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Patricia Demauro
of Denville, New Jersey
May 23th 2009
at The Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa
Atlantic City, New Jersey
4 Hours and 18 Minutes
154 Rolls
25 Pass Line Wins
Estimated Table Win – $180,000
Notes from Various Sources:
The time, number of rolls, number of pass line wins and estimated table win havebeen sustantiated to the author of this web site, each item, by two or more reliablesources.
Patricia Demauro set a new record for the longest craps roll, hanging on for fourhours and 18 minutes at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa. Borgata officials say shebeat the previous record by one hour and 12 minutes. They say Stanley Fujitake ofHonolulu, set that record nearly 20 years ago in Las Vegas. 'This was only my secondtime playing craps, so this was very exciting for me to be a part of history,' saysDemauro, who lives in Denville in northern New Jersey. [1]
Patricia Demauro set a record for the longest craps roll, hanging on for 4 hoursand 18 minutes at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa. Borgata officials say she beatthe previous record by an hour and 12 minutes. 'This was only my second time playingcraps, so this was very exciting for me,' said Demauro, who bought into a game for$100. She finally lost after 154 rolls of the dice and was greeted with a champagnetoast.[2]
A New Jersey woman, playing crapsfor only the second time, set a record for thelongest craps roll — 4 hours, 18 minutes, the Associated Press reports. It saysPatricia Demauro, of Denville, N.J., pulled off the feat at the Borgata Hotel Casino& Spa in Atlantic City, N.J., this weekend.[3]
Demauro, who lives in Denville, New Jersey, set a record over the weekend in AtlanticCity for the longest craps roll – four hours, 18 minutes. She blew away the oldrecord set in Las Vegas almost 20 years ago by an hour and 12 minutes. Demauro isa little stunned by it all since it was only the second time she's played craps.She bought into the game for $100, quickly amassed a cheering crowd, and more thanfour hours later was given a champagne toast.[4]
The Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City said Pat DeMauro, of Morris County,bought into the craps game for $100 Saturday and held the dice for four hours and18 minutes, besting the the three-hour, six-minute world record that has stood unchallengedsince May 28, 1989, The Press of Atlantic City reported Monday. DeMauro said therecord-breaking game was only her second time playing craps.[5]
There was finally some encouraging news to report. A Denville woman walkedinto the Borgata Hotel casino & Spa at around 8:30 PM. When she left the craps table,the night had turned to a new day. Patricia Demauro picked up the dice and beganplaying craps and she kept rolling, and rolling, and rolling. When she finally passedthe dice to another player, over four hours had elapsed. That set a new record forthe casino, which claims the old record was three hours and six minutes. 'This wasonly my second time playing craps,' said Demauro, 'so this was very exciting forme to be part of history.' It was also exciting for the groups of people that watchedher play, cheering her on with each roll, 154 of them in all.[6]
Patricia Demauro hung on to the dice for four hours and 18 minutes, shattering theprevious record by one hour and 12 minutes. As a cheering mass grew, Demauro keptLady Luck on her side despite not having much experience. 'This was only my secondtime playing craps, so this was very exciting for me to be a part of history,' saysDemauro, who lives in Denville in northern New Jersey.[7]
Luck sure was a lady to Patricia DeMauro of Denville, New Jersey. DeMauro thoughtshe'd try craps, for the second time in her life, on Saturday night. She startedrolling the dice and stopped four hours and 18 minutes later. In a game that mostplayers can't sustain for more than an hour, her win has been compared to a perfectgame in baseball, but rarer.[8]
A player Saturday night at an Atlantic City casino set a new record for continuousplay at craps, holding the dice for over four hours. Patricia Demauro went on aserious roll, taking the dice and casting them without losing for four hours andeighteen minutes.[9]
Officials at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City said the woman boughtinto the craps game for $100 on Saturday. She then proceeded to make the 154 rolls,spanning 4 hours and 18 minutes, before failing to make her point by rolling thedastardly '7' and crapping out. Neither the casino nor DeMauro declared how muchmoney she won during the streak. She did state this was only her second attemptto play the craps tables, and that with her winnings she was going to take her grandkidsto Disney World. The casino treated DeMauro and her friend to champagne, dinner,and a free room to further celebrate her run on the table.[10]
