He swapped the chips around, so the stack of blacks formed part of the bet, and thirty red meant they were swept back into the float. it still left them with only three thousand in five-hundreds. He bet three thousand on red and hit thirty-two red with some help. Repeated the add two, keep one thousand drill, and decided to go easy on them and let the ball hit wherever. Twenty-two black, and he was only ten thousand up. He bet three on black. Twenty-six black. He took the usual one thousand and stacked the bet up to five thousand. At this point, security arrived with a chip delivery containing two stacks of orange chips.

After the paperwork was done, the dealer offered to change his chips. He had eight thousand dollars worth in his pocket and five thousand on the table. The five-hundreds were all changed for the orange one-thousands. The next spin came down four black, and he took his five thousand payout, giving him thirteen thousand in hand and five on the table. All right. Let it roll. The ball bounced and bobbled around the wheel, almost landed in five, and then bounced back into seventeen black. Ha. Eighteen thousand up. The next spin was nine red, and he had lost. He tried to make it seem like he had decided to stop mucking around and plonked five thousand down on red straight off.

Thirty-two red got his five thousand back. Twelve red took him to twenty-three thousand up. He let the ball bounce freely, and black four meant he lost the bet. Five thousand on black and had to nudge the ball into Thirteen black. Then thirty-one black, and the next spin, a free one, hit eight black, and he was thirty-three thousand up. The spin after that was nine red, and he decided to go one sequence more. He bet five thousand on red using the same apparent system he’d been using the whole time. He had to nudge the ball into seven red, and it was sort of late and looked a little dodgy to Jason, but the bets were paid. The next spin was twenty-one red without any help, and he was thirty-eight thousand up, and they had to pay him with their two remaining orange chips and three thousand in five-hundreds. He left the small chips and two of the thousands out there. The next spin was also red, sixteen, and they only had five-hundreds left for the payout. Finally, a black came up, and he lost.

Right. So, let’s see what happens now, he thought to himself. He nodded to the dealer and threw him a five-hundred chip over as a tip before heading for the cashier. He was forty-two thousand and five hundred dollars up after the dealer tip. He had to give them his details, including tax information, and they paid him with a check for forty thousand and cash for the balance of the chips, three-thousand and five-hundred dollars. No one tried to stop him as he left, and having had such a good run at the tables, he took no chances at being mugged and got a taxi back to his hotel.