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All right, play ball.

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Here we go.

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It's 17.

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We got it.

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That's a big win.

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That's a big win.

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That's probably 40,000, 35,000, 40,000.

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Now you're up 50 grand.

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Why not stop now and then you're 50,000 up?

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Not yet.

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Gamblers never stop.

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I was in America's fastest-growing city,

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taking a look at the pastime that made it famous.

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Vegas, where the neon-lit mega casinos

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are dedicated to taking your money

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while keeping a smile on your face.

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I was here to find out how they do it,

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and so I'd be immersing myself among the high rollers

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at one of the city's top casinos,

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the Las Vegas Hilton.

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It had been home to Elvis in the 70s,

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but this weekend only, it would be home to me.

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So what's going on?

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We're going to pick up one of my guys

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at the private terminal right now.

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He's coming in on his jet.

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He just called me 15 minutes, he's landing,

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so we've got to get there.

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I was with Richard Wilk,

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the man in charge of bringing the biggest gamblers

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into the casino and making sure they keep gambling.

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We were on our way to meet one of his high rollers.

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Now, what can you tell me about this guy who's coming in?

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This guy that's coming in is one of my closest friends

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from Toronto, Canada.

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We used to say he's the mattress king

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because he has the largest manufacturing plant

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for mattresses in all of Canada.

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This guy's like a, he's a friend of yours.

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Yes.

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So, you don't...

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He's a friend of mine, he's a high roller,

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one of the biggest high rollers.

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Is he?

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And he's also godfather to my little girl too,

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so I mean, it's a whole thing.

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So, anything to know before he comes out?

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I don't want to kind of, you know, say anything.

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Listen, he's going to bust your chops.

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He's going to bust my chops.

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He's going to ride us the whole way.

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He's going to joke around with us all the time.

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That's just him.

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Yeah.

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And just take it.

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Just take it.

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But remember who he is too,

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so respect him at the same time as you take him.

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Yeah.

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And what is his, what's his credit line?

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It's a lot of money.

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I'm under confidentiality,

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so I don't talk about my guy's credit lines and how much,

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but it's a lot of money.

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Wait, you can't wait to get on the phone?

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What's up, buddy?

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How you doing?

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All right.

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Yeah, you all right?

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Yeah, you getting okay?

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Say hi to Louie.

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How's he doing?

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All right, Louie.

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Nice to meet you.

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Louie's from the BBC in the UK.

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What's up?

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What's going on, buddy?

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Nice to see you.

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Ready for a good time?

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You sure you want to do this?

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Let's do it.

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You sure you want to do it?

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Let's do it.

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Let's do it.

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Let's do it.

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You sure?

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Yeah.

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As a top gambler,

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Alan qualified to stay in the hotel's best suite free of charge.

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This is home for three days.

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What do you think so far?

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Rich!

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Surprise!

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What's up, buddy?

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Surprise!

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What's going on, bud?

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All right, babe.

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We need a water, buddy.

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This is yours.

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Rich, say hi to Louie.

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How do you do?

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Nice to meet you.

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This is Rich, our butler.

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He's the best in Las Vegas.

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You're the butler for this?

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You cannot get better than him in Las Vegas.

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Really?

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Yes.

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What do you think, guys?

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It's okay?

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It seems quite nice.

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It's about 15,000 square feet.

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15,000 square feet?

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Yeah.

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This house is smaller than that.

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Most.

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My house is as small as that.

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And this is, and this is all part of the deal?

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This is, this is it.

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This is provided free?

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This is, this is the largest suite in North America.

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Wow.

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Okay, that I know of.

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And Alan gets it for as long as he's here, and everything's comped in here.

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It's all comped.

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Complimentary.

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Absolutely.

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What do you think?

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What do I think about what?

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Why didn't they give you the big one?

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The big what?

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Big room.

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They don't have any bigger.

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The only problem with this entire room is in the morning time.

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Why?

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Because it's a long walk.

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It's a long walk to the kitchen.

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You know, when you, it's so nice, you, you sort of think, well, why would you even leave

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here and, and, and bother gambling?

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You could just hang out here.

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You're not going to live in the room, are you?

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You know, because there's a lot of big name casinos in Vegas.

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Is it, what is it that brings you to the Hilton specifically?

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This is the nicest suite in Vegas.

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Because you could go, everyone would love your business.

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I, I could pretty well go anywhere.

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Yeah.

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I, I tend to go where Rich goes.

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Why?

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Rich and I are close.

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We're good friends.

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He'll look after me, not only as a friend, but as a client.

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Hmm.

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What is it that he does that is special?

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Rich, Rich arranges everything for me.

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Anything on the casino floor, private gaming tables.

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Yeah.

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And are you, um, are you friends or are you business associates?

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We're friends first.

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Business later.

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I don't, I don't, I can't, I think we've had one argument in 10 years.

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And it was, you know, something that he had to take his friendship hat off and put his businessman hat on.

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Is he rooting for you to win?

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A hundred percent.

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Because he works for the casino.

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I, I, I, I, he works for the casino, but I don't think he likes to see anybody get hurt.

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He likes to see people gamble what they can afford.

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Vegas.

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They didn't build these places on winners, you know.

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Um, a hundred percent.

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I, I, as I said, I, I think in a lifetime, everybody's a loser.

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But the thrill of being able to win today, lose next month, win the year after.

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Uh, I think it's the challenge.

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I think it's the thrill.

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I think it's the entertainment in the city.

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You're winning?

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Oh, no.

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Not at all.

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Negative 20 for the trip.

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$20?

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No.

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20,000.

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Whoa.

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You winning?

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Yeah.

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You winning?

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Yeah.

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Are you?

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Yes.

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Down on the casino floor, the weekend crowds were already trying their luck.

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I thought I'd drink in the atmosphere and learn a little about how it all works.

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What do you do here, Jimmy?

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I'm the ship manager.

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I run the casino at night.

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So everything you see, I'm in charge of.

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All the people, all the players.

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I try to make sure everybody's having fun.

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This is what I've, so far, this is the cash that I've won.

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So you've up since you got here by?

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Probably about $4,000 to $5,000.

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Really?

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Look at Jimmy.

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He's winning and winning.

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You want people to win.

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That way they'll come back.

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And if they never win, they would never come back.

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And they come back and then what happens?

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But see, well, we want them to win a little bit and then we take all their money.

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You must be Tommy.

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Yes, I am.

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I'm Louie.

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How do you do?

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Hi, Louie.

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How are you doing?

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Yeah.

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Pleasure to meet you.

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You too.

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You going to show me the slots?

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Sure.

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Tommy Brown looks after high-limit slots players.

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He offered to introduce me to another gambler the casino makes a big fuss over,

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a retired doctor named Martha Ogman.

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Dr. Ogman is probably our number one guest that comes to this hotel.

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Beautiful woman.

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How do you do?

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My name's Louie.

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Nice to meet you.

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Louie, what do you do?

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I guess I'm a journalist, a TV journalist.

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I interview people.

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I make documentaries.

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Oh, that's very nice.

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Tommy, is Martha a good client for you?

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She plays the slots here.

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You look after her.

