Alex wrote:

However, over at Dodgie Brothers Casino, Dry Cleaning and Eye Care, ol'
Desmond Dodgie (a fine, upstanding sophont without a criminal record or
other stain upon his character - that you know about) offers a "variant"
of Dhe that, shorn of the member-of-Parliament-level bollocks-smithing,
shaves the double-N payoff to 8x the amount bet.

House edge becomes 5.6%, and standard deviation of per-hand returns
becomes 143% of the amount bet. The Dodgies' Dhe tables reach their
long runs in 665 hands - 4x reduction from the original game's 3275
hands-to-long-run is due to the doubled house edge, while the final
~1.25x is from the variation reduction.

If you want some really fast-paced casino action, you can keep the original payout scheme and simply let players place multiple bets -- All Evens, All Odds, Primes Only, or whatever -- as well as letting them lay new bets every round, win or lose. The casino will capitalize even a <3% House advantage in surprisingly little time.

All you need is a smooth-talking NPC who assures them there's a "secret system" by which skilled players can break the bank (in the style of Charles Guetting, for example)... plus maybe a croupier with a high DEX and an obscure skill called "Sleight of Hand" -- heck, you can even let the suckers throw the dice themselves; the odds will still deliver.

And don't forget the watered-down, Cr20-per -refill cocktails to lubricate the whole process.

Chad