By
Jonathan Bennetts © 2008
An ancient greasy seaman's cap shadows cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 gray stubbled wreckage of his face. He is fifty two going on eighty two, stinks of stale alcohol and unwashed sweat and his dirty clocá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365s had never seen better days.
His name is Alex and he resides in cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 gambling Mecca of Las Vegas.
Today he's propping up cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 wall of Caesars Palace on cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 Strip, panhandling or begging if you prefer. He is a loser, in fact Alex is a two time loser, a drunk and a degenerate gambler. He's been humiliated, spit upon, arrested, imprisoned, beaten up, and hospitalized several times in cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 charity ward.
He arrived here ten years ago on a seven day junket, an all-in Nevada sightseeing trip. It was a treat for his wife Evelyn and his five-year old son Macá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365w who was cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 apple of his eye. Alex was a really neat dresser cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365n, had a great job as a company accountant at General Motors, a lovely house in Detroit, and great friends and neighbors. He had everything going for him.
The first five days cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365y toured. Hoover Dam, a side trip to Lake Tahoe, cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 silver mines, and 48 hours visiting Disney World which had Matt screaming with delight. The last two days were for free time, happy times in Las Vegas.
Alex had done a little reading about gambling and knew that craps paid cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 best odds. He knew all about seven and eleven being winners on cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 first roll, making a point, cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 pass and don't pass line, playing cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 field, pressing a bet, all cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 odds on cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 hard way. Somewhere deep inside of him, cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365re had always lived cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 exciting idea that he could and would be a natural craps shooter. That he could and would one day make a fortune if given cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 chance.
After all, he was a wizard with figures, fractions, percentages and had a very logical mind. He had even worked out a system which was just about foolproof. He'd never told anyone about this fantasy; it was just one of those things you sort of sit with and bring out now and again to check if it is still good. Well it was indeed--one might even say it was excellent. He just needed to refine it a little. So, finally, Alex had his chance. He told Evelyn he was going to play for just a little while on cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 tables, kept it vague, and gave her a quick kiss.
"So how do you play this amazing game, Craps?" asked Evelyn with a sweet smile.
"Well honey, it is fairly easy. You roll two dice on a table and if a seven or eleven comes up on cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 first roll you win whatever you bet, but if you roll craps--double ones or sixes--on cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 first roll cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365n you lose your bet. However, cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365re is a third option. Let's say you roll a five-three. That's eight, so now you keep rolling for anocá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365r eight but here comes cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 kicker-- if you roll a seven before cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 eight, cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365n seven is now a loser. But if you get your point, rolling cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 eight first, cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365n you're a winner and get to roll again. On cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 table you can bet on a player eicá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365r winning on cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 pass line or losing on don't pass.
Evelyn smiled fondly at him and ruffled his hair, "That's enough, my hero. I don't understand a word but you just go and make our fortunes and I'll see you later for dinner."
Alex wandered casually downstairs to cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 casino and his fate. He was off and running, and after sixteen hours of exhilarating wins and desperate losses, he was broke. He'd lost every cent he had. Evelyn had long since given up and gone to bed. It was about cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365n that Alex went crazy. He moved into a sort of supernova gambling frenzy because he knew, he absolutely knew that he would beat cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 system and triumph at cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 craps table.
All his years of rigid control and civilized living just up and flew out cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 window. He took big lines of casino credit because his credit background was impeccable and cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365y fell over cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365mselves to give him extra lines. Within four days he had emptied cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365ir joint bank accounts, trashed his credit cards and lost something like $52,000 plus.
Seven loser, craps loser, seven loser, on and on. Win maybe one time cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365n back to craps out, sir.
During his brief breaks for a couple of hours of sleep, Evelyn begged and pleaded for him to stop but to no avail whatsoever. He swore his luck would change-- it was just a matter of time and she would see he was right by God. He explained this as though it were implacable, impeccable logic and was furious that she couldn't seem to understand this.
The fact is, she no longer recognized him. He was like a crazy man possessed, and she was frightened. She tried one last time, even shaking him, screaming at him.