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Martha is probably our number one guest that comes to this hotel.

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This is my second home.

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Do you live in Vegas?

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Yes.

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And how often do you come here?

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Every day.

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Every day?

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For 10 years.

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Now, that could get expensive, couldn't it?

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It gets expensive, and sometimes I make money.

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And would Martha qualify for complimentary items?

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Yes.

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About anything that she asked her.

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John, what do I do?

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Just say this?

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All the deuces.

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That's all.

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Martha, you know his name's not John.

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It's Tommy.

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Tommy, I know.

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Tom, what do I do?

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Hold the queen.

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And that's it?

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Yeah.

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That's it, honey.

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You shut up?

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That's all you do.

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To give you an example of what we do as customer service and what we do, Martha's husband passed

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away.

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When did Sam pass?

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April 21st.

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Passed away in April.

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We had a memorial service here in our hotel.

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Unbelievable.

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That's because she's so valued to us.

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We value her.

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We won't do that for everybody, but such a fine player.

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It was the most beautiful thing you ever saw in your life.

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It was so elaborate.

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It was so beautiful.

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Didn't cost me one penny.

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The casino's running a business, obviously, so there must be something in it for them.

278
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I imagine you're losing enough that they feel it's worthwhile to offer those items.

279
00:10:03,060 --> 00:10:06,600
So in a sense, it's not totally disinterested hospitality.

280
00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:08,540
Remember I said it's based on their play.

281
00:10:08,740 --> 00:10:08,980
Yes.

282
00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:14,820
We will give them a percentage of complimentary items.

283
00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:15,580
Let's put it that way.

284
00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:17,800
Complimentary items based on their play.

285
00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:21,400
They treat me so nicely that I wouldn't want to go anywhere.

286
00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:24,980
Thank you very much, Martha.

287
00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:26,060
I really appreciate it.

288
00:10:27,580 --> 00:10:30,680
Have you ever sort of thought, well, that person is spending too much.

289
00:10:31,140 --> 00:10:35,420
You know, I want to look after their interests because I'm worried that they might be spending

290
00:10:35,420 --> 00:10:35,700
too much.

291
00:10:35,700 --> 00:10:37,020
That is part of our job as well.

292
00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:37,260
Yeah.

293
00:10:37,740 --> 00:10:42,360
Or an elderly player who maybe you're thinking, well, perhaps they're not totally compost

294
00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:43,420
mantis at this point.

295
00:10:43,940 --> 00:10:47,120
And, you know, how would you, you know, you might ascertain that you felt they weren't

296
00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:49,760
making an informed choice to do what they were doing.

297
00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:50,880
That's up to them.

298
00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:52,460
I can't tell them what to choose to do.

299
00:10:52,980 --> 00:10:54,780
And I don't know everybody's finances.

300
00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:56,780
So I can't really go in.

301
00:10:56,860 --> 00:11:01,480
But the guests that I've known for quite a while, you know, and I see that, let's say

302
00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:04,900
that they normally come in and they bring two or three thousand dollars with them.

303
00:11:05,700 --> 00:11:09,920
And then all of a sudden they're losing 10,000 or 15,000 or 20,000.

304
00:11:10,900 --> 00:11:11,980
That's the flag to me.

305
00:11:12,060 --> 00:11:16,400
And I have to, I will a lot of times go up and ask them, are you sure that you can do

306
00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:16,620
this?

307
00:11:16,620 --> 00:11:17,560
I don't want to bury you.

308
00:11:17,620 --> 00:11:18,640
I don't want you losing your house.

309
00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:19,500
I don't want you doing that.

310
00:11:19,500 --> 00:11:20,880
I want you to come out here and have a good time.

311
00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:22,400
This is a place of enjoyment.

312
00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:24,160
You know, it's for them to have fun.

313
00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:24,980
Have a good time.

314
00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:26,580
Don't come out and lose your house.

315
00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:29,300
It does happen, but we try to avoid that as well.

316
00:11:29,300 --> 00:11:36,480
No, no, no, no.

317
00:11:37,680 --> 00:11:38,440
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

318
00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:40,380
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

319
00:11:40,380 --> 00:11:40,900
What if it loses?

320
00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:41,560
I want to see you do it.

321
00:11:41,560 --> 00:11:42,440
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

322
00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:43,180
I want to lose.

323
00:11:43,260 --> 00:11:43,560
Go.

324
00:11:43,940 --> 00:11:44,580
Hit you win.

325
00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:44,880
Ready?

326
00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:45,740
Did I just press it?

327
00:11:45,820 --> 00:11:45,980
Yeah.

328
00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:46,540
Go, go, go.

329
00:11:46,740 --> 00:11:47,980
Come on, baby.

330
00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:48,380
Good one.

331
00:11:48,820 --> 00:11:49,640
That's all right.

332
00:11:50,060 --> 00:11:51,560
Sorry, it's not very big.

333
00:11:51,820 --> 00:11:51,920
No.

334
00:11:51,920 --> 00:12:00,200
The guests were still rolling up, and I was about ready to call it a night

335
00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:03,460
when I met John Romanelli and Tim Nordahl.

336
00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:07,560
A pair of salesmen, they were in Vegas for a three-day blitz.

337
00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:10,240
They seemed to be betting closer to my level,

338
00:12:10,620 --> 00:12:14,060
and I wondered if they'd be good mentors for my gambling the next day.

339
00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:16,120
How's it going?

340
00:12:16,780 --> 00:12:19,540
Well, I'm up. I've been here for a couple of hours.

341
00:12:19,540 --> 00:12:22,420
I hit the tables not too long ago.

342
00:12:22,660 --> 00:12:23,820
I'm up about 10 Gs.

343
00:12:25,260 --> 00:12:26,060
10,000?

344
00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:26,660
10,000.

345
00:12:28,100 --> 00:12:29,440
Is it all in your pocket?

346
00:12:29,700 --> 00:12:30,200
Oh, God.

347
00:12:33,300 --> 00:12:34,540
I love this casino.

348
00:12:35,780 --> 00:12:37,540
Wow. How much did you...

349
00:12:38,420 --> 00:12:39,300
What have you been playing?

350
00:12:39,560 --> 00:12:40,620
Blackjack is my game.

351
00:12:40,780 --> 00:12:41,260
Blackjack?

352
00:12:41,340 --> 00:12:42,480
Yeah, blackjack is my game.

353
00:12:43,100 --> 00:12:43,540
Really?

354
00:12:43,860 --> 00:12:44,180
Mm-hmm.

355
00:12:44,700 --> 00:12:48,240
But the odds are stacked against the player.

356
00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:50,660
The odds are in favor of the house, no?

357
00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:51,960
No, not really.

358
00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:56,300
My whole philosophy on...

359
00:12:56,300 --> 00:13:00,140
Blackjack is probably your best chances of winning versus the machines.

360
00:13:01,140 --> 00:13:03,140
But if you're on a good streak, you want to bet heavy.

361
00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:05,680
Are you quite a serious gambler as well?

362
00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:06,820
I wouldn't say serious.

363
00:13:06,900 --> 00:13:09,220
I just go out there and have fun, and that's usually how you win.

