Er, no, the thread related to Freebitco.in is very much alive. Practically getting more active in the last few months actually ever since it got a dedicated user being admin. Anyway, it's a faucet site after all, rather than a casino. So if you think about it, if you're only there to claim faucet Bitcoins, then you already win, with no risk of losing anything except a few minutes a day (like me haha).
Official thread for discussion -
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=320959Indeed, you're not losing if you're getting it for free anyways haha. But still the time and effort you make in getting that free coins is the only thing you'll lose when you risk gambling your free coins. Anyways, its a gamble, so there's really no trick just pure luck.