The California gaming laws allow only for card and lottery games. Craps is therefore played using dice whose colors match two decks of cards. The cards are imprinted with pairs of dice, and the die with the higher number signals the dealer which card to turn over. “It’s a pretty clever way of getting around the law,” I said to Ofelia as she continued to roll. “Worthy of Martín himself,” she replied, as the croupiers egged her on. She kept the game alive for about twenty rolls of the dice. People clapped each time the dealer turned over a card and it did not show seven. “Alrighty, Miss Ofeelia,
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