364
00:13:09,220 --> 00:13:12,560
This gentleman here is down $160,000 for a reason.

365
00:13:12,860 --> 00:13:13,940
I try to play...

366
00:13:13,940 --> 00:13:16,340
I try to play as consistent...

367
00:13:16,340 --> 00:13:17,060
That's why he's laughing.

368
00:13:17,340 --> 00:13:19,960
I try to play as consistent as possible.

369
00:13:20,900 --> 00:13:22,740
Are you really $160,000 in the hole?

370
00:13:22,820 --> 00:13:23,560
No, he's...

371
00:13:23,560 --> 00:13:24,600
How much?

372
00:13:25,100 --> 00:13:26,260
I'm not in the hole at all.

373
00:13:27,020 --> 00:13:28,240
I just watched him play.

374
00:13:28,260 --> 00:13:28,860
What are you really?

375
00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:30,360
I really...

376
00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:34,100
I played a little bit, maybe up $1,000 right now, but I haven't even started.

377
00:13:34,340 --> 00:13:34,880
No, I'm talking about...

378
00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:36,760
I haven't even really unpacked my bags yet.

379
00:13:36,780 --> 00:13:37,820
I'm talking about for the year.

380
00:13:38,020 --> 00:13:38,240
Oh.

381
00:13:38,660 --> 00:13:39,740
This year, I've been winning.

382
00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:41,000
What about last year?

383
00:13:41,660 --> 00:13:42,020
What's the worst?

384
00:13:42,020 --> 00:13:48,740
In a bad year, if I lost maybe $50,000, $60,000, then I would feel.

385
00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:54,420
But it's hard because sometimes you lose like $10,000, but then you win $10,000 or $15,000 the next time.

386
00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:57,020
Will you do any gambling tonight?

387
00:13:57,340 --> 00:13:57,740
Absolutely.

388
00:13:58,400 --> 00:13:58,760
Really?

389
00:13:58,860 --> 00:13:59,340
Oh, yeah.

390
00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:01,640
Isn't that why people go to...

391
00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:03,020
Isn't that why people come to Vegas?

392
00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:05,160
Just bring what you can afford.

393
00:14:05,980 --> 00:14:07,420
I bought $15,000 with me.

394
00:14:08,300 --> 00:14:09,340
If I win, I win.

395
00:14:09,340 --> 00:14:10,620
If I lose, I lose.

396
00:14:12,020 --> 00:14:13,220
I still have the house.

397
00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:26,220
Let's go.

398
00:14:26,340 --> 00:14:26,900
Tables awake.

399
00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:27,620
Tables awake.

400
00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:28,820
Cashier awake.

401
00:14:28,820 --> 00:14:30,100
And then the table's awake.

402
00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:35,440
The next morning, and Alan the high roller was ready to roll.

403
00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:48,560
With a weekend of gambling ahead of him, Alan had decided to limber up with a few turns at the roulette wheel.

404
00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:56,220
For me, it would be a chance to observe a big player close up, and maybe pick up a few tips for my own gambling later in the day.

405
00:14:56,220 --> 00:14:57,340
Oh, you're going to see a lot of chips.

406
00:14:57,340 --> 00:14:59,460
Oh, you're going to see a lot of chips go down.

407
00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:07,620
$14,000, $17,000, $20,000.

408
00:15:07,780 --> 00:15:08,280
Down the middle.

409
00:15:10,380 --> 00:15:11,280
Just out of it.

410
00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:12,060
You're going to see that?

411
00:15:12,060 --> 00:15:12,100
You're going to see that?

412
00:15:12,100 --> 00:15:12,600
$19,000, yeah?

413
00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:17,520
That was about $4,000.

414
00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:18,440
That was $4,000.

415
00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:18,660
Right.

416
00:15:18,780 --> 00:15:19,180
Exactly.

417
00:15:19,620 --> 00:15:20,020
Done.

418
00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:23,360
Well, see, it landed in my $20,000 and then it bounced over.

419
00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:25,440
We don't like those.

420
00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:35,360
Each chip was worth $100, and with between $40 and $60 on the table, he was risking around $5,000 a spin.

421
00:15:36,420 --> 00:15:38,340
It's all about gambling, isn't it?

422
00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:40,760
Is there any technique to where you're putting them?

423
00:15:41,140 --> 00:15:43,520
Are you placing that on a hunch or...?

424
00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:44,860
You're just picking what you feel.

425
00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:49,700
He's just got to cooperate.

426
00:15:51,100 --> 00:15:52,300
He's not cooperating.

427
00:15:53,820 --> 00:15:54,220
Jeez.

428
00:15:57,140 --> 00:15:57,860
That's bad.

429
00:15:58,120 --> 00:15:58,380
Yeah.

430
00:15:58,900 --> 00:15:59,700
It is bad.

431
00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:02,840
Oh, it's just warm up.

432
00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:04,780
6, 11, 13.

433
00:16:04,820 --> 00:16:06,120
But at least we're having a good time.

434
00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:08,660
Well, you know, we don't like to lose money either.

435
00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:11,060
We're here to enjoy ourselves.

436
00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:14,940
Yeah, but they should tease you a little.

437
00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:17,660
Have you been doing this for a while?

438
00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:19,320
Have you been into...

439
00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:19,600
Gambling?

440
00:16:19,740 --> 00:16:19,940
Yeah.

441
00:16:19,940 --> 00:16:23,620
I've been gambling since I was 16.

442
00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:24,260
Really?

443
00:16:25,020 --> 00:16:27,440
How did your family feel about the gambling?

444
00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:28,100
Are they...?

445
00:16:28,100 --> 00:16:29,820
Oh, my wife is against gambling.

446
00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:30,320
Is she?

447
00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:31,800
Because she knows what you're doing.

448
00:16:32,260 --> 00:16:33,020
Oh, she knows.

449
00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:35,440
She doesn't like it.

450
00:16:35,620 --> 00:16:35,900
Really?

451
00:16:35,900 --> 00:16:39,080
Well, it's not a good habit.

452
00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:42,460
It's not a good habit to be in.

453
00:16:42,580 --> 00:16:48,940
But she, you know, like most vices, spouses, they don't know what your financial status really is.

454
00:16:48,940 --> 00:16:52,180
Which is, you know, one of those things.

455
00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:52,960
Come on!

456
00:16:56,960 --> 00:16:57,880
You're in there for something.

457
00:16:58,440 --> 00:16:58,760
Yeah.

458
00:16:59,100 --> 00:16:59,940
So what does she say?

459
00:16:59,960 --> 00:17:00,720
She says don't do it?

460
00:17:01,420 --> 00:17:02,480
She doesn't approve of it.

461
00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:05,900
She won't say don't do it, but she won't come to a casino.

462
00:17:05,900 --> 00:17:10,600
Which I can understand, but I'm not going to change.

463
00:17:10,820 --> 00:17:11,740
Why is it a bad habit?

464
00:17:12,780 --> 00:17:16,120
Well, I enjoy it.

465
00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:23,600
So there's, I guess, in the back of her mind, there's a risk factor that one day things don't work out.

466
00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:26,520
And you lose a lot of money.

