Shadow Empire

Chapter 595 Warning and Lance Poker

The change of ownership of Jingang Casino caused a big stir in the gambling circle.

On the one hand, Bandy is actually a decent person. After he started running the casino, he attracted many gambling experts, or in other words, cheating experts.

Not only did he not despise these people, he also made friends with them, gave them valuable gifts, and even gave them some money.

Including professional gamblers.

These professional gamblers are not cheating gamblers. They are more like a type of option that obtains the maximum winning rate through scientific calculations, and then always stands on the side with the highest winning rate.

Although there are wins and losses, overall, the probability of winning is higher.

When blackjack became popular across the federation, a true story emerged in Paradise about a high school math teacher who won hundreds of thousands from the casino.

As long as he conducts rational analysis through calculations, then with enough sample data, the more rounds of poker he participates in, the greater his probability of winning and the more profit he will make.

This group of people also gained Bandy's friendship. They often frequented different casinos in different regions, and indirectly promoted Bandy's fame.

Secondly, Bandy always gave people the feeling that the Kodak family would never fall no matter what. He always talked about the big shots and upper-class people he knew while chatting and joking, making people mistakenly believe that he was also a member of the upper class.

Coupled with his tight control over the gambling industry in Golden City, the state government has not continued to issue casino franchise licenses for many years, which has led many people to believe that the Kodak family also has a great influence on the state government.

But such a family with great influence and great wealth was disintegrated in an instant and became a thing of the past, which inevitably shocked some people!
It is inevitable that some people will have some unfriendly thoughts about the not-so-famous Lance and the Lance family.

The gambling industry is also a relatively closed industry, and it has its own unique rules.

Many people think that cheaters should be despised and scorned by people, but in fact, those who are despised and scorned are those who do not have good skills and are easily discovered by people.

Those cheaters who are truly skilled will become the objects of respect and emulation. Of course, this also includes gamblers with special talents or abilities.

For example, some people have a good memory. After they sit down, they will ask the dealer to change a new set of cards, and then remember the approximate order of the first few dozen cards by observing the shuffling process.

Some people can also win by obtaining some elemental information and judging what cards others have in their hands.

These people are respected by gamblers. Not only do they make a lot of money through their gambling skills, they also become important VIPs of various casinos. They can be said to gain both fame and fortune!
The change of ownership of Jingang Casino this time was either to repay the benefits Bandy had given them or to show their face in front of the new casino operators, let the other party know that they are not easy to mess with, and thus reach a new cooperative relationship.

They all needed to make Mr. Lance realize that in this industry, it is not easy to open a casino without a strong enough background and ability.

At around eight o'clock in the morning, four gentlemen gathered at a table in the hotel restaurant attached to the Jingang Casino.

The breakfast in the hotel has many varieties and is very rich.

The accommodation here is not cheap, but many people still choose to stay here because it is right above the casino.

After waking up every day, you just need to take a shower and take an elevator to reach the casino below. This is the most suitable place for gamblers who don’t have enough time to gamble.

On the table were plates containing their breakfast, including ham and egg sandwiches, bacon rolls, creamy macaroni, and some fruit.

These four people are quite famous in the gambling industry because they all have their own unique skills. In other words, they win more and lose less, and are on the blacklists of many casinos.

They gathered in Jingang City this time, definitely not to travel, but to visit the Jingang Casino.

"I remember that guy went in yesterday. Is there any new news?" said one of them, a guy in his forties, wearing a pair of round-frame glasses and looking like a simple and honest man.

He ate his breakfast while looking at the others.

The little guy sitting opposite him shook his head and said, "I don't know. I didn't see him."

As he spoke he straightened up and looked around, but he didn't see the person they were looking for.

"Will there be any accidents?" another guy in his thirties, wearing a floral shirt and looking somewhat handsome, asked with some concern.

He was actually feeling uneasy, as these people were good friends. They met in the casino and had discussed gambling skills with each other.

Without considering cheating, everyone's level is actually very good, so they can become friends.

After becoming friends, they fought together in casinos across the federation, made a name for themselves, and earned a lot of money.

In order to avoid trouble, many casinos will give them a sum of money and then blacklist them.

Although they cannot go to casinos to gamble now, they can still participate in competitions. In order to increase the popularity of their casinos, some casinos will hold card competitions from time to time.

As long as they don't cheat, they are welcome in these competitions.

The total prize money for some competitions is as high as 200,000 or 300,000 yuan, and the average is about 30,000 to 50,000 yuan.

There are more than a dozen such competitions every year. As long as they are diligent and lucky, they can always win one or two.