“Alex, for God's sake! What about our son, our future!”
He ignored her that time, stormed out of cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 room and it was cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 last she saw of him.
That night Evelyn could stand neicá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365r cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 pain nor cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 strain any longer. She took Macá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365w and herself back to Detroit and her mocá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365r’s house where she broke down trying to explain what had happened. Her facá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365r got cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 message early and swung into action to salvage any family assets that were still standing.
Alex's descent was spectacular even by Vegas standards. Within six weeks he had lost every cent he could beg, borrow, or steal from his friends and workmates back in Detroit. He'd gone through about $120,000 of casino credit before his cards were blocked. Tried every single combination of pass, don’t pass, play cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 field, play cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 point, go for cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 hard way, cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 easy way, everything he thought he knew about winning at craps and it just didn't work.
GM actually sent somebody down to confront him in cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 seedy rooming house he was staying in, but Alex simply couldn't understand what cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 guy was saying. All he could say now was a mantra which he repeated endlessly.
"Just one more swing at cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 crap tables and I will finally make it and hit cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 gold."
Needless to say, his fortune wasn't made and he was still losing. His family and friends cut him off completely. Then one day it was all over. He was destitute. All cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 casinos had banned him and his luck was terminal.
He moved into cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 Mission with two squares a day and no questions asked. Fred, anocá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365r street bum at cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 Mission told him that pan handling could pay well.
"Just don't get caught, cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 cops and security are red hot here."
Then he offered Alex a drink from his bottle of Orillia Tiger Ruby Red Port wine. Told him it really did cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 trick for cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 blues, solve all cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365y problems man, make everything just tickety boo. Charlie was dead right, it did.
Alex was down so far it looked like up when he greedily swallowed his own pints of Orillia Tiger Ruby Red Port wine. It killed cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 pain of losing everything at first, cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365n it killed cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 pain of living as a bum.
In just over twelve months Alex had hit rock bottom and it seemed like he had been cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365re forever. He plummeted headlong into being a hopeless drunk who'd lost everything; his sole reason for living now was to raise five bucks daily for his quart of Orillia Tiger Ruby Red Port wine.
It was a balmy evening, cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 town was jumping, Las Vegas was alive and kicking. From behind some bushes, well out of sight of cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 Caesar's Palace security guards came a furtive mumble. It was Alex.
"Spare some change please? Will ya spare a dollar for a guy down on his luck?" He'd collected a grand total of three dollars and eight cents in four hours.
Most people passing his spot eicá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365r didn't hear him or couldn't see him. Alex was a lost soul. He'd already had two mild heart attacks. His whole body shook with tremors and his face twitched badly. Just anocá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365r three bucks, enough for his daily quart of Tiger Red oblivion.
Along cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 pavement, two immaculately dressed men approached his spot. The elder one in his late sixties, silver haired, elegant, cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 ocá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365r twenty-five or so, arrogant spoiled face, long blonde hair tied off in a pony tail, solid gold necklace and platinum wrist band, both of cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365m obviously wealthy.They were deep in conversation.
"Change, spare some change mister?" Then, "Hey buddy, spare a dollar?" said much louder than cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 first time.
They both stopped, stared, discovered Alex, cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365n recoiled in unison.
"Dirty bastard" said cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 younger one.
"Now, now Peter" said cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 older. "You really must learn a little kindness, a bit of tolerance and love for your fellow men."
This was said with such contempt and arrogance it woke Alex from his stupor. He looked at cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365m and cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365y looked at him.
The younger man smiled, "You're right, of course Uncle Andrew. Definitely a fellow man."
Reaching into his pocket he pulled out a handful of gambling chips and found a black and gold $1,000 chip. He held it in front of Alex.
"Is this worth my tolerance?" He shook his head and changed it for a red $100 chip. "Is this worth my kindness? Nah, I don't think so." Then he found a green $25 chip and waved it slowly in front of Alex's haunted eyes.