467
00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:30,780
Which is a possibility.

468
00:17:30,780 --> 00:17:34,160
Right now, this is more money than some people make in a year.

469
00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:37,060
It's a lot of money.

470
00:17:41,700 --> 00:17:42,620
And you know what they say?

471
00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:43,860
If you can't afford it, don't do it.

472
00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:48,560
It's 17.

473
00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:49,320
We got it.

474
00:17:50,900 --> 00:17:51,560
How about that?

475
00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:53,200
Now you're into some serious money.

476
00:17:53,500 --> 00:17:54,740
Now you're up 50 grand.

477
00:17:55,120 --> 00:17:58,340
Why not stop now, and then you're 50,000 up?

478
00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:00,140
Can I fly six hours?

479
00:18:00,780 --> 00:18:02,060
To play for 20 minutes.

480
00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:08,320
If you stop now, would they kick you out of your suite?

481
00:18:08,900 --> 00:18:09,160
No.

482
00:18:10,300 --> 00:18:12,700
No, they'd never do that, because they know I'm a gambler.

483
00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:20,040
And you take as many cards as you like on each one, unless you are splitting aces.

484
00:18:20,380 --> 00:18:21,860
Then you only get one card.

485
00:18:21,860 --> 00:18:25,580
That afternoon, I'd been hoping to make my own first foray onto the tables,

486
00:18:25,940 --> 00:18:28,380
under the guidance of the two salesmen, John and Tim.

487
00:18:28,380 --> 00:18:31,140
But they'd gone gambling on the strip.

488
00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:34,380
It was late in the evening when they finally showed.

489
00:18:34,380 --> 00:18:36,620
How are you doing?

490
00:18:36,700 --> 00:18:37,000
How are you doing, buddy?

491
00:18:37,140 --> 00:18:37,960
You were at AWOL.

492
00:18:38,580 --> 00:18:39,200
Yeah, I did.

493
00:18:39,360 --> 00:18:39,780
What happened?

494
00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:41,400
I don't know.

495
00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:45,380
I've been up since, I don't even know.

496
00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:46,780
Well, let's do a time check.

497
00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:49,300
It's now 24 hours since I last saw you.

498
00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:49,760
Yeah.

499
00:18:49,860 --> 00:18:50,720
You've been at the MGM.

500
00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:51,300
Right.

501
00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:52,500
And what happened?

502
00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:53,160
Nothing.

503
00:18:53,220 --> 00:18:54,200
I've been gambling ever since.

504
00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:54,720
Winning?

505
00:18:54,720 --> 00:19:01,360
No, I'm down $14,000, $15,000 plus the $10,000 that I won.

506
00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:06,020
So you're down both, $10,000 plus the $14,000?

507
00:19:06,020 --> 00:19:06,960
Plus the $14,000.

508
00:19:07,020 --> 00:19:08,600
So you're down about $25,000?

509
00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:11,800
$24,000.

510
00:19:13,060 --> 00:19:13,500
Sucks.

511
00:19:14,380 --> 00:19:15,800
Have you been having a wonderful time?

512
00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:21,660
Why did you do that?

513
00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:22,900
They got the best of me.

514
00:19:23,420 --> 00:19:25,440
It's hard to get off the tables once you're on there.

515
00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:26,400
What about your technique?

516
00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:28,840
My technique went out the door.

517
00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:30,980
They suckered me in.

518
00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:34,880
We don't have to do this?

519
00:19:35,220 --> 00:19:36,080
No, I want to.

520
00:19:36,260 --> 00:19:36,800
Are you sure?

521
00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:37,280
Absolutely.

522
00:19:37,620 --> 00:19:37,860
Why?

523
00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:41,460
Because I'm going to hopefully teach you...

524
00:19:41,460 --> 00:19:42,300
How to lose?

525
00:19:42,300 --> 00:19:48,980
Well, considering I am down, but I'm going to hopefully teach you how to win.

526
00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:50,200
What about you?

527
00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:53,100
Is your game plan to win it all back?

528
00:19:53,500 --> 00:19:55,380
Or maybe you should cut your losses?

529
00:19:57,720 --> 00:19:58,560
I'm not a quitter.

530
00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:00,060
I'm not a quitter.

531
00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:02,160
No, I'll get it back.

532
00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:06,460
I know it sounds sick and demented, but I will get it back.

533
00:20:07,360 --> 00:20:08,740
I just need one good streak.

534
00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:11,240
One good streak, I can get it done.

535
00:20:12,300 --> 00:20:15,860
My budget for the night was $500 of my own money.

536
00:20:17,100 --> 00:20:18,140
It feels a bit sick.

537
00:20:19,180 --> 00:20:19,960
I don't like it.

538
00:20:21,460 --> 00:20:22,560
I don't like it.

539
00:20:22,900 --> 00:20:23,640
You're going to like it.

540
00:20:24,140 --> 00:20:25,600
You're going to like it and we're going to win.

541
00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:31,660
We'd be playing blackjack, also known as pontoon, also known as 21.

542
00:20:32,940 --> 00:20:35,960
I was going to ride my 500 as long as I could.

543
00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:38,640
I had a feeling it might be an early night.

544
00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:40,220
There you go.

545
00:20:40,260 --> 00:20:40,720
Good luck to you.

546
00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:41,220
Thank you.

547
00:20:41,220 --> 00:20:44,200
Look, he's trying to act like he's never gambled before.

548
00:20:44,420 --> 00:20:46,300
This guy is just as sick as we are.

549
00:20:46,300 --> 00:20:48,820
Come on, big.

550
00:20:49,700 --> 00:20:50,500
There we go.

551
00:20:51,180 --> 00:20:52,080
That's a big hand.

552
00:20:52,180 --> 00:20:52,680
That's a great hand, yeah.

553
00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:53,660
How much did I make on that?

554
00:20:54,180 --> 00:20:55,460
You made $60.

555
00:20:55,760 --> 00:20:55,780
$60?

556
00:20:56,440 --> 00:20:56,740
Yep.

557
00:20:56,960 --> 00:20:57,640
I made $60?

558
00:20:58,040 --> 00:20:58,300
Yes.

559
00:20:58,380 --> 00:20:59,300
I should stop now.

560
00:20:59,380 --> 00:20:59,700
No.

561
00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:00,640
Stop.

562
00:21:00,860 --> 00:21:01,760
What are you talking about?

563
00:21:02,140 --> 00:21:03,320
You want to up your bet now.

564
00:21:03,380 --> 00:21:04,500
You want to push it a little more.

565
00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:05,240
Okay.

566
00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:08,140
If you're on a winning streak, you can't keep betting the same way.

567
00:21:08,180 --> 00:21:09,580
I know, but then I might lose it all.

568
00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:10,720
Well, that's a chance.

569
00:21:10,780 --> 00:21:11,480
That's called gambling.

570
00:21:12,860 --> 00:21:13,900
With all due respect.

571
00:21:18,700 --> 00:21:19,800
Gambling is good, huh?

572
00:21:23,860 --> 00:21:25,120
Would you double down on that?

573
00:21:25,120 --> 00:21:27,240
I won it against a deuce.

