Hot Dice

The chances of making 28 straight passes with the dice in a crap game are "about ten million to one." But last week a young man walked into Las Vegas' plush new Desert Inn, and in one hour and 20 minutes of hair-raising play, did just that. His amazing run of luck cost the casino $125,000. Zeppo Marx won $28,000 in side bets, Gus Greenbaum, one of the owners of a rival club, raked in $48,000, and others among the gamblers who crowded four-deep around the table carried off thousands more.

The Inn's-owners had some reason for thankfulness anyhow. Because he kept picking up his winnings instead of letting them ride, the lucky gambler himself (who refused to tell anyone who he was) walked out with only $750. If he had left his winnings on the table he could have run his original $2 into at least $289,406,976--unless, of course, he had left his burgeoning fortune down for the 29th throw.

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