Celebrity encounters in Vegas?

played craps with Jerry Rice at the Palazzo last Novemeber. he was betting pass line and the placing numbers and i was betting don't pass and don't come. it was as close to head to head as you're gonna get. after i made about $600 and he lost about $3k he switched over and started using my strategy. he ended up making about $1k after we were done.

i've been back 3x since then hoping to see him again and see if he is still using my system.

My first trip to Vegas was in October 1987, a 21st birthday present from my Dad.  He always like to stay at the Las Vegas Hilton, which was nice but isolated.

It might have been the very first time I shot craps.  I walk up and place my meager $5 pass line bet, and to my left I see Thomas Hearns flanked by two of the biggest men I'd ever seen, his bodyguards,  He was the only other player, so we chatted some and he was friendly.  He's got a rack bulging with black chips, and I've got my meager handful of reds.  His colleagues were humorless and eyeing me with suspicion, but the Hitman was as nice as could be.

Later on the same trip I'm the shooter at an adjacent table, and the cowboy-hat wearing guy to my left was betting $2K on the pass line.  I had a pretty good roll, making three points before sevening out.  Dude tipped me a black chip and walked away!