574
00:21:27,740 --> 00:21:32,940
I started out with little bets and seemed to be holding my own, but John's winning streak

575
00:21:32,940 --> 00:21:34,100
was still a no-show.

576
00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:40,000
This is just unbelievable, unreal.

577
00:21:40,620 --> 00:21:42,280
I haven't won a hand in a half an hour.

578
00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:53,340
It's tiring, man.

579
00:21:53,380 --> 00:21:54,340
It's so frustrating.

580
00:21:56,340 --> 00:21:56,660
Big.

581
00:21:57,320 --> 00:21:57,760
Big.

582
00:21:59,140 --> 00:21:59,580
Big.

583
00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:01,720
Oh, man.

584
00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:04,320
That was a bad one.

585
00:22:08,020 --> 00:22:08,420
Big.

586
00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:08,840
Big.

587
00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:11,860
How can that be possible?

588
00:22:12,580 --> 00:22:13,480
I'll be right there.

589
00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:14,420
Where are you going?

590
00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:14,940
Right here.

591
00:22:15,060 --> 00:22:15,340
Why?

592
00:22:16,340 --> 00:22:17,440
Because I've been losing.

593
00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:20,100
There we go.

594
00:22:20,860 --> 00:22:22,580
Don't touch the money until he's done paying you.

595
00:22:22,900 --> 00:22:24,220
He'll get very upset about it.

596
00:22:24,260 --> 00:22:24,540
Sorry.

597
00:22:25,260 --> 00:22:25,860
Well, that's yours.

598
00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:28,640
Two hours in, I was $300 down.

599
00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:33,760
But Tim had been taking advantage of the free drinks that the casino lays on for all gamblers,

600
00:22:33,940 --> 00:22:35,300
and he was feeling confident.

601
00:22:38,460 --> 00:22:38,860
Whoa.

602
00:22:39,140 --> 00:22:40,180
Why so much?

603
00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:41,700
Because that's how I do it.

604
00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:43,000
$400?

605
00:22:43,820 --> 00:22:44,220
Big.

606
00:22:44,380 --> 00:22:45,040
Just hope big.

607
00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:46,080
Yes!

608
00:22:48,140 --> 00:22:48,540
Yeah!

609
00:22:49,420 --> 00:22:50,980
That's how you do it, man.

610
00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:53,520
You've got to understand that's how you do it.

611
00:22:53,540 --> 00:22:54,080
Look at this.

612
00:22:54,580 --> 00:22:55,780
It's free money right now.

613
00:22:55,780 --> 00:22:56,380
You want it.

614
00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:57,220
Don't touch anything.

615
00:22:57,360 --> 00:22:58,000
I'm not touching it.

616
00:22:58,060 --> 00:22:59,440
They'll throw you out of the casino.

617
00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:00,340
I didn't touch him.

618
00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:02,340
Come on.

619
00:23:02,740 --> 00:23:03,280
Come on.

620
00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:04,020
Yeah!

621
00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:07,760
Lewis!

622
00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:09,080
Talk to me.

623
00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:11,260
Howie, are you ahead for the night now?

624
00:23:11,700 --> 00:23:13,040
I don't count my money.

625
00:23:13,540 --> 00:23:17,840
You're only ahead if you leave the table and you're winning, you know?

626
00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:18,600
What should I do?

627
00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:19,840
Maybe I should stop now.

628
00:23:19,900 --> 00:23:21,220
I think I might have broken even.

629
00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:21,540
No.

630
00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:23,880
You don't stop when you're winning, man.

631
00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:25,180
What is wrong with you?

632
00:23:26,300 --> 00:23:26,660
Damn.

633
00:23:28,500 --> 00:23:28,740
Yeah!

634
00:23:28,740 --> 00:23:32,100
How much do you think I've got here?

635
00:23:32,100 --> 00:23:33,020
100, 200, 300?

636
00:23:33,020 --> 00:23:33,220
300.

637
00:23:33,580 --> 00:23:34,340
And how much is this?

638
00:23:34,380 --> 00:23:34,880
Can you tell?

639
00:23:35,060 --> 00:23:36,120
I can tell right now.

640
00:23:36,260 --> 00:23:40,420
You've got like, you've got four, you've got about 500 right now.

641
00:23:40,940 --> 00:23:42,440
Just split it up in stacks of five.

642
00:23:42,460 --> 00:23:43,040
You're doing all right.

643
00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:44,780
You've got about five, a little over 500.

644
00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:46,480
You're not doing too badly.

645
00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:47,280
How are you doing?

646
00:23:49,460 --> 00:23:50,280
Forget about me.

647
00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:51,040
You've got about 500.

648
00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:51,840
Nine and...

649
00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:52,980
Double down, double down.

650
00:23:53,700 --> 00:23:54,560
That's how we do it.

651
00:23:55,780 --> 00:23:56,140
Oh!

652
00:23:57,020 --> 00:23:58,320
God, she's shot you the bullet.

653
00:23:59,740 --> 00:24:06,000
Midnight came and went, but John showed no signs of giving up, and he'd brought his losing streak back to the table.

654
00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:09,460
Oh, he shot me the bullet.

655
00:24:10,120 --> 00:24:12,140
We had a thing going, me and Lewis.

656
00:24:12,360 --> 00:24:13,580
And then you jumped in.

657
00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:15,540
Can you back out one hand and let us go at it?

658
00:24:16,060 --> 00:24:16,400
Please?

659
00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:17,120
Thank you.

660
00:24:18,120 --> 00:24:19,780
Why are you guys always picking on me, man?

661
00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:20,380
You know?

662
00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:21,620
I'm not picking on you.

663
00:24:21,660 --> 00:24:23,160
I just lost three grand on one hand.

664
00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:28,720
There we go.

665
00:24:28,740 --> 00:24:33,980
Every time I sit on this table, I can't get on no streak at all.

666
00:24:35,100 --> 00:24:36,000
Such a jinx.

667
00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:36,660
Oh!

668
00:24:36,980 --> 00:24:37,840
Six of clubs!

669
00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:38,480
I'm sorry!

670
00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:40,620
Don't try that shit at all, ma.

671
00:24:42,300 --> 00:24:43,160
Don't be negative.

672
00:24:43,160 --> 00:25:13,140
It's now or never, come hold me tight, kiss me my day, be mine tonight, tomorrow will be tonight, it's now or never.

673
00:25:13,140 --> 00:25:17,380
I just lost a hundred on that.

674
00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:20,580
Yeah, but you're up 75 bucks after 19 hours.

675
00:25:20,700 --> 00:25:21,680
Oh, nine hours.

676
00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:29,240
How long do we play for?

677
00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:31,300
Do we just keep playing until we lose?

678
00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:33,000
No, hell no.

679
00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:34,040
You play until you win.

680
00:25:34,700 --> 00:25:35,560
We were winning.

681
00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:43,300
Johnny, how did you do over at the other table?

682
00:25:43,300 --> 00:25:46,660
What does it look like?

683
00:25:46,660 --> 00:25:48,660
John, play the odds.

684
00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:49,380
Go after it.

685
00:25:49,460 --> 00:25:50,920
One time, go after it.