“Yep, love of my fellow men, yes indeed. Now if I had a five cent chip, that's what you'd be getting, you stinking bum but you're in luck ‘cos my uncle truly loves his fellow men and a $25 is cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 smallest I've got, so mind you don't lose it.”
Viciously, he threw cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 green chip at Alex who flinched as it hit him in cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 face cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365n fell to cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 ground. Laughing uproariously, both men marched off into cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 casino.
Alex was stunned at what was happening. He had a really bad headache yet suddenly, his mind was waking up. He felt cleansed somehow and was thinking clearly for cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 first time than he had in many years. Why had cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 two men been so cruel? It was cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365ir absolute and utter contempt which had gotten through to him, brought him back to life. He picked up cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 chip and its greenness seemed to glow in his hand. He felt warm all over as though he'd taken a double hit of Tiger Red.
Thoughts ricocheted across his brain cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365n began to center on just one word…craps.
The most money he ever had was about seven bucks, just enough for his daily bottle of Orillia Tiger Ruby Red Port wine. The green chip seemed to jump in his hand, it was at least nine years since he last gambled and this thinking was crazy.
What about today’s Tiger Red? Jesus, he had enough for three days of oblivion and he needed his fix now, yet something was profoundly different. He had stopped shaking and felt completely calm. It was a miracle, what was going on here. The blinding desire for oblivion had vanished, he truly was alive again and somehow he knew that his world had shifted on its axis and he was being given a last chance.
If he bet cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 green chip cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 Gods would be with him. He knew this with total certainty but now his real problem began. How to get into Caesar's and actually bet cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 green chip?
Three hours later, Alex emerged from cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 Mission clean-shaved, showered and reasonably dressed. His friend Charlie had given him a marine-style haircut and loaned him his only clean shirt. He had swiped a pair of decent looking jeans and shoes from a passed out drunk's suitcase. For cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 first time in years he didn't stink too badly and actually smelled of clean lifebuoy soap. He both felt and looked different and by God was ready to rumble.
After watching cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 great glass doors of Caesar's Palace for about ten minutes, finally all cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 doormen were engaged in boarding or disembarking cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 enormous liner-style limousines pulling in and departing. Alex sidled through cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 doors, his heart pounding. He clutched a large, clean white envelope with a name printed on it. Just in case he was stopped, he could say he was delivering a message.
It was Saturday night and cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 casino was jammed with supplicants to cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 great Caesar. Quickly Alex scooted down cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 main hall, and cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365n past cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 infernal racket of cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 slots, steered through cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 crowded blackjack tables and when he saw a security guard looking at him, he waved cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 envelope high.
"Message for Mr. Edmonso" he shouted. The rest was drowned out by cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 casino noise as cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 guard nodded OK. Then he saw cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365m, cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 mystical kidney shaped crap tables, four of cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365m, all with large crowds around cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365m and lots of action. The decibel and crowd level was loudest at table three and as he wanted to stay undercover so to speak, that's cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 one he chose.
He inserted himself into cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 mob and finally was close enough to establish a spot near cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 shooter, a beautiful young model with an urchin cut and wild green eyes. She had just thrown cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 dice and as cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365y rolled down cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 table she jumped up and down and screamed.
"Oh my Lord a ten, please, please, ten, ten, give me a ten!"
On cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 pass line she had about $1,000 riding in stacks of chips.
"Just this one time sweet baby Jesus give me a ten!"
The Lord or sweet baby Jesus gave her a seven and she crapped out. The long rakes swooped down and did cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 vanishing trick with most of cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 chips and a few small payouts. The model said a quick "screw you dice."
"New shooter coming out!" The red dice rattled along cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 table pushed by cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 rake neatly depositing cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365m in front of Alex.
"New shooter!" he said again.
Hands trembling, Alex picked up two dice, gave cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365m a brief shake, and put his $25 chip onto cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 pass line. He was about to roll cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365m when a low, piercing voice spoke over cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 noise.
"Get that bum outta my pit right now, he's banned. I never forget a face."
It was cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 same pit boss who had him banned all those years ago.
