on 12's. Suppose that this third one wins! You now have $6200 on the table, which is your $200 bet and $6000 winnings. This is a total of $7650 in winnings with just three rolls of the dice... each of the three, of course, was a twelve.
Doesn't that sound like a lot of excitement? If you are a person who knows that the odds are against you, but you like the rush of a big hit... this is for you. Maybe you should keep good records when you lose, so that you can explain it to the tax man and deduct the losses from the winnings (for the same tax year).