686
00:25:51,020 --> 00:25:51,840
Have some balls.

687
00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:54,240
You know, look at him.

688
00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:54,700
He's scared.

689
00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:56,300
Arabic guy's scared.

690
00:25:56,300 --> 00:26:07,320
With John still doggedly chasing his losses, I thought I'd round off the night with one last big bet.

691
00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:08,920
Oh, Lewis!

692
00:26:09,300 --> 00:26:11,120
This is your, this is it, Lewis.

693
00:26:11,500 --> 00:26:12,140
This is the moment.

694
00:26:12,140 --> 00:26:14,420
This is, this is the turning point right here.

695
00:26:14,660 --> 00:26:15,060
Big.

696
00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:17,140
You took her seven.

697
00:26:17,140 --> 00:26:17,440
Big, big.

698
00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:18,120
You took her seven.

699
00:26:18,340 --> 00:26:18,620
Yes!

700
00:26:19,140 --> 00:26:19,340
Yes!

701
00:26:19,860 --> 00:26:21,100
Lewis, you took her seven.

702
00:26:21,300 --> 00:26:21,620
Nice.

703
00:26:21,620 --> 00:26:22,140
Good job, Lewis.

704
00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:23,440
That's awesome.

705
00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:24,640
Go to the cage, Lewis.

706
00:26:24,700 --> 00:26:25,540
I'm going to go to the cage.

707
00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:25,980
Thank you.

708
00:26:26,120 --> 00:26:26,280
Louis.

709
00:26:26,580 --> 00:26:27,160
Louis, right?

710
00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:28,460
Go to the cage.

711
00:26:28,700 --> 00:26:29,140
Thank you.

712
00:26:30,140 --> 00:26:37,560
I'd been gambling into the wee hours and then back into the big hours, and I was $200 up on my original $500.

713
00:26:38,780 --> 00:26:39,300
$700?

714
00:26:39,700 --> 00:26:41,000
You want everything in big bills?

715
00:26:41,740 --> 00:26:42,360
Sure, why not?

716
00:26:42,580 --> 00:26:42,820
Okay.

717
00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:46,820
Just one, two, three, four, five, six, and $700.

718
00:26:47,220 --> 00:26:47,720
Thank you.

719
00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:48,280
You're welcome.

720
00:26:48,500 --> 00:26:49,340
Have a nice day, sir.

721
00:26:49,460 --> 00:26:49,840
You too.

722
00:26:50,120 --> 00:26:51,060
How did you make out?

723
00:26:51,340 --> 00:26:52,400
I didn't make out.

724
00:26:52,980 --> 00:26:54,620
I lost about $4,000.

725
00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:55,720
In that session?

726
00:26:56,340 --> 00:26:58,680
Well, yeah, in the last four or five hours.

727
00:26:59,580 --> 00:27:01,380
So, but you know what?

728
00:27:03,020 --> 00:27:05,600
It happens, and you've got to be prepared for that.

729
00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:07,640
But next time, maybe I'll win $4,000.

730
00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:09,880
So, but you've got to know your limits.

731
00:27:10,100 --> 00:27:14,980
So, you go out there, you have fun, and you lose a little, but only lose what you can afford to lose.

732
00:27:15,540 --> 00:27:18,620
You don't get crazy like John over there.

733
00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:19,480
See him?

734
00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:20,920
He's still, like, look at him.

735
00:27:23,860 --> 00:27:25,500
That's what you don't want to do.

736
00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:28,320
That's an exact picture.

737
00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:32,220
He's a good guy, but he just doesn't know when to leave.

738
00:27:32,900 --> 00:27:33,980
He doesn't know when to leave.

739
00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:37,260
Louie, he won't go.

740
00:27:40,740 --> 00:27:41,880
How are you making out?

741
00:27:42,420 --> 00:27:44,080
Absolutely horrible.

742
00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:44,840
Are you?

743
00:27:45,020 --> 00:27:45,720
Yes, yes.

744
00:27:46,420 --> 00:27:47,160
Very bad.

745
00:27:49,380 --> 00:27:49,860
Big.

746
00:27:49,860 --> 00:27:51,660
Oh, Jesus.

747
00:27:54,340 --> 00:27:56,620
You've got to know when to hold him.

748
00:27:57,240 --> 00:27:58,740
Know when to fold him.

749
00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:02,880
Know when to walk away and know when to run.

750
00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:07,280
Johnny, Johnny, let's go get a taco or something.

751
00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:07,680
Come on.

752
00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:08,860
I'm not leaving.

753
00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:10,240
I'm not leaving.

754
00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:16,140
I tried yesterday to get him to go.

755
00:28:16,700 --> 00:28:17,960
I slept for nine hours.

756
00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:19,320
Big.

757
00:28:20,140 --> 00:28:20,580
Louie?

758
00:28:21,420 --> 00:28:24,740
He's going to be here all night, so that means you guys will be here all night.

759
00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:25,880
So, I'm going to get out of here.

760
00:28:26,140 --> 00:28:26,940
I'm going to go to bed.

761
00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:27,240
Are you?

762
00:28:27,540 --> 00:28:28,880
Yeah, I've got to do some work tomorrow.

763
00:28:29,220 --> 00:28:30,920
He'll be here for like another 20 hours.

764
00:28:31,360 --> 00:28:32,740
I'm going to turn in as well.

765
00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:34,400
Yeah, I mean, I'm tired.

766
00:28:34,500 --> 00:28:35,080
This guy will go.

767
00:28:35,140 --> 00:28:36,120
You're going to stay up all night?

768
00:28:36,420 --> 00:28:37,360
You'll come tomorrow.

769
00:28:37,460 --> 00:28:38,140
He'll still be here.

770
00:28:38,540 --> 00:28:40,280
It's 5 past 5 in the morning now.

771
00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:41,800
Do you know that?

772
00:28:45,460 --> 00:28:46,560
No, I didn't know.

773
00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:50,040
So, I'm going to turn in.

774
00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:50,700
You're going to stay up?

775
00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:52,160
I'm just going to stay up.

776
00:28:52,540 --> 00:28:52,860
How long?

777
00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:54,660
I don't know.

778
00:28:57,240 --> 00:29:01,900
We'll bring you a McMuffin.

779
00:29:02,900 --> 00:29:03,340
Thank you.

780
00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:03,880
A McMuffin.

781
00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:05,720
Hey, what's the room number again?

782
00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:06,720
4,100.

783
00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:15,380
One, two, one, two, three.

784
00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:53,240
The next day, and there was no sign of John, I hoped he'd gone home, preferably to a house

785
00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:53,980
he still owned.

786
00:29:55,260 --> 00:30:00,920
At the cashier's desk, I ran into Dr. Martha Ogman, the big-time slots player, just starting

787
00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:01,820
her daily shift.

788
00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:04,440
Will you get 500 out for me as well, Mark?

789
00:30:04,500 --> 00:30:04,840
Sure.

790
00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:05,860
You want 500?

791
00:30:06,860 --> 00:30:08,040
What are you going to do with it?

792
00:30:08,380 --> 00:30:09,320
Get gambling.

793
00:30:09,700 --> 00:30:10,800
I don't believe you.