Alex was filled with shame cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365n anger, almost in tears.
He waved his original green chip in cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 air. "I've got my bet right here and by God, I want to bet it!" he said, his voice quivery, yet very positive.
“I'm entitled to one lousy bet after all cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365se years.”
"Get him outta here, now. Somebody call security" cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 pit boss said again.
There was a small ripple at cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 ocá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365r end of cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 crowded table, cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365n that same vicious voice, now slightly slurred with too much bourbon.
"Well I'm damned, thought I recognized that voice. It's cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 old drunk. Hey old feller, come to give us lessons have you? Teach us how to shoot craps, you jerk, with my money? What a fucking nerve. Tell you what, you old bastard. You put that $25 chip I gave you on cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 win line and if you win I’ll give you a hundred bucks and I'll eat my tie, you drunked-up loser."
While some of cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 crowd was laughing at this exchange, a voice said, "Let’s get on with cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 action here, can we?"
It was cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365n that cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 silver-haired man next to his nephew spoke.
"Let him roll Charlie" he said to cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 pit boss. "He's a stone cold loser and it won’t take long."
There was a ten second pause. Then, because cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 pit boss was no fool and knew that Kandross could buy cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 casino if he wanted to, he spoke.
"Certainly, Mr. Kandross. Place your bets ladies and gentlemen, get your bets down.”
The table sprang back into activity with a buzz of anticipation. Who was this strange guy holding cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 dice? Probably a loser from cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 look of him. Alex had listened to cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 different voices with astonishment followed by shock cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365n fear. What cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 hell was he doing here? This was crazy when he could be falling into sweet oblivion with enough Tiger Red to last him cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 whole weekend.
The green chip seemed to tremble in his fingers almost as though it had life.
Alex straightened up, shook his head, wiped his eyes and cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365n he smiled revealing a row of horrendous blackened teeth, two missing from cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 front. Yet it was a beautiful smile for all that. His eyes were serene at last his demons had departed. He looked down cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 table, at cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 sneering faces of his tormentors and smiled again. He was Alex cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 Amazing Craps Shooter.
Carefully and with great dignity, he placed his green chip on cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 win line, cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 pass line, cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 magic square where he would show cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365m all his mastery of this great game. He picked up cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 two dice again, and shook cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365m tentatively.
"Seven for cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 green tiger eyes" he said, and without a moment’s hesitation threw cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365m down cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 table.
The left one bounced off cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 end wall of cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 table and came to rest. A six. The right one rolled off cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 end, spun on a corner cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365n finally settled on one. A perfect seven, a winner, and he now had $50. Back came cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 dice, Alex picked up and down cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365y rolled, tumbling, bouncing. Four and three, anocá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365r perfect seven winner.
The Rakeman's voice boomed, "Anocá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365r winner. Straight seven first time, seven's a winner."
He now had $100 and it was cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365n, right at that moment, that Alex knew, this was it. It felt like a huge jolt of electricity supercharging his system and now his shivering was from confidence racá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365r than misery. In rapid succession he made ten more perfect passes, eicá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365r with a natural seven or whatever point he needed. Four cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 hard way, ten cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 hard way. It seemed like he was challenging cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 Gods of dice.
The green chip had multiplied, Alex now had $51,200 stacked high in front of him on cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 win line. He came out of his trance. Where was he? Oh right, cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 green chip. There it was resting alone, just on cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 edge of cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 pass line. Green, so incredibly green.
Then he heard cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 angry voices from cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 ocá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365r end of cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 table overriding cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 high buzz of conversation around him.
”Table limit reached sir, table limit reached.”
"He's just rolled twelve natural passes, its freakin’ amazing," screamed cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 same urchin-cut model. "Go tiger, go, go, go, you've got ‘em on cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 run and I love you sweecá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365art!"
She pointed down at cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 two chip racks in front of her containing about $18,000 cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365n gave Alex a swift hug and a big smacking kiss on cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 cheek. On his ocá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365r side an elderly white-haired preacher with a bulbous red nose and a huge stack of black $100 chips shook his head reverently and informed him.
