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While Patricia Demauro has chosen to remain mum on the specifics of her massive windfall, it is estimated that she took down somewhere in the hundreds of thousands of dollars – after starting with a buy-in of only $100

On the fields, courts and courses, our greatest professional athletes rank among the most competitive people on earth. In boxing rings and MMA octagons, top practitioners endure dozens of bouts, absorb hundred of punches and dig deep to remain undefeated. Relentless as they are while executing feats of physicality, however, some of our favorite athletes can be equally driven to win while on casino gaming floors.

When craps players put together combination bets, there are two key things to keep in mind:

Which strategy you should invoke depends upon what the blackjack dealer’s upcard is, the number of decks of cards being used, whether double down after pair splitting is allowed, and whether surrender is offered.

Picture 44 electronic player terminals spread out in a stadium-configured arrangement in a casino. A live blackjack dealer stands in front of the stadium facing the players. Players (in this example, up to all 44) make their bets by touching the casino chips across the bottom of the screen on their interactive terminal. As soon as bets are made by the active players and a countdown timer reaches zero indicating that wagering is closed, a live dealer deals a single (common) hand of blackjack to all players, and deals one card to herself.