794
00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:12,840
You don't have the nerve.

795
00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:16,680
It wouldn't take any nerve to gamble with your money.

796
00:30:17,300 --> 00:30:18,140
Yes, it would.

797
00:30:19,460 --> 00:30:20,100
It would.

798
00:30:20,300 --> 00:30:20,580
Why?

799
00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:22,040
It doesn't make a difference.

800
00:30:23,100 --> 00:30:25,420
Because once I give it to you, it's yours.

801
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:30,720
Let's go.

802
00:30:30,900 --> 00:30:31,540
Follow me.

803
00:30:31,540 --> 00:30:31,620
Follow me.

804
00:30:35,780 --> 00:30:37,080
These are no good.

805
00:30:37,860 --> 00:30:39,180
These two are possible.

806
00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:40,940
I'll play this one, then.

807
00:30:41,060 --> 00:30:41,420
Okay.

808
00:30:41,420 --> 00:30:44,180
Now, is there any skill involved?

809
00:30:44,980 --> 00:30:45,580
Any what?

810
00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:46,020
Skill.

811
00:30:47,700 --> 00:30:48,220
No.

812
00:30:48,620 --> 00:30:49,700
You just have to gamble.

813
00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:52,040
That's all.

814
00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:53,940
That's how you bet.

815
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:57,100
You always bet how much you want.

816
00:30:57,320 --> 00:30:57,920
Something happened.

817
00:30:57,980 --> 00:30:58,540
You got $20.

818
00:30:59,920 --> 00:31:00,880
Cash it out.

819
00:31:01,660 --> 00:31:02,580
Should I cash out now?

820
00:31:02,580 --> 00:31:02,860
Sure.

821
00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:03,240
Why?

822
00:31:03,300 --> 00:31:04,160
You made $20.

823
00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:06,240
You're not a gambler.

824
00:31:07,860 --> 00:31:09,100
Hit it once more.

825
00:31:11,420 --> 00:31:14,040
Cash out.

826
00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:15,240
You're not going to make any more.

827
00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:15,580
Why?

828
00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:17,300
You'll get $34 back.

829
00:31:17,660 --> 00:31:18,820
I'm not going to make any more?

830
00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:20,400
Maybe you will.

831
00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:22,360
You want to take a chance?

832
00:31:22,740 --> 00:31:23,180
Take it.

833
00:31:27,700 --> 00:31:29,100
Stop giving me anything.

834
00:31:29,100 --> 00:31:31,160
I told you to cash out.

835
00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:31,220
I told you to cash out.

836
00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:39,040
It shows that you can become a gambler, because you never quit when you're supposed to quit.

837
00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:42,200
So aggravating, isn't it?

838
00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:44,040
No, it's not.

839
00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:48,260
Do you ever worry that you might be addicted?

840
00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:50,020
I can always quit.

841
00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:54,120
I never get addicted to anything in my life.

842
00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:56,360
How do you know you could quit?

843
00:31:56,860 --> 00:32:00,500
Because I can just say I'm not coming in anymore, and that's the end of it.

844
00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:02,000
Have you thought of doing that?

845
00:32:02,340 --> 00:32:02,720
No.

846
00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:04,240
I enjoy it too much.

847
00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:07,400
Why would I do that?

848
00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:11,060
And you could afford the habit?

849
00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:16,800
I lost $4 million in the casino in seven years.

850
00:32:17,740 --> 00:32:18,800
$4 million.

851
00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:23,100
That seems like a lot.

852
00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:25,160
That's a lot of money, yes.

853
00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:28,400
But I enjoy it every moment of it.

854
00:32:31,260 --> 00:32:32,800
Aren't you going to run out of money?

855
00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:37,680
No.

856
00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:40,000
Why would I run out of money?

857
00:32:40,140 --> 00:32:40,560
Hi!

858
00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:42,200
She's guilty.

859
00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:43,160
Take her picture.

860
00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:44,520
How are you doing?

861
00:32:44,660 --> 00:32:45,600
Hi, how are you?

862
00:32:45,620 --> 00:32:46,560
Louis from the BBC.

863
00:32:46,980 --> 00:32:47,420
Hi.

864
00:32:47,420 --> 00:32:50,180
Martha's one of your best customers, from what I understand.

865
00:32:50,420 --> 00:32:50,560
She is.

866
00:32:50,900 --> 00:32:54,900
She's not only one of our best customers, she's one of the nicest ladies I've ever known.

867
00:32:55,180 --> 00:32:55,500
Really?

868
00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:56,700
Yes, yes.

869
00:32:57,140 --> 00:33:01,220
Martha just said that in seven years, she's gambled and lost $4 million.

870
00:33:02,020 --> 00:33:02,700
She knows.

871
00:33:02,980 --> 00:33:03,180
Yeah.

872
00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:04,380
I'm not lying.

873
00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:06,600
Oh, yeah.

874
00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:09,600
Martha's one of our biggest players.

875
00:33:11,940 --> 00:33:12,680
$4 million.

876
00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:13,760
$4 million.

877
00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:18,580
Because we have it on the computers.

878
00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:23,160
If you ever thought Martha was gambling too much, what would you have a word with her?

879
00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:29,420
I feel that I'm friendly enough with Martha that I could tell her, you know, cool it for a while.

880
00:33:29,580 --> 00:33:30,240
I really do.

881
00:33:30,300 --> 00:33:31,620
And I think, and she would listen.

882
00:33:32,580 --> 00:33:35,280
Have you ever, what would lead you to say that?

883
00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:40,620
Um, gosh.

884
00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:45,940
If she would go over and above what she normally would play.

885
00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:51,720
I mean, I feel close enough to Martha that, and I've known her, I've been in here almost two years.

886
00:33:52,140 --> 00:33:54,500
And I feel, I've gotten very close with her.

887
00:33:55,020 --> 00:33:58,020
And I consider her a really good friend.

888
00:33:58,020 --> 00:34:04,540
And I just feel, if I really thought that she was going way overboard, I would say, you know, cool it.

889
00:34:12,420 --> 00:34:13,600
Look at his face.

890
00:34:16,540 --> 00:34:18,320
Are you a multi-multi-millionaire?

891
00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:19,520
No.

892
00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:22,160
Hey, I hit it!

893
00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:24,740
That's $100.

894
00:34:24,740 --> 00:34:25,220
$1,000.

895
00:34:26,860 --> 00:34:27,300
See?

896
00:34:36,020 --> 00:34:36,800
Are you winning?

897
00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:37,720
No.

898
00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:38,640
Losing?

899
00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:40,120
Losing, of course.

900
00:34:40,620 --> 00:34:41,020
Seriously?

901
00:34:41,300 --> 00:34:42,880
The hotel expects it to be.

902
00:34:43,380 --> 00:34:43,740
Are you winning?

903
00:34:44,420 --> 00:34:44,820
No.

904
00:34:45,180 --> 00:34:45,400
No.

905
00:34:46,060 --> 00:34:46,840
Are you winning?

906
00:34:47,540 --> 00:34:48,860
We are from Italy.

907
00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:52,940
Later that morning, I went to find Alan the high roller.