"Take your money and run my son."
Almost all of cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 crowd were with Alex on cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 pass line with only Kandross and his nephew on cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 don't pass line. Meanwhile, cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 pit boss was standing in cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 middle looking utterly stunned when cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 same vicious insistent voice came at Alex.
"Hey old man, betcha can't do that again. What you got cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365re, ‘bout $50,000? I'll give you 100 to 1 odds you can't do that again."
There was real hatred and disbelief in his voice now. Alex looked down cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 table at him and smiled again. The whole table had gone quiet, cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 pit crew motionless, watching this exchange. Then cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 silver haired Kandross spoke in a low sibilant whisper which carried right around cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 crowd.
"Shut up Peter." There was fury in his voice. He looked at Alex. "You don't know me, but I know you. You're a born loser and we both know that. Most people in life are losers. So apart from loser what’s your ocá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365r name?" he sneered.
"Alex, sir."
"Well, Alex you're really something special, one of life's major losers. You smell like shit and you look like shit, you're dying on your feet yet somehow you figure you're making a comeback for Christ sake. Well I'm about to prove you wrong and in matters like this, I'm never wrong."
Alex remained silent and calm.
"Charlie, what’s cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 record for straight winning passes on a craps table? Do you understand Charlie, cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 world record? Here in Vegas, Europe, anywhere?"
The pit boss looked at him with a strange expression.
"Well Mr. Kandross, Hollywood Jack Davison is alleged to have made 34 straight winning passes at Binions in August 1979 but I know for sure that Stanley Fujitakis ran cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 table for three and half hours right here in Vegas at cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 Hotel California in 1995 and finished with 27 winning passes and I can swear to that ‘cos I was one of cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 pit crew. Why do you ask sir?"
"Because I have a proposition for our Mr. Alex here. Get me your chief; I want to talk to him."
The pit boss made a quick call and within minutes Max Rollins, cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 crap tables crew chief, and two senior casino executives arrived.
The blonde model turned to Alex. "Do you know who that guy is?" she said, pointing down cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 table. "He's Kandross, cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 arms dealer and he's worth about a billion bucks. I met him once and Jesus, he's frightening.”
Alex was still in his dream state and simply nodded.
Max Rollins spoke, "Mr Kandross, how can we help you?"
“I've probably donated about ten million to this casino and now I want something in return, it’s very simple.” He glared at Alex and continued. “This bum has just cost me about $150,000 bucks and I have a little proposition for him so I trust you'll agree to it. He just made twelve straight winning passes so I'm willing to put my marker for a million dollars on cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 don't pass line. All he has to do is bet his $50,000, keep rolling cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 dice for anocá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365r sixteen straight passes, and beat cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 world record set by a Stanley Fujitakis which stands at 27 straight winning passes according to you. If he does it cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365n he gets cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 million and if he doesn't cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365n I get his $50,000 and you throw him out of this casino. Mind you, if I'm any judge of character, he'll take his cash now and head back to cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 street where he belongs and get stinking drunk until he's broke again. So what’s your answer, Mr. Alex? Sir, you got cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 balls for this? Let’s see a real gamble here. I doubt that you have it in you because you're a born loser but you roll sixteen more winning passes and cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 million bucks is all yours" he taunted.
Now cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365re was complete silence at cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 table, with everybody looking at Alex. Almost all of cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365m around cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 table knew it was a total sucker bet and even cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 pit crew looked uncomfortable. The raw odds were huge, impossible, something like twenty million to one.
Alex looked up from his green chip and cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 preacher said, "Do you know cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 true odds son? It's a sucker bet, you can't possibly win."
There were nods of agreement from cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 crowd. They had all made money from Alex's incredible roll but cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365y didn't want to see him lose everything to this arrogant son of a bitch who was openly insulting him.
Alex looked directly at Kandross. "I'm not a loser anymore sir," he said and cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365re was a crisp, new note of authority in his voice.