The previous record for longest craps roll was held by Stanley Fujitake, of Honolulu,at 3 hours and 6 minutes, and it took place May 28, 1989, at the California Hotel& Casino in Las Vegas. DeMauro said Sunday night it was only her second time playingcraps. She was at the Borgata with a friend who offered to teach her the game. Theywent to a $10-minimum table, and her friend and another woman quickly lost theirturns.[11] The AP says the previous record was 3 hours, 6 minutes set nearly 20years ago at a Las Vegas casino. The AP says Demauro bought into a game for $100at 8:13 p.m. and quickly drew a cheering crowd until she 'sevened out' about 12:31a.m. – after 154 rolls of the dice. Neither Demauro nor the casino would disclosehow much she won during her marathon.[3] The previous record was set 20 years agoin Las Vegas — DeMauro beat it by an hour and 12 minutes. Neither Borgata nor DeMaurowould say how much she won but she did disclose how she's going to spend it — takingher daughter and three grandchildren to Disneyland.[8]
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Borgata officials said that bested the previous mark of 3 hours, 6 minutes set nearly20 years ago at a Las Vegas casino.[12]
The previous record, set in Las Vegas, is twenty years old and was over an hourshorter. That had been set by a Honolulu player in Las Vegas.[9]
Honolulu's Stanley Fujitake had the old mark of three hours and six minutes whenplaying in Las Vegas. 'This was only my second time playing craps, so this was veryexciting for me to be a part of history,' said Demauro, who lives in Denville innorthern New Jersey.[13] Demauro bought into a game for $100 at about 8:13 p.m.and quickly amassed a large crowd of cheering supporters. When she eventually 'sevenedout' around 12:31 a.m., after 154 rolls of the dice, she was greeted by Borgatawith a champagne toast. 'This was only my second time playing craps, so this wasvery exciting for me to be a part of history,' she said. The casino would not disclosehow much Demauro won during her stretch at the table.[14] Demauro began play shortlyafter eight at night at the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa. She didn't stop untilhalf past midnight, at which point the house saluted her with a champagne toast.A dealer from a neighboring casino said he had wandered through on his way home,when he saw a sizable crowd at the craps tables. 'I joined them, and found she hadbeen going already for more than three hours. The pit bosses were saying it mightbe a record, and she played for an hour after that,' he remarked. Demauro says sheis new to playing craps, having only tried the game once before, and she had beginner'sluck.[9]
I got on a roll and just kept going for about four and a half hours — and I waslearning the game as I went along, DeMauro said. Most of the men that were therewere really excited because I was bringing them good luck. DeMauro, who declinedto reveal how much money she made from the game — she said only that it was a goodnight — said Borgata officials approached her after the end of the hot streak andtreated her and a friend to Dom Perignon champagne, a free meal and a complimentarystay at the hotel. Borgata spokeswoman Noel Stevenson said that while the GuinnessBook of World Records does not list dice-shooting records, such accomplishmentsare recorded by several gaming organizations. STOKE, England, May 25 (UPI) — ABritish woman who bragged of her happy marriage on Facebook has admitted to fraudulentlycollecting welfare benefits for being a single parent, officials say. Claire Harbrone,35, Stoke, confessed to authorities that she lived with her husband while collectinghousing and tax benefits by claiming to be a single mom for nearly a year in 2006and 2007, The Sun reported. The Sun said Monday that a tip led investigators toher Facebook site and another on Friends United in which she talked about beinghappily wed and driving a swell Aston Martin car. The newspaper said Harborne hadno comment and slammed the door on the reporter who knocked on her door.[5]
Pat DeMauro bought into a craps game for $100 Saturday night and held the dice forfour hours and 18 minutes. She threw the dice 154 times before she finally ''sevenedout,'' Borgata officials said Sunday.[11] Demauro set a new record for the longestcraps roll four hours and 18 minutes of throwing numbers.[13] In one of the mostobvious examples of beginner's luck, a New Jersey woman set a new record for longestcraps roll in Atlantic City Saturday night.[7] On Saturday evening, May 23, at BorgataCasino in Atlantic City, Patricia Demauro played craps for the second time in herlife and rolled 154 numbers before sevening-out. This epic roll eclipsed the Captain'sprevious World Record of 147 numbers.[15] For all you high rollers out there, listento this, a nearly 20-year old record held by a Honolulu man was broken in the gameof 'Craps'. This time, Patricia Demauro was the shooter. Her hot hand rolled formore than four hours in Atlantic City.[16]
A newbie player at craps held the dice for over four hours at an Atlantic City casinoSaturday, setting a record for that form of gambling.[9]
