These people right here are those who take betting to the next level, so outrageous that it deserves to be called the craziest bets ever made in a casino game.
- The two suitcases of William Lee Bergstrom
In the mid 1980s, Williams Lee Bergstrom walked into the Horseshoe Casino carrying two suitcases. One was filled to the brim with $777,000 while the other was empty. He headed over to a craps table and bet all he got on the Don’t Pass Line – he won. Just as what he expected, the empty suitcase came in handy to hold his huge winnings.
- The winning hot streak of Archie Karas
Archie Karas is just but one of those people who made a staggering fortune playing in Las Vegas – and he did it with only $50 on his pocket to start with! Impossible as it may seem, Karas’ winning hot streak is still considered to be the greatest in the history of gambling.
A professional poker player, Karas recently suffered loss in a previous Los Angeles poker game. With only half a Benjamin left, he went to Sin City and ran into a friend who loaned him $10,000. Before the night was through, Karas paid the whole amount plus interest, and still left with a hefty wad of cash to keep on playing. That was just the start of his lucky streak. For three years of playing high-rolling poker and some other table games on the side, his $50 blown up to $40 million.
- A grandma’s beginner’s luck
There’s more to craps than just simply being called a dice game. For novice players, craps can be very intimidating. Being played in fast-paced manner, one could easily get lost in the many (oftentimes, complicated) betting options. Unless you’re someone who knows the ins and outs of the game, playing craps can be an easy way to lose money. However, this grandma right here just flung the rules to those who care and just went over to the table, throw dice for hours and win every single one of it.
Patricia Demauro deserves to be inducted in the craps hall of legends (if there’s one) for having won 154 consecutive dice throws at an Atlantic City hotel casino. Although it was never revealed how much she had won, one could only imagine the money she made that night.
- The legend of number 17
We previously mentioned this lucky roulette wheel number in this article. And while we weren’t able to delve deeper into the number’s significance, this time, we will. The popularity of James Bond betting straight on #17 started off with Sean Connery. The actor is a confessed gambler. In one of his sunny Italian holiday getaways, he played at a casino roulette game where he wagered for the aforementioned number. In the first two spins, ball missed the pocket. He stood by it and in the third turn, 17 finally came in. He left his bet there and it won yet another two spins. The third time, he was already at odds of 5,000 to 1 that his number will come up, but he pushed through. He won.
He left the table with £10,000. Years forward, Connery played as the famous spy in “Diamonds Are Forever.” In one of the scenes, the MI9 agent was playing roulette. The number the character bet on? 17.
- Revell bets his house
If Connery’s tale impressed you, you better get ready for yet another mindblowing case of casino roulette big win. The name is Ashley Revell and in 2004, he left London with virtually all of his properties amounting to £135,000 to play at a roulette game in Vegas.
A television program even followed his high-risk journey to the gambling capital. Videos of him playing that one life-changing roulette spin can be found online. But for those who missed it, Revell put all he had on black. In a sudden change of heart, the man pushed his chips to red – probably the single best decision he has ever made in his life. The ball pocketed on 7, and it was red. He went home with double the money he brought in.