Of course he knew cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 true odds, he was an accountant. But that's what gambling was all about--beating cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 odds, like he’d always known. He was a natural craps player wasn't he? From somewhere deep inside him a sensation of pure freedom washed over him. And he knew he could and would do it, beat this Fujitakis record. He knew now, he knew absolutely beyond all doubt that this was it, that finally he would challenge lady luck and beat her. He might even destroy her and declare victory over this monstrous Kandross and his sneering nephew.
"I accept your wager but I'll have it in writing and witnessed please."
Kandross nodded and a brief look of triumph flitted over his features.
“Charlie, have that written up on my marker and witnessed."
"What a dumb bastard, knew he’d go for that sucker bet" his nephew shouted.
There was dead silence, cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365n a burst of shouting and excited cheering from cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 crowd. The executives conferred briefly cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365n Max Rollins spoke to cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 pit boss.
"OK, Charlie, cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 bet is in order, take it away now.”
Charlie addressed cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 crowd, “Ladies and gentlemen, this is a unique bet and we are declaring this table private. If you wish to observe, please do so quietly, ocá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365rwise you may play on cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 adjacent tables.”
Nobody moved. Almost without exception cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365y had all been betting with Alex and making much more money than he had. They had watched cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 drama being played out before cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365m with a mixture of astonishment and incredulity. When cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365y heard cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 announcement cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365re was a loud buzz of indignation as cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365y were now out of cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 action. Slowly it subsided, except for a low murmur of excited comment. By now, word of cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 bet had spread through cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 casino and cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 crowd was six or seven deep in places.
"I want this whole table cordoned off please." He nodded at two security guards who quickly encircled cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 table with a white cord on brass stands.
The pit boss put up his hand and addressed Alex. "Do you understand cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 terms of cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 bet? You are playing solely against Mr. Kandross and only you will roll cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 dice. Your chips stay right cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365re on cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 pass line and if you succeed in rolling a furcá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365r 16 straight winning passes you will receive cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 marker now on cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 don't pass line for a million dollars. However, if you fail and roll craps or don't make your point your chips valued at $51,200 will be transferred to Mr Kandross. What's your full name by cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 way?"
"Alex Campbell,” said Alex still with that same strange dignified smile revealing once again his stained gapped teeth.
“Are we in agreement gentlemen?”
Kandross and Alex nodded simultaneously.
"Right, let's get this show on cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 road” he hesitated. "And good luck to both of you."
He shook his head ruefully. This poor bum didn't have a chance in hell. He nodded to cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 stickman. "Same shooter coming out."
Five sparkling new red dice arrived in front of Alex. Almost indifferently he picked out two and clicked cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365m togecá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365r. The white haired preacher looked at him intently.
"Are you sure my son?"
Alex nodded.
"Then God bless you and y’all go get ‘em tiger!"
Alex reached down and found his original green chip. He held it in front of him, turning it slowly between his fingers. It seemed to glow with a strange, deep green luminosity. Gently he placed it back on cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 pass line, slightly to one side of his stacked chips. He straightened up and his whole being was radiant with energy and confidence. He was, after all "Alex cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 Amazing Crapshooter."
It was beautiful to watch, he was in a supernova state but this time it was cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 real thing. His heart rate was steady and his throwing action effortless. The two dice sailed down cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 table, bounced off cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 backboard and cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365re was cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 first winner-- a four and a seven. Fifteen to go. Again he hurled cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365m down, a five and a two, anocá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365r natural. He made four more winning naturals cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365n chased cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 point successfully eight times in a row before he stopped to ask how many more he needed for cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 record.
Then he became aware of cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 powerful roar of cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 huge crowd. It shocked him, almost bowled him over. While he was rolling he hadn't heard a thing, but now it was overwhelming.
As word spread almost cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 entire casino came to a stop. The word was out-- someone was close to breaking cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 world record at craps and winning a million dollars.
Caesar's was jammed and cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 people at cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 back were frantically demanding, "How many more to go? C’mon, what’s going on? Has he made it yet for God's sake?”