ATLANTIC CITY '' A Morris County woman gave a whole new meaning to the expression''being on a roll,'' as she broke the world record for shooting dice at the BorgataHotel Casino & Spa.[11] I'm living for my donor. I feel it's my obligation to doit for her and her family. ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., May 25 (UPI) — A New Jersey womanbroke the world record for shooting dice by throwing the bones 154 times beforeshe sevened out, casino officials said.[5]
Pat DeMauro, a New Jersey grandma, hit the gaming tables this holiday weekend inAtlantic City for a 'little craps'. She ended up throwing the bones (shooting thedice) 154 times before crapping out by rolling a '7'.[10]
Everyone wanted to get in on the win.'' As she approached the two-hour mark, DeMaurosaid her friend told her about someone who held the dice for 21/2 hours at ResortsAtlantic City. He said she would beat that record.[11] Listed below are links toblogs that reference this entry: Patricia Demauro sets craps record in AtlanticCity.[7] Patricia Demauro is the dream of every person who has ever played craps.Unfortunately for us in Las Vegas, she did her damage to the house at the Borgatain Atlantic City.[13]
Dealers at craps tables keep track of how long each shooter holds the dice, andthe surveillance cameras can confirm it, Borgata spokeswoman Noel Stevenson said.Although the Guinness Book of World Records has no section for shooting dice, severalgaming organizations keep records of such events, Stevenson said. Even though DeMauro''slucky roll must have cost the Borgata a bundle, the casino was more than happy abouther streak. ''We are very excited to have hosted this moment for Ms. DeMauro andhave our property be a part of this historic event for the gaming industry,'' saidJoe Lupo Sr., vice president of operations for Borgata. [11] Demauro entered thegame with $100 and quickly drew a cheering crowd. She had 154 successful rolls ofthe dice before her record run ended around 12:31 a.m., complemented with a champagnetoast from the casino.[13] Demauro bought into a game for $100 and quickly amasseda cheering crowd. When she finally lost around 12:31 a.m., after 154 rolls of thedice, she was greeted by Borgata with a champagne toast.[1]
''I got on a roll and just kept going for about 41/2 hours '' and I was learningthe game as I went along,'' DeMauro said. ''Most of the men that were there werereally excited because I was bringing them good luck.'' As her streak continued,more players joined the game, DeMauro said. After she had been throwing the dicefor about an hour, a crowd began to form. ''They were in three or four people deep''around the table, DeMauro said.[11] Hey, all the stickman had to do was flick 1die off the table.next roll, out 7. works every time. I was at the table right nextto patsy and she rolled great. I see the comment about how much did the dealersget? Well considering all the money on the table and 1 of the dealers screwing upthe payouts and the effort of the borgata box man trying to hit the dice with hishand so she would 7 out. There lucky they received the $1,000 I tipped them. Twoof the dealers were really good 1 was totally out of his element,but seeing 3 boxpeople was crazy they tried everything to slow up those dice and to cause aggravationbut like i said SHE STUCK IT TO THE MAN. The truth is we all had a great night andno matter what type of distraction they threw at her she just kept rolling the dice.She had ice in her veins there was no rattling patsy, KARMA it was all about KARMA.[11]
''I''ve visited Borgata many times. and I always have a lot of fun.'' DeMaurodeclined to reveal how much money she and her friend won during her streak, exceptto say, ''It was a good night.''[11]
Even with all of the outside distractions, the Borgata was pleased that Demaurobrought some positive exposure to the city. The casino did not reveal how much shewon while playing for over four hours, but it was just the excitement that keptpeople watching.[6] Ms. Demauro's roll lasted four hours and 18 minutes and in termsof time also eclipsed Stanley Fujitake's record length of three hours and six minutes(118 numbers rolled).[15]
Saturday was a record-setting night for a novice craps player at an Atlantic City,N.J., casino.[2] A North Jersey grandmother entered the record books over the weekendafter a lucky streak at the Borgata Casino in Atlantic City.[8] Atlantic City casinoshave been on the downswing for over a year now. Their revenue figures that werereleased for April produced a decrease that created panic among many casino owners.[6]Atlantic City desperately was in need of some good press. Their casinos have beengetting hammered because of the economy, and it seems like nothing but bad luckhas been occurring in the city.[6]
The total number of rolls by Demauro without relinquishing the dice was 154. Thecasino would not say how much she won. [9] DeMauro said it was exciting to play.''It was really a great table to be at, great vibes from everybody,'' she said.When her lucky streak finally ended, Borgata staff came to take her picture andserve Dom Perignon champagne, DeMauro said. They treated the pair to dinner andoffered them a complimentary suite, which they''ll use on another visit. ''Thiswas very exciting for me to be a part of history,'' DeMauro told the Borgata staff.[11]
