Dear Mark: What would make a player take down his Don't Pass wager once the point has been established? I saw a player do this recently, more than once, without much success I might add. Lenny G. My best guess, Lenny, is that you had your eye on a superstitious player and his point was either a 6 or an 8.   The casino jumps for joy when you take down your bet on the Don't Pass, because once these wagers are assigned a number, the player has an edge against the house. Yet, a few players on the Don't can get skittish because they mistakenly believe that if the point is a 6 or an 8, it has …

Dear Mark: We love your column. We always learn something (especially understanding why we lose--ha, ha!).  But, for the winners--since we have NEVER been in this situation, we would like to know--do casinos have the ability/right to remove you from a machine "mid-play" because they feel you are winning too much, or, under the guise that the machine has malfunctioned? Carole P. In the 30-plus years I've been in the gaming business, Carole, I'm hard pressed to recall a player getting backed off a machine because of winning too much; from table games on occasion, such as card counters bounced …