crapshooter

“When I launched currency futures in 1972, I recall a prominent banker who said it was ludicrous to think that foreign exchange could be entrusted to a ‘bunch of pork belly crapshooters.’

Some may scoff, but it takes a casino’s worth of crapshooters to get many shows to Broadway, given the long odds: Only 25 percent of productions turn a profit.

“I try to paint like a crapshooter throwing dice, utilizing past experience and my knowledge of the odds,” he said in 1964.

"Where are the dice," one of the crapshooters barked.

She was like a crapshooter when he keeps calling to the dice: "Come, seven—come on, come on!"