The previous craps world record was 3 hours and 6 minutes, and it stood for justshort of 10 years as it was set on May 28, 1989. While the Guinness Book of WorldRecords does not list craps records, there are several gaming organizations thatdo collect and report such gambling feats. [10] The achievement occurred last Saturdayand broke the previous record that stood for nearly 20 years.[13]
The manager called police and Jones was found by officers and arrested within hours,investigators said. VANDALIA, Ill., May 25 (UPI) — A 70-year-old Missouri womanwho received a heart transplant in 2001 said she lived a lifelong dream by skydivingin Vandalia, Ill. Judy Kaufman of Chesterfield said she jumped out of a plane at11,000 feet Sunday at the Archway Skydiving Center with her husband, two sons andgrandsons looking on from the ground, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Monday.It was the most exhilarating thing I've ever done, Kaufman said after her tandemjump. Kaufman, who lived with heart disease for 10 years before receiving her newheart in 2001, said she is not finished skydiving and hopes to jump with her teenagegrandsons as soon as they are old enough. People have to know that transplants givepeople a second chance to live, she said. [5] Hooray for the lucky lady. I onlywonder why if this was her second time playing craps, what did she usually playbefore then? Could it have been the slots? If so, why did she choose to try a newgame? Could it have been because no one ever wins ANYTHING anymore playing slots?[11]
SOURCES 1. The Associated Press: Craps player sets record at NJ casino 2. What acard! What a roll! – The Denver Post 3. N.J. woman sets record at craps table -On Deadline – USATODAY.com 4. Novice Sets Craps Roll Record | News10.net | Sacramento,California | What's Up With That 5. Watercooler Stories 6. Craps Player Rolls ForOver Four Hours At Atlantic City Casino 7. Patricia Demauro sets craps record inAtlantic City – Sports Pros(e) 8. KYW Newsradio 1060 Philadelphia – Historic HotStreak for NJ Woman at Borgata Craps Table 9. AC Casino Dice Record Set as GamblingStreak Lasts Four Hours 10. Grandma goes on 4 hour 18 minute CRAP! | Gather 11.Lucky lady makes craps history in Atlantic City 12. N.J. woman sets craps recordat Borgata casino | Philadelphia Inquirer | 05/25/2009 13. Casino Industry News,Gaming, Gambling News You Can Bet On – Story – Second time playing craps producesrecord run – GamingToday 14. Craps player sets record roll at Borgata casino – NJ.com15. Patricia Demauro Breaks The Captain's World Record 16. Craps: Shooting to aNew Record | KGMB9 News Hawaii | (KGMB9)
Stanley Fujitake (RunnerUp)
of Honolulu, Hawaii
May 28th 1989
at The California Hotel & Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada
3 Hours and 6 Minutes
118 Rolls
18 Pass Line Wins
Estimated Table Win – $750,000
Notes: Mr. Fujitake is now deceased. This Record is undisputed and is confirmed bythe Marketing Department at Boyd Gaming, owner of the Calfifornia Hotel property.The number of rolls, number of Pass Line wins and the total table winnings is alsoconfirmed at the Las Vegas Museum of History, which was at one time located nearthe Gift Shop at The Tropicana. Legend, however, has it that the total winningsmay have been as high as $1,200,000 and the the bulk of the winnings were not madeby the original players at the table, but because the roll was so long that wordspread to heavy hitter players who were at Binion's Horseshoe who had ample timeto take a short walk to The California to cash in on this gold mine. Reliable sourcescomprised of long time craps veterans in Vegas state that within the next day orso the table was taken out behind The California, chopped up into little piecesand burned. SO MUCH FOR LEGEND… The Bone Man, author and developer of this website, took it upon himself to check all of this out and in 2006 interviewed a floorpersonat The California who witnessed most of this famous roll. It was stated that theroll began in the late portion of the day shift and into the swing (night shift)and that when the day time shift bank was counted down the total table losses wereonly (compared to the $750,000 stated above in blue) $175,000. Very little elsewas paid out on winnings after the table bank audit according to this reliable source.The floorman also indicated that the original table is still there and was nevertaken out to be chopped up and burned. It is also interesting to note the numberof rolls (118) which very closely matches the still running Roll-A-Thon at the FremontCasino, also in Downtown Las Vegas, where the longest roll of record without a 7is 117 as stated by a reliable dealer there in May of 2007 and that promotion hasbeen running for about 5 years and is the only known record tracking promotion ofit's kind.
