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25-cent Craps Tables
25 Cent tables have disappeared in Vegas. It was not so long ago that you could play as little as 50 cents on the Pass Line and throw quarters in all day long on the proposition bets. The so called "Bird Games" were available downtown at the El Cortez and on the front table at Binion's, weekdays at Casino Royale on The Strip and on the Boulder Highway at Joker's Wild, in Henderson at the El Dorado.
Most 25-cent tables were limited to double odds and operated only weekdays and usually from 3am to 10am in the morning. If you are serious about testing your system on a low minimum table we now suggest that you check out Joker's Wild ($2 minimum with 10x Odds) or boogie on up to Henderson to the $1 table, which also features 10x Odds.
You should also be aware that most casinos that offer low minimum (less than $5) craps are "Break-In" houses where the dealers are new and usually just out of dealer school. Consequently, the table action may move a little slowly as they calculate the winning pay-offs, especially on crowded tables where players are jamming up the action with a lot of proposition bets. If you're going to test your system on a low minimum table you may need to be patient.
Since the dealers are less experienced you should closely monitor your payoffs to make sure you get everything that's coming to you, since dealer errors are more common in a Break-In House. In addition, on a crowded table, the players may jam up the table action with a lot of proposition bets.
We were recently asked: "Why is (was) it called a Bird Game?" The answer to this question is that in the 50's and 60's and maybe even into the 70's these games were actually dealt in some venues with real silver quarters that feature an eagle on one side of the coin. Imagine those "Birds" flying all over the damn table !
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