At night.
high seas.
Inside the cruise ship, the casino is open.
The huge gambling hall was packed with people. The croupiers were all ready and the staff were on standby. For a while, many gambling tables were occupied.
It's time to start.
The atmosphere was very high.
"Let's go, Xiaodong."
"Okay, you have fun."
"Okay, I'll find you later."
"Well, then I'll go take a look."
The two of them separated. Anyway, Sister Zhang was just warming up first and had no intention of placing a big bet. It didn't matter whether Dong Xuebin paid attention or not.
Many tables in the hall are Baccarat.
Zhang Longjuan and Shen Xiaomei went to one of the tables.
Dong Xuebin didn't go there because he didn't understand the rules of baccarat very well. He looked around and saw blackjack and roulette, but he didn't go there. Instead, he blinked and walked to the rows of slot machines in the corner. There were about dozens of them, and there were a lot of people playing, and half of them were occupied. Dong Xuebin had never played slot machines, so he was a little dizzy looking at the patterns that seemed to be different on each machine.
Snapped.
A person put in a $1,000 chip, and when he turned the joystick on his hand, the slot machine's graphics started spinning rapidly, and finally stopped.
The colors are very messy.
The man showed a helpless expression, obviously he missed.
Someone next to me also threw in chips, and in the end the result was the same.
Dong Xuebin watched for a while and roughly understood something. What Sister Zhang said was that the gameplay here is different from other casinos. The slot machines here do not put coins. It's not just a few dollars. They actually put in the chips. After the chips are put in, the machine will automatically detect it, and the joystick can only be rocked after a beep. The joystick is not like that in ordinary casinos, which is pulled and released, but is horizontal and needs to be pushed. That's a chip worth a thousand dollars. If we were to get the biggest prize, I don't know how much it would be. Taking into account the odds, it would be astronomical. Of course, it would be almost impossible to win the big prize. Everyone knows this.
After watching for a long time, no one won the prize.
Dong Xuebin was secretly frightened when the chips were eaten one by one. These people were really desperate for their lives. How much does it cost
But suddenly, there was a ding-ding-ding sound!
A middle-aged woman over there laughed. It looked like a slot machine with a fruit pattern. I didn’t know what the pattern was, and she huffed. About a hundred chips suddenly poured out from the bottom. The woman collected them one by one and put them into the box, changed to a machine and continued playing.
One hundred chips
Although it is the lowest one, it is still one hundred thousand US dollars!
That’s hundreds of thousands of RMB! Got it in such a short time
Everyone around looked at the middle-aged woman. He seems to be envious of her luck, but this amount of prize money is obviously not a grand prize. It must be the kind with low odds, otherwise it wouldn't be as simple as just one hundred thousand US dollars. But it’s not bad. When many people saw this, they also walked towards the slot machines. After only a few minutes, dozens of slot machines were filled with people. Sure enough, it was as good as baccarat. It is the most profitable thing in the casino. Although we know that the chance of winning money is slim, everyone still can't help but take a chance.
But what made Dong Xuebin pay attention was that there was no one sitting on one of the slot machines. There was a person queuing behind someone, but he didn't sit on that table.
All that's left is an empty machine.
Dong Xuebin was a little confused, the machine was broken
But when I walked up and took a look, I saw that the machine was fine. Why was no one sitting on it
Dong Xuebin was idle and wanted to play, but when he saw the situation, he hesitated a little. He was thinking like a citizen, why don't this machine take advantage of it? This guy used to go to the game arcade when he was in school, and sometimes he would encounter situations where the machine would not respond after inserting coins. In Beijing, it was called "eating coins", so after looking at it for a long time, he didn't dare to sit down, and no one else would go. , it definitely makes sense.
At this time, the young man who was waiting glanced at Dong Xuebin and said, "Are you waiting too?"
Dong Xuebin hummed and took the opportunity to say: "By the way, isn't this machine empty? Why don't you go?"
The young man groaned and explained: "This machine won 777, the biggest prize, once a month ago, so no one went there..." Dong Xuebin said: "How much does it cost?" "
The young man said without thinking: "One hundred million dollars, a round number."
Dong Xuebin said in astonishment: "One hundred million? How come there are so many?"
The young man said: "That person threw it with 10,000 chips. The odds were high and the bonus was large. If he had thrown it with 1,000 chips, it would only be 10 million US dollars. That person was very lucky and caught up."
I go!
One hundred million dollars!
That’s hundreds of millions of yuan!
So the casino won't pay you to death? No, they don’t seem to be paying compensation. Dong Xuebin understood it as soon as he thought about it. One hundred million US dollars seems like a lot, but how much does this set of machines earn in one day? Dozens of machines, this night is estimated to be hundreds of millions of dollars, and one day can reach hundreds of millions of dollars. Even if the gambling boat opens once every ten days, it will make 300 to 400 million dollars a month. Relatively speaking, there is even a winner of 100 million dollars. On the contrary, it will drive everyone crazy. Just these slot machines may generate more than 300 to 400 million yuan a month. If the net profit of other small prizes is thrown in, it will still make money! 100 million a month is stable!