If you consider yourself to be a serious craps player, you probably know the details on your personal record for longest consecutive roll.
In a highly volatile game of chance like craps – which affords the average shooter just 8.5 rolls before they 'seven out' to end the table's fun – going on an extended streak of success as the shooter can be an unforgettable experience.
There you are playing baccarat, taking center stage while an entire looks on with bated breath as you prepare to roll. You've already hit a few point numbers to cash in Pass Line bets for your fellow players, so excitement is in the air. The dice keep tumbling and dodging the dreaded 7 with a point number set, landing on every alternative number a time or two to produce winners for the exotic bettors.
The clock keeps ticking and you keep rolling winners, and before you know it, you've just set a new highwater mark for your longest stretch as a shooter without sevening out. Eventually, the party ends when the dice show 4-3 on a 9 point, but no bother – you nearly managed to eclipse the one-hour plateau with a 53-minute roll.
In most Las Vegas casinos, a roll like that would cause an immediate buzz across the gaming floor, both among players and dealers alike. And for good reason, as the average craps roll tends to last for just about 20 minutes.
So what if I told you a tourist from Honolulu, Hawaii once held the dice in hand for three hours and six minutes without ever sevening out?
That incredible craps session lasting 118 straight seven-less rolls might sound like one of Sin City's infamous myths, like pure oxygen pumped into the air supply to keep losing gamblers blissfully unaware. But if you pay a visit to the classic California casino in Downtown Las Vegas, you can still find a full-fledged shrine to the original 'Golden Arm' himself – the late Stanley Fujitake.
Fujitake Sets a World Record for Longest Consecutive Craps Roll
Back on May 28, 1989, Fujitake and his wife Satsuko took advantage of a Hawaii-focused travel promotion offered by the California Hotel & Casino to make one of their regular visits to Las Vegas.
An avid craps enthusiast herself, Satsuko Fujitake taught her husband the game during their courtship. As she told Hawaii News Now in 2009, shortly after Fujitake's record finally fell (more on this to come), Satsuko soon suspected her husband had been bitten hard by the craps bug:
'Mom, where is Dad going out all the time? I said, ‘Well, he must have trouble with his stomach, he's going to the bathroom.'
I didn't believe that, I knew what he was doing – he was on the table every time he went out.'
So it was that Satsuko woke up one morning to find her husband's side of the bed hadn't even been slept in. That's because Fujitake has spent the night putting on one of the greatest gambling shows Las Vegas has ever witnessed.
The action started around midnight when Fujitake – a mild-mannered man of diminutive stature who looked every part the average Las Vegas tourist – placed a simple $5 bet on the Pass Line.
Over the next 3+ hours, Fujitake could do no wrong with the dice, rolling over and over again without sevening out. As the epic rolling session progressed, onlookers crowded the table and wagered everything they had to get in on Fujitake's good fortune.
Guido Metzger – who worked as a dealer at the California back then before rising to become director of casino operations for parent company Boyd Gaming – recalled the frantic crush of bettors surrounding Fujitake in an interview with Boyd's Buzz:
'They had trouble keeping up with the chip payouts that night.
My table was empty. But there were at least 30 to 40 people trying to place bets at his table.
They couldn't get fills to the table fast enough and had to start issuing scrip [casino credit] because not enough people were going to the cage and cashing in their chips.'
With winners coming on every roll, the California's coffers were soon being drained for six-figure sums. The outlays became so onerous that John Repetti, casino manager for the California at the time, was called in from home to supervise the situation.