An annual income of 30,000 to 50,000 yuan, plus the money earned before, is enough to maintain their consumption.

This time when they came to Jingang City, in addition to someone suggesting to vent Bandy's anger, there was also an idea to extort money from the new owner of the casino.

Floral Shirt was worried that something might go wrong, but the others thought nothing would go wrong.

As long as they are not caught cheating, then with their reputation in the gambling industry, there is a high probability that the casino will follow the rules of this industry.

Give them some money and send them off.

Although this approach seemed like giving away beggars, they finally got some money and were able to vent Bandy's anger.

Flowered Shant felt that the reason why the Lans family was able to replace the Kodak family was definitely not the reasons reported in the newspapers - there were problems within the Kodak family, the capital chain was broken, etc. There must be deeper problems, but these people were unwilling to listen.

Now that the guy didn't come back, he became even more worried.

The restaurant is located on the twelfth floor of the entire hotel, right in the upper middle position.

A circle of floor-to-ceiling glass windows around them allow them to overlook the entire Jingang City, whether it is the city center, the Starlight District, or the most beautiful bay area, they can all be seen.

Just when they were worried about what had happened to their companions, someone suddenly cried out, and then more people stood up and walked towards one side.

Just at that moment, something screamed and fell from the side of the glass curtain wall. It was a human!
Someone in the restaurant immediately cried out, "Someone jumped off the building!"

This is one of the casino's regular activities. Many people lose all their money in the casino and still owe a large sum of money. After they are unable to repay it, they often choose to jump out.

If no one jumps over the building in a casino, then there must be problems with the operation and profitability of this casino.

But people can't jump off buildings frequently, because that would mean the casino is charging too much.

People like to watch the fun, even if they know deep down that the guy lying downstairs may be themselves tomorrow.

A large number of people gathered around the glass curtain wall, and the man in the flowered shirt and a few others also squeezed to the side of the glass curtain wall and looked down.

The body could be seen here. It had fallen onto the platform on the sixth floor and was broken into two pieces. It looked extremely miserable.

Many people were commenting on something, and the faces of the men in flowered shirts gradually turned grim.

Because they discovered that the clothes the man was wearing were the same style as their missing friend.

"It must be... a coincidence."

The crowd was dispersed, and the four people no longer had the intention of continuing to eat breakfast. After discussing it, they decided to go down and take a look.

Before the police arrived, they saw the dead guy. Although he was completely deformed, they could still tell that this guy was their "late" friend.

The four of them fell silent for a moment.

"He's not the type to jump off a building," someone said.

The middle-aged man with glasses nodded and said, "Yes, you are right, but he jumped off the building. You saw it. He was right there."

Flowered Shirt couldn't help but say, "Let's get out of here!"

"I felt a strong sense of uneasiness. He was thrown down from above!"

The other three fell into silence. The middle-aged man with glasses exhaled, "They broke the rules."

Flowered shirt felt a little tingling on his scalp, "Why do you care if they broke the rules or not? Someone's dead now, bro!"

"They are warning us in this way, asking us to stay away from here. Don't you feel it?"

"I really am...I have to go back and pack my bags. I want to leave here!"

"I don't want my parents to receive a call from the police station in a few days, telling them that I jumped off the building too!"

The man in the flowered shirt left without hesitation, he was obviously terrified.

The friends who were chatting together yesterday and talking about the competition in September are now lying on the ground at two ends.

His eyeballs were squeezed out by the huge impact, and he felt terrified and nauseous at the thought of that damn scene.

The other three looked at each other, and finally they all chose to leave.

It is obvious that the Lance family is not like the operators of other casinos. They don't care about or respect people like them who have skills.

The police arrived at the scene soon, and after a simple evidence collection, they finally determined that the man had committed suicide.

The injuries from the fall covered up other injuries on his body, and the forensic doctor was also smart enough to manually treat some of the wounds that were not covered.

Now the entire police system is subsidized by the Lance family, and Lance has also set up a foundation to ensure that all police officers will not miss the opportunity for treatment or the opportunity for their children to go to college due to lack of money when they need a large sum of money.

Everyone is sincerely grateful to Lance. If we were to choose who is the most respected person in the hearts of the Jingang City police, then that person is undoubtedly Lance.

Later, more photos and news about the man who jumped from the building were published in newspapers.

Because his body had soiled the sixth-floor terrace of the hotel, and because he had broken into pieces and splattered everywhere, there was a charge of about seventy dollars.

The police station and the hotel need his family to pay the cash before they can take his body or ashes away.

