Players find up and down sides of streaks at craps and roulette – Atlantic City Weekly

Jimmys first roll was an 8, just like youd hope. Next roll looked good out of his hand, but the dice stopped on 4-3. ANOTHER point-7.

I was betting $10 on pass, then $10 on come. I lost all the passes, but won the comes on the 7s.

But I lost my odds. It was a 3x, 4x, 5x table, so I lost $30 in odds on the 4, $40 on the 9 and $50 each on the two 6s and the 8s. In all, I lost $220 in that stretch without a single pass. Awful.

I stuck around to see if I could repeat my good roll. I did make a point to break the streak, but sevened-out right after. Time to leave.

ROSA: I dont usually bet single numbers. Im a red or black, odd or even kind of girl.

But the board at the roulette wheel showed the number was 6 the last two times and three of the last eight. Also, twice in the last 10 the number was 18.

My birthday is 6-18, so I said to myself, Self, if youre ever going to risk single numbers, this is the time.

Instead of $10 on red and $10 on odd, I bet $10 on 6 and $10 on 18.

Six came up right away, so I had a 35-1 payoff. Next was an 18, so I won 35-1 again.

Id never won more than $200 in a session, and here I was with $700. I thought would faint.

I decided to double up for one last bet, $20 each on 6 and 18, and 6 came up again! I won $1,400. I was so nervous, my hands were shaking..

I just couldnt go on. I took the money and ran. I didnt even want to know if the streak went on. I just needed to calm down. I may never play single numbers again, but wow, that was exciting.

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