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"Mr.
Craps" to You.
Hawaiian Man Sets World Record
Copyright ©
2006 -by Marsha Hunt Flanders
On May 28, 1989
a record fell.
An Hawaiian man came walking into The
California Hotel and Casino in downtown Las Vegas. This Boyd
property hosted Mr. Stanley "Golden Arm" Fujitake's craps roll
while he set a new world record.
It was a verified three-hour-six-minute roll, with 18 pass line wins and
an estimated table win of about $750,000. High-rolling craps players
from all over downtown Vegas heard the news and came over to bet in this
super streak, so Golden Arm wasn't the only big winner that day. Can you
even fathom such a roll? The noise from the cheers must have been deafening.
An interesting aside about "Mr. Golden Arm" is the club
that sprang up after his famous roll. Every year club members meet
to introduce new members to "The Golden Arm Club" and celebrate the
"Master's" famous roll. Do you suppose that there are
special requirements to gain entry in the club? Do you have to do a
one-hour roll yourself? Do you have to be able to cite Craps odds
and pass some kind of special Craps test? I suspect entry
requirements are rather lax.
Unfortunately, Mr. Fujitake has now passed
on to the Great Craps Table In The Sky, so we'll never know many
details about that famous day. In addition to his famous 1989 roll, Stanley is rumored to have had a two hour session at
another casino. (Evidence of that feat is hard to come by.)
Speaking of evidence, the marketing department of The Cal does verify the
1989 record.
What people cannot verify, however, is the decidedly strange thing that
happened after the roll. Rumor has it the
craps table was taken into the alley and burned by casino staff. I
suppose that confirms what I have long suspected... That even Las
Vegas management believes in luck (good or bad), despite all their cool
talk about house edge and probability.
Stanley, we who throw the dice
salute you!
Copyright ©
2006 -by Marsha Hunt Flanders
Marsha is a writer for
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