I meant to write about this a couple of weeks ago, but got sidetracked.
We've discussed how traditional craps etiquette has disappeared. Gone are the days when new players would buy into a game only before a new come-out roll.
Gone are the days when a boxman would tell a new player who wanted to buy in to wait.
Gone are the days when players would not mention the "bad word" and would call it "the devil" or "big red."
Gone are the days when players would give the shooter room.
But recetnly, I saw a casino host, of all people, exhibit a new LOW for craps etiquette.
This host was a foreign language host at Bellagio and he was showing a European couple the various games in the casino. That's when he came to the craps table I was on. This host and the couple were standing at the far end of the table, opposite the shooter. And the host had his hands INSIDE the "bowl" which is the table, pointing to the various pass line and don't pass line explaining what these bets were. By the grace of the great craps God, the dice missed his hand. The host didn't even react to the dice bouncing and flying by his hand. And when the boxman at the table said "do I have to tell you about craps etiquette?" this host didn't react and kept talking to the couple.
Geesh.