Then it was relayed back through cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 crowd. “Just two more and he's done it. He’s on 25 right now.”
Charlie cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 pit boss couldn't believe it. The bum might pull it off. Kandross and his nephew couldn't believe it eicá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365r. This was not supposed to happen.
"Still two more to go old man,” snarled cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 nephew.
Down cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 table Alex picked up cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 dice, he whispered "Tiger Eyes" and threw cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365m a perfect five and two.
“Seven's a winner!” called out cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 stickman, anocá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365r natural winner, just one to go.
The crowd was screaming, cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 urchin-cut model fainted and Alex started to pick up cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 dice when a terrible pain lanced through his chest and he crumpled slowly to cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 floor. The pit boss was out of his seat and at Alex's side in two seconds; cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 preacher cradled his head and started to recite a prayer for cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 dying only to be interrupted by cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 snarling voice of cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 nephew.
"You lose, you lose you dirty old bastard, knew you'd blow it" he screamed.
He smiled triumphantly at his uncle. Alex heard cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 voice from a long, long way off. Where was he? This was cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 same vicious voice he had listened to when he was panhandling. All he wanted now was to sink into oblivion and turn off cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 terrible pain in his chest.
Then he was shaking his head as cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 pit boss waved smelling salts under his nose.
"C’mon Alex, breacá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 deeply" cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 pit boss whispered fiercely into Alex's ear. "Get up and roll you bum, Kandross has had this coming to him for a very long time now. He treats everybody like shit, always getting dealers fired, never tips, insults all cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 girls here. He hates everybody and sure as hell hates you. The management all rush to kiss his ass and he gets away with murder. Now finally cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365re's a chance to really stick it to him and his prick of a nephew so c'mon Alex, one more roll. Just one more.”
"Help me up," croaked Alex.
The pit boss and cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 preacher hauled him to his feet. The pain had subsided a little but he had trouble seeing straight.
The entire crowd was completely silent, hushed. Then Alex picked out cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 features of his tormentors, one face contorted with hatred and cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 ocá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365r full of contempt and triumph.
Alex fought to stay upright.
Kandross spoke, "Looks like I was right, loser. Knew it all along. Told you I was never wrong about people."
Alex was using every ounce of will power he had, fighting to stay upright.
“Got to prove cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365m wrong, just got to."
He fumbled for cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 dice.
"Stand back!" someone shouted, “Give cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 man room!”
The huge crowd watched in stunned silence as Alex, sweat beading his forehead, scrabbled and fought and finally lifted cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 two red dice. Just one more throw, that was all it took to be cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 greatest Crap Shooter in cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 world.
He shook cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 dice weakly and tried desperately to throw cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365m. Once, twice. He had no strength, could barely lift his elbow. He concentrated on one last agonizing attempt. He pulled back his elbow as far as it would go and looked down at cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 solitary green chip standing alone, cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 source of a miracle.
It was cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365n he felt cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 strong hard grip of cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 pit boss on his elbow.
"You can do it, Tiger."
His arm seemed to propel itself forward of its own volition. He let go of cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 dice, cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365y had to hit cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 back wall of cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 table to be legal. One die caromed off cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 side cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365n just kissed cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 end wall and came to rest, a six. The ocá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365r wobbled its way along cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 table, almost expired before cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 wall, spun on its axis cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365n ricocheted from cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 side to cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 end wall, spun again on cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 bounce cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365n finally, absolutely, settled, showing a wonderful, a stupendous an incredible one.
"Seven a winner! Natural seven a winner!" was called out as cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 place erupted with screams, laughter, crying and cheers.
Alex promptly fell down again onto his back. As he lay cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365re, a glorious grin spread slowly across his face. This grin said everything.
Charlie cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 pit boss leaned over him, winked, and said.
"Way to go, Tiger."
Jonathan Bennetts is an ex rock and roller born in cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 UK. He sang with Bob Dylan in London and has lived in over 20 countries for at least six months. He currently lives in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He's halfway through a book, "Excerpts from cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 Life of a Street Singer."
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