Hot betting at the Hilton

At any given moment, an uncountable number of new games are being proposed, developed, tested, and usually forgotten at casinos across the world. Since the disappearance of faro from Nevada gambling halls in the 1940s, many have come to challenge the Big Three–craps, blackjack, and roulette. By the 1980s, baccarat had emerged as a major game, but since then, there hasn’t been too much variation. While several new games have been added to “the table mix,” as casino ops people might say, none has nudged aside roulette for the coveted #4 position in the casino games hierarchy.

This is why many new games are just refinements of one or more of the Big Three. Craps, blackjack, and baccarat are the most amenable to retooling. So it’s no surprise that the Las Vegas Hilton is offering–I suppose as a 90-day field test–a new variation of craps:

Look for a new table game to arrive at the Las Vegas Hilton casino in the near future. “Fire Bet™” will be offered at craps tables, with the object for the shooter is to make as many “individual points” before he/she 7’s out. The term “individual point” means when the shooter successfully makes a point (4,5,6,8,9 or 10) that has not been previously made, it will count as one “individual point” made.

Will this one sink or swim? Get down to the Hilton in the next three months to find out.