Chapter 1007: Chapter 59 Confidence in Winning_3
The dealer found it odd that the signal he had given was clearly number sixty-three, yet the outcome became fifty-five instead. What was the guy below playing at? Cheating at roulette was quite straightforward: concealed in a wooden box under the roulette, a person could also see the numbers, and before each round, the dealer would signal to them. Responding to this signal, they placed a powerful electromagnet under the metal roulette wheel. As the wheel spun, the iron-cored wooden ball would naturally be drawn to the electromagnet, with over eighty percent probability, it would drop into the slot with the electromagnet beneath it. To better control the outcome, the person below typically placed electromagnets beneath several different slots, ensuring the casino always came out ahead.
A gambler suddenly exclaimed, "I’ve won, I’ve won, I’ve hit a multiple of five! Quick, pay up, I bet one Gold Coin, ha-ha, hahaha."
Yan Shi was equally delighted; his judgment had been spot on—Ah Dai indeed had this ability. The dealer’s expression remained unchanged; such minor slips were sometimes unavoidable and losing five Gold Coins was nothing, after all, most gamblers lost their bets. What concerned him the most was this high roller who had exchanged thousands of Gold Coins. He retrieved the wooden ball, instructed his subordinates to pay the victorious gamblers, then looked toward Yan Shi with a professional smile on his face, tentatively asking, "Sir, would you like to try a couple of rounds?"
Yan Shi replied, "Of course I’ll play now that I’m here, get the next round ready—I’m placing a bet."
The dealer was inwardly delighted, as he set up the roulette wheel. The bets from the previous round were paid off, and he announced loudly, "Alright, start placing your bets, the more you bet, the more you stand to win."
The gamblers became busy placing their chips on the numbers they had chosen. Yan Shi took two chips from the tray held by the Attendant behind him and placed them on number thirteen, declaring, "I’m betting straight up."
The dealer cursed inwardly; this guy must be an imbecile high roller, foolish enough to bet straight up. Even without cheating, you couldn’t possibly win. "All bets are final," he declared as his subordinates stopped collecting wagers. The dealer spun the Roulette vigorously, took a quick glance at the betting layout, and swiftly gestured a few numbers to the person below, then he released the wooden ball onto the spinning wheel.
Ah Dai focused intently on the rapidly turning roulette; he wasn’t in a hurry to control the ball, as controlling it too early could arouse suspicion. The ball continually bounced around, and as the wheel was about to stop, Ah Dai’s fighting "qi" quietly wrapped around the wooden ball. When the ball hopped onto number thirteen, he deftly guided it into the slot. How could the pull of the electromagnet compare to the power of the "qi" strands?
The dealer watched the ball that had indeed landed in slot thirteen, murmuring in disbelief, "Impossible, this can’t be!" The gesture he had made was meant to direct the person below to place electromagnets at slots twelve and fourteen. With the ball being drawn by the magnets on both sides, it had no chance of going into slot thirteen, but contrary to his wishes, the reality was right in front of him.
Vatana cried out in astonishment, shouting, "We’ve hit it, we’ve hit the straight up bet, quick, pay up!"
The dealer kept his composure while directing his subordinates to payout Yan Shi; two purple chips equivalent to ten Gold Coins, and at twenty-five to one, that amounted to two hundred fifty Gold Coins!
Yan Shi smiled slightly, with everything falling into his calculations. He accepted the tray from the Attendant and handed over all the chips to the dealer, casually saying, "I’m going all in on thirty-six."
The dealer’s face changed color; such a large bet, if it won, would be a staggering number at twenty-five to one odds. He turned and whispered something to his subordinates, one of whom quickly squeezed through the crowd and left. The surrounding gamblers, witnessing the bold bet, held back their wagers and focused their attention on Yan Shi and the dealer.
Yan Shi addressed the dealer, "Since no one else is betting, let’s begin."
Having lost confidence after the previous two mistakes, the dealer spun the roulette wheel once more as the person who had left returned with a stocky middle-aged man. The dealer looked at the middle-aged man, who nodded slightly to him. "All bets are final," he declared again, spinning the wheel. The stocky man’s gaze was firmly fixed on Yan Shi and his group, not relaxing in the slightest. As the wheel gradually slowed, with Ah Dai’s control, the ball accurately landed in the thirty-six slot. The crowd erupted into murmurs; the dealer stood there dumbstruck, knowing that around the thirty-six slot, all adjacent slots had electromagnets pulling the ball, yet the final result was still in the opponent’s favor. He trembled slightly; twenty-five times twelve hundred fifty Gold Coins was over thirty thousand Gold Coins!
The stocky man stepped beside the dealer, his eyes flashing with cold light as he intently watched Yan Shi and said in a cold voice, "Pay out as promised."
The dealer replied fearfully, paying out to Yan Shi with gold chips, each symbolizing a hundred Gold Coins. Yan Shi didn’t take back all the chips, but smiled and said, "It seems my luck isn’t too bad today. I’ll keep betting on thirty-six straight up, all in." The dealer went limp, nearly collapsing. The stocky man said sternly, "Brother, sometimes it’s wise to stop while you’re ahead. Don’t let a moment of greed lead you astray." His tone clearly carried a threat, and sensing the tense atmosphere, the onlookers didn’t dare continue wagering, silently watching Yan Shi and the stocky middle-aged man.
