I’ve heard of beginner’s luck, but this is crazy. A New Jersey woman named Patricia Demauro, who’d only played once before, hit a craps table in the Borgata casino in Atlantic City and broke a twenty year old record. She started rolling, and kept her run going for four hours and eighteen minutes. She rolled the dice 154 times before finally losing, and being recognized by the casino with a champagne toast.

The old record was set in Las Vegas twenty years ago, but she didn’t just beat it, she annihilated it by one hour and twelve minutes. Ms. Demauruo bought into the game for $100, and once she got on a roll, was quickly surrounded by a crowd of well-wishers for her record-setting roll. The casino wouldn’t announce exactly how much she won, but if she played for that long before losing, let’s just it was a whole lot.

Feeling lucky yourself? Then check out our Craps table and try a few rolls of your own. And if you too are a beginner at the game, it’s easy to learn how to play. Get started with Part 1 of our Craps Strategy Guide.

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