Reply #30: Very true, and I find craps hideously dull

[Awsi Dooger]

It's certainly popular. When you hear a sudden roar in a casino it's always from the craps table, someone rolling the number. Seemingly everyone plays the pass line even though don't pass is slightly better odds.

I only played for one extended period, about 6 hours one night when I visited Las Vegas during college. I played don't pass steadily and more or less broke even. I forget if I was a few bucks ahead or behind. After that I never cared about the game.

Celebrities seem to love craps. I've seen Mike Ditka playing frequently.

But as someone who lives here, poker and sports betting are where you have a chance to overcome house odds in the long run, some input and control.

If Obama's playing for $1 among friends, that doesn't even qualify as gambling.

McCain is hardly a friend to legalized gambling. Several years ago he tried to ban college sports betting in Nevada sportsbooks. He was obsessed for years. Harry Reid literally had to stay in the senate floor back in the shadows late into the night, just in case McCain tried to attach his bill at the last minute to something unrelated and obscure.