Some people who have seen this guy in the casino, and some people who know this guy, realized in this incident that Lance is not Bandy, and he will not allow those people to blackmail him and his casino.

Although this made many professional gamblers somewhat dissatisfied, it was only dissatisfaction in their hearts.

In the afternoon, the casino spread the news through various channels that they welcomed any normal guests to gamble in the casino.

Not only can you lose money to the casino, you can also win a large sum of money from the casino, but there is a prerequisite, that is, cheating is not allowed.

As long as there is no cheating, even if a customer wins one million, the casino will guarantee his safety and the safety of his funds.

But if someone cheats, even if that person only wins one dollar.

Lansdu guaranteed that he would not leave Jingang City alive!
In addition to this news that was confirmed with someone's life, there is another news.

Each floor of the casino will offer a new game called "Lance Poker". Its rules and gameplay are simpler, but it is more fun and playable than ordinary games. Everyone is welcome to try it.

The gameplay of this new "Lance Poker" is actually Zhajinhua. The Federation does not have this gameplay, at least not in this era.

The greatest fun of this way of playing is that even if you have the smallest hand of cards, as long as you are brave enough, you can still scare off those who have big cards.

The casino does not participate in the game, but will take a five percent table fee from each round of the game.

Gamblers are very interested in the new gambling method, and the casino mentioned "winner takes all" in its promotion, which makes those gamblers who like excitement very interested.

The cheater who jumped off the building during the day did not affect the casino business at night at all. No matter which floor it was, the Lance poker table was surrounded by people, and there were even not enough tables!

The gambling tables are divided into eight-person tables and twelve-person tables. The most popular are always the twelve-person tables. You can use one dollar to win eleven dollars. Gamblers know how to choose to maximize their interests.

The gameplay itself is not complicated, but these people have figured out some of the fun of it. When someone uses a small card to eat the whole table, it will cause the onlookers to exclaim!
There is no other game more exciting and thrilling than this. In just a few hours, it became the most popular game in the casino, without a doubt.

Even Morris sincerely admired Lance's "all-round" ability. Although this gameplay seems simple and the casino cannot make much money, it is not actually the case.

According to current statistics, the gambling tables on the first floor can generate at least two dollars in revenue per minute, and the daily revenue of a gambling table is approximately three thousand dollars.

This number may not seem very surprising, but what if there are ten or twenty gambling tables?
This is just the first floor.

The base bet on the second floor is ten times that of the first floor, which means that the gambling tables on the second floor generate about twenty dollars of revenue per minute, or nearly thirty thousand dollars of revenue per day.

There are relatively few gambling tables on the second floor, only eight. Even if only three of them are full every day, that would still be a daily income of at least 80,000 to 90,000.

On the third floor, the ante is raised to fifty dollars. If the eight-person table only looks at the cards at the beginning of each round, it can generate a profit of at least twenty or thirty dollars.

But when it comes to the third floor, people can’t just look at the cards for the first round, so the profit generated per minute is more than 50 yuan.

As long as there is a full table, it can bring the casino at least 80,000 yuan in profit every day.

Adding all these together, a new game can bring in a guaranteed income of two hundred thousand every day, not counting the free consumption tables on the fourth and fifth floors.

In this type of game, the casino does not participate as the banker, which means that the casino does not suffer any losses.

Unlike games like blackjack, which are bets between the casino and the players, sometimes the casino will lose money in the game.

Winning two games and losing two games is equivalent to playing in vain, but it is not the case with Lans Poker. All income is profit and there is no possibility of losing money.

The crazier the players are, the more money the casino makes!
A city on the East Coast with a population of two million and still growing, this is definitely not its upper limit!
With the upcoming hundreds of thousands or even more high-income groups, casino revenue will be beyond people's imagination!

After trying the business for the first day, Morris was dumbfounded. He never thought that this way of playing would make players keep throwing money on the gambling table!
Or it may be because of greed, wanting to win more, but ending up losing more!

And another advantage of this gameplay is that the hatred generated by the players is not directed towards the casino.

Unlike other games, if players lose too much and become mentally frustrated, they will think it is the casino's problem.

Whether it was the dealer who did something wrong or for some other reason, they will resent the casino for taking their money.

But Lance Poker is different, they only hate other players, not the casino.

Lance is a genius!

But Lance told him not to be too happy too soon, because the current popularity of Lance Poker was only because it had just appeared.

As it starts to drain people's pockets, this crazy revenue will come down, and maybe by the end of next year or so, the profits it brings will be lower.

But even if it is reduced by half, it is still the most profitable gambling table among all the games in the casino, no doubt about it!

(End of this chapter)