Dong Xuebin said: "Because there are no chips out, that's why everyone stops playing this game?"
"That's not the reason." The young man said: "The chips in each round here are at least one thousand, which is relatively high, so some of the rules are relatively different. Didn't you notice that their machines are all made by themselves? They are different from the slot machines in ordinary casinos. It’s different. Every time they open a day, the jackpot chips will be filled up, so as long as you can win, you don’t have to worry about running out of chips. The odds are also fixed and are not calculated based on the chips taken in every day.”
Dong Xuebin asked strangely: "Then this machine should have a lot of people? At least it has won the prize once."
The young man chuckled, "You don't think so. Do you know how low the probability of winning 777 is? The gambling boat has been open for several months, but it only happened once last month. This is almost a matter of luck, so A machine that has won once will have a very low chance of winning again, so no one will come.”
I see.
Dong Xuebin probably understood, but he also smiled bitterly. If the probability of each machine is the same, then even the machine that has won the jackpot will be no different from other machines. This can be explained by statistics, at most It's just everyone's psychological effect.
never mind.
Let it be.
Only this table was empty, so Dong Xuebin sat on it.
The young man next to him didn't persuade him, because the man in front left, and the young man also sat on it and started playing.
It was Dong Xuebin's first time to play, so he fumbled around, looked at the coin slot, and painfully threw a $1,000 chip in his hand.
There was a beeping sound.
The machine displayed a "1".
Dong Xuebin touched the lever and pushed it, and the machine pattern suddenly started to rotate!
Snoring, snoring, at the end, Dong Xuebin didn't even see "7", it was all other things. When it finally stopped, the machine didn't respond at all. Although it was still in the fog, Dong Xuebin also knew that he missed, one thousand It really hurts that the U.S. dollars are gone just like that.
Played again.
Still didn't win.
Dong Xuebin shook his head and stood up. He knew that this slot machine was too stupid and it was impossible to win the big prize. He might as well play something else.
As soon as I turned around, I saw Zhang Longjuan.
Sister Zhang smiled and said, "Why are you playing slot machines?"
Dong Xuebin said: "You don't need to use your brain for this, just playing around."
In fact, Dong Xuebin thought that if he won a big prize, he could share the pressure with Zhang Longjuan and help her company get out of trouble. That would be the best.
Zhang Longjuan smiled and took his hand, pulling him to go elsewhere, "Actually, I don't recommend playing this."
"Why?"
"Because they built the slot machine themselves, have you seen it? It's not a coin-throwing machine, but a chips-taking machine. The machine operates differently from other slot machines, and the rules are also different. They all made it themselves, even if they lose money The rate is quite tempting, and the small prizes seem to be much higher than other slot machines, but I’m still not sure about things I haven’t touched before, because you don’t have to be too sure, okay?”
"You said there was something fishy?"
"I don't know. I'm sure I won't win the grand prize anyway."
"Didn't you say that someone got hit last month?"
"How many chips have to be eaten to win one? What is the difference between this and an impossible win?" Zhang Longjuan smiled. "I still like gambling that I can control, such as blackjack. It is not purely about luck. Gambling Skills and experience also play a big role, so this is easier to grasp. Haha, the eldest sister also knows that the odds of the slot machines here are high. Maybe one win can solve my company's problem, but if the eldest sister counts as 10,000 chips, There are only five hundred, so you can’t just bet on luck, and you won’t win. Sister is not that blind.”
Zhang Longjuan is very calm, she has always been like this, and she naturally sees things more clearly than others.
Dong Xuebin nodded and agreed with Sister Zhang. Instead of playing this kind of slot machine with almost no technical content, it is better to get something that you can control yourself.
"Have you warmed up yet?" Dong Xuebin asked.
Zhang Longjuan moved her fingers and said, "It's not bad, let's play with the outfield again."
Dong Xuebin looked at the box held by Shen Xiaomei behind him, "Do you still have chips..."
Zhang Longjuan smiled and said, "It's a little more, probably 56.7 million."
Dong Xuebin said with shame: "You won six or seven hundred thousand in such a short time? Or is it US dollars?"
"I'm not too lucky." Zhang Longjuan said with a smile: "I won some in baccarat, and some in blackjack, but I lost in roulette, otherwise I could have won more."
"This is a good record."
"It's far from it. Sister's goal today is 100 million U.S. dollars. She has to go to the VIP room soon. Otherwise, there are only two possibilities for such a trivial matter. One is to lose all the money, and the other is to win not much."
"There will definitely be no problem if this momentum continues." After hearing that she had won so much, Dong Xuebin also gained a lot of confidence in Zhang Longjuan. (To be continued)RQ