As he told the Los Angeles Times in a 2017 retrospective on Fujitake's record-setting roll. Repetti was literally roused from his slumber in order to personally monitor the increasingly expensive craps game:
'The first call came and he'd been shooting for an hour, and we were losing a couple hundred thousand dollars at the time. I said if he continued, to call me at every $100,000 loss interval.
Well, the calls kept coming every 15 minutes. Another $100,000. And another $100,000.
After the fourth call and fifth call, I decided I'd better get some clothes on and get downtown.'
A seasoned veteran of the casino gambling industry, Repetti knew instantly that he was witnessing a historic run of good luck, as he told News at the Cal a few months afterward:
'Half an hour is average, over an hour is amazing, but more than three hours is totally astounding.'
In the end, Fujitake held the dice for 118 consecutive rolls without sevening out, a feat which earned him $30,000 in winnings.
But according to David Strow, who serves as vice president of corporate communications for Boyd Gaming, Fujitake was hardly the biggest winner to benefit from the legendary roll. As Strow remembered it in a 2017 interview with PokerNews, Fujitake's fellow players placed larger bets along the way and wound up winning upwards of $1 million: Captain jack casino.
'That was one of the ironic things about his roll – the other players at the table ended up winning a lot more money than Stanley did!'
Wife Remembers the Late Legend and Love of Her Life
Stanley Fujitake passed away in 2000 at the age of 77, but he was survived by his wife Satsuko and their sons Dennis, Lester, and Kevin.
And while the children may have wondered where Dad was during those late nights at the California's craps tables, Satsusko told Hawaii News Now that she is glad Stanley was able to enjoy the game he loved so dearly:
'It was a miracle, because it's impossible to hold the dice.
It doesn't happen all the time, maybe it's only once in a lifetime deal.'
Satsuko was there that night, but after wandering the casino floor for a while, she couldn't find the small of stature Stanley amidst the crowd. Later on, as she played video poker in another area of the casino, Satsuko found herself surrounded by well-wishers celebrating her husband's new crown as the King of Craps:
'People came up to congratulate me and I thought, geez, I didn't do anything, I didn't even hit a royal, why are they congratulating me?
Then I realized, he was the one with the dice.'
Fujitake's Record Gets Smashed in the Garden State
For 20 years following his world record roll, nobody could top Fujitake's mark of three hours and six minutes without turning over the dice.
The record stood until 2009, when a craps rookie named Patricia Demauro visited the Borgata casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey on a whim. Bored with the penny slots, her pal invited her to take a crack at craps, leading to one of the more improbable feats in gambling history.
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DeMauro rolled 154 times consecutively without sevening out, a session which lasted four hours and 18 minutes altogether – or a full hour longer than Fujitake's previous record.
When asked about her late husband's historic feat falling into second place, Satsuko Fujitake told Hawaii News Now that Stanley's record run will always be number one in her heart:
'As my husband of 54 years, in my heart, he is still the champ to me and will be forever.'
The 'Golden Arm' Club Carries on Fujitake's Legacy in Fine Fashion
In 1992, the California Hotel & Casino commemorated Fujitake's record roll by creating the 'Golden Arm' award.
Ever since then, any craps player at the California who can roll for one hour or more without sevening out earns entrance to the Golden Arm club. Admission comes with a plaque memorializing the date and length of session, while members are given a snazzy blue shirt proclaiming them to be Golden Arms.
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The name comes straight from Fujitake himself, after the proud craps player told Repetti that 'this arm is golden' upon receiving a check for $30,000. Fujitake went on to top the 60-minute mark without sevening out on three other occasions, proving that his proficiency with the dice was no fluke.
You can learn more about the Golden Arm club – and the California's annual craps tournament held in Fujitake's honor – in this profile by the L.A. Times.
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Conclusion
Managing to beat the average of 8.5 rolls without sevening out is enough to get most craps players' heart's pumping, so just imagine what Fujitake was feeling as the hours passed by. Runs like that are the stuff of gambling lore, but for one unforgettable night back in 1989, a tourist in Sin City simply refused to lose. The next time you're in Downtown Las Vegas, make sure to pay homage to Fujitake and his record-setting roll by visiting the California and its Golden Arm 'wall of fame.'
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