The Masters

28 February 2023

By Frank Scoblete

His name is Brian which when unscrambled means "brain." You will have to decide if Brian has a brain or if he’s out of his mind or some form of in between. I am not impugning his worth as a human being, I am just sharing his ideas about luck, both good and bad, and how such luck is acquired by we mortals.

Brian is an inveterate casino player and I have seen him over some years playing craps and roulette. I introduced myself to him a couple of years ago when he shouted out at the craps table, “The masters have control of all things!”

So, I asked him who “the masters” were at the game of craps. I thought he was going to reference my mentor the late Captain who is THE master to me. Not at all. He had never heard of the Captain; he had never heard of me. He had never read one book on the game of craps or roulette.

“I don’t need to read anything as I have a link to the reality of the universe.”

I asked him what that was. He sure told me.

“You see, my man,” he said. “Good luck and bad luck are not how the universe works. The masters are n charge of the entire universe; meaning everything that happens and the forces of the world as well. The masters work under one master, the MASTER, the all powerful being who created and set everything in motion including what we will call good luck and bad luck.”

I asked if casino good luck and bad luck is not a result of the randomness of the games and our inability to get a real edge because the casino short-changes payouts or sets up bets that they win more often than lose?

“No, no,” he responded. “Luck is a force in the universe, a real force. Now, we have to understand that most forces in the universe are there to allow the universe to fulfill its purpose which is only truly known by the MASTER. But there are smaller forces that the MASTER will allow the smaller masters to use to help the people of our planet. Luck is one of those forces.

“It will not take away from the universe if a smaller master allows me to win tonight at craps or roulette. The universe will go on and on as if nothing had really happened. But something really happened to me, you see, because I had good luck.

“Maybe I bet the Hardway 4 and the guy next to me bet a Hardway 6 and I won and he didn’t and then the shooter sevened out. He lost; I won. I was given the good luck. He was given the bad luck. It had nothing to do with the randomness that you think is inherited in the game, nope, it is what a smaller master gave to me. Think of good luck as a gift.”

I asked him if the smaller masters made him an overall winner at craps? Are they shelling out good luck to him and nailing others with bad luck because he was getting most of the good luck? Was his good luck taking that away from other players and was that fair?

“Fair? Fair? Most people have no idea of the masters or of the MASTER. They exist in a petty world. You exist in that world as well. Have I won all the time? No. Sometimes my calls to the masters are overlooked because they must have something more important to do during that time.”

I had to reinforce my question. Are you ahead in your craps-playing career?

“The master do not want us checking up on them. No they don’t. You take it all as it comes. No asking questions.”

I thanked him and headed to the bathroom.

All the best in and out of the casinos.


Frank Scoblete’s web site is www.frankscoblete.com. His books are available from Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Kindle, e-books, libraries and bookstores.