908
00:34:52,940 --> 00:34:57,800
He was now into his second day gambling, and from what I'd heard, losing heavily.

909
00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:00,680
I wondered whether it was affecting his mood.

910
00:35:01,180 --> 00:35:01,660
How are you doing?

911
00:35:01,700 --> 00:35:02,140
Morning, buddy.

912
00:35:02,220 --> 00:35:02,660
What's happening?

913
00:35:03,100 --> 00:35:03,760
It's good.

914
00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:04,520
It's good.

915
00:35:04,540 --> 00:35:05,000
How's it been going?

916
00:35:05,020 --> 00:35:05,500
You been lucky?

917
00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:06,460
Not bad.

918
00:35:06,540 --> 00:35:06,880
Up and down.

919
00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:10,040
I heard you were on the slots and you went down by 70 or 80,000.

920
00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:11,540
That was a bad day of slots.

921
00:35:11,780 --> 00:35:12,300
Was that bad?

922
00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:13,180
Yeah.

923
00:35:13,420 --> 00:35:13,940
It was counting.

924
00:35:14,340 --> 00:35:14,760
You're counting?

925
00:35:15,540 --> 00:35:16,240
That's what I heard.

926
00:35:16,240 --> 00:35:17,060
I'm just telling you what I heard.

927
00:35:17,060 --> 00:35:17,720
Oh, you heard that.

928
00:35:17,900 --> 00:35:18,840
Yeah, that was bad.

929
00:35:18,940 --> 00:35:19,220
That was bad.

930
00:35:19,220 --> 00:35:20,980
And what happened since then?

931
00:35:20,980 --> 00:35:22,860
Input, output.

932
00:35:23,540 --> 00:35:24,680
A lot of input, no output.

933
00:35:26,340 --> 00:35:26,700
And no?

934
00:35:26,780 --> 00:35:27,560
The odds weren't there.

935
00:35:27,820 --> 00:35:28,100
And no?

936
00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:30,560
Well, we're just starting off.

937
00:35:30,660 --> 00:35:32,500
We're just going to have a little fun here.

938
00:35:32,720 --> 00:35:34,420
We got action going on here, buddy.

939
00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:34,900
Why?

940
00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:35,400
What do you mean?

941
00:35:35,620 --> 00:35:37,120
We got action going on here.

942
00:35:37,380 --> 00:35:38,760
A lot of money going on this table.

943
00:35:39,380 --> 00:35:39,780
Big!

944
00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:40,720
Yeah!

945
00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:41,800
Oh!

946
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:43,700
What happened?

947
00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:45,540
We made about 20,000 bucks.

948
00:35:45,980 --> 00:35:47,300
These are $1,000 chips.

949
00:35:47,300 --> 00:35:47,780
Yes, sir.

950
00:35:47,860 --> 00:35:48,280
Oh, yeah.

951
00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:49,140
These yellow ones.

952
00:35:49,140 --> 00:35:49,660
Yes, sir.

953
00:35:49,660 --> 00:35:53,320
And these purple ones are $500,000, but these are $1,000, so that's...

954
00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:54,140
Not a lot of money.

955
00:35:54,240 --> 00:35:54,760
$15,000?

956
00:35:55,240 --> 00:35:55,560
No!

957
00:35:55,700 --> 00:35:58,180
$30,000, $40,000, $50,000.

958
00:35:58,400 --> 00:35:59,520
It was about $60,000, $70,000.

959
00:35:59,780 --> 00:36:00,080
All right.

960
00:36:01,240 --> 00:36:01,940
Ready now?

961
00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:02,820
All in.

962
00:36:03,180 --> 00:36:03,620
Let's go.

963
00:36:03,720 --> 00:36:04,480
Let's play ball, buddy.

964
00:36:04,980 --> 00:36:05,500
A big one.

965
00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:06,220
A big one!

966
00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:07,920
Oh, yeah.

967
00:36:08,340 --> 00:36:08,900
That was bad.

968
00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:09,540
That was bad.

969
00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:10,460
That was a bad one.

970
00:36:10,540 --> 00:36:11,080
That was bad.

971
00:36:11,380 --> 00:36:12,800
That gave them back...

972
00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:14,260
What do you got there?

973
00:36:14,300 --> 00:36:14,680
$10,000?

974
00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:15,340
$8,000.

975
00:36:15,660 --> 00:36:16,220
$8,000?

976
00:36:16,220 --> 00:36:20,600
I love to love you, baby.

977
00:36:21,240 --> 00:36:22,180
How are you, superstar?

978
00:36:26,180 --> 00:36:27,280
Say hi to Alex.

979
00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:28,700
He's our director of credit.

980
00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:29,760
Director of credit.

981
00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:31,360
He's the one that got you all your credit.

982
00:36:31,820 --> 00:36:32,320
More credit.

983
00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:32,380
More credit.

984
00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:33,740
Better not need more.

985
00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:34,700
One more day.

986
00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:35,960
How do you do?

987
00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:36,880
Alex, he's from the BBC.

988
00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:37,520
From the BBC.

989
00:36:37,720 --> 00:36:38,120
Very nice to see you.

990
00:36:38,120 --> 00:36:38,740
How do you do?

991
00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:39,620
What are you doing?

992
00:36:40,060 --> 00:36:40,580
What am I doing?

993
00:36:40,700 --> 00:36:41,060
Right now.

994
00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:41,920
What am I doing?

995
00:36:42,020 --> 00:36:45,120
I'm just waiting for Rich to give me back an answer.

996
00:36:45,700 --> 00:36:45,960
About?

997
00:36:46,820 --> 00:36:49,380
He's going to give me a little credit card to go shopping.

998
00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:50,480
Freebies?

999
00:36:50,840 --> 00:36:51,240
Freebies.

1000
00:36:51,460 --> 00:36:51,820
Comps.

1001
00:36:51,980 --> 00:36:52,220
Comps?

1002
00:36:52,220 --> 00:36:52,780
On the house.

1003
00:36:52,820 --> 00:36:53,160
How much?

1004
00:36:54,820 --> 00:36:56,360
Probably $4,000 or $5,000.

1005
00:36:58,300 --> 00:36:59,080
Where are you going to be?

1006
00:36:59,280 --> 00:36:59,720
High limit.

1007
00:36:59,880 --> 00:37:02,100
But I've got to go in 10, 15 minutes.

1008
00:37:02,100 --> 00:37:02,200
High limit where?

1009
00:37:02,720 --> 00:37:03,480
High limit...

1010
00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:04,480
Yeah.

1011
00:37:04,720 --> 00:37:05,640
Okay, I'll meet you over there.

1012
00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:08,800
Yeah, somebody, uh, can you just make sure somebody's there?

1013
00:37:09,100 --> 00:37:13,080
Hey, uh, can I do, uh, uh, Neiman Marcus for $4,000 for Alan?

1014
00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:15,140
Do you have a problem with that?

1015
00:37:16,620 --> 00:37:17,020
Yeah.

1016
00:37:21,220 --> 00:37:23,800
We kind of do it for him whenever he comes in, yeah.

1017
00:37:24,940 --> 00:37:26,280
We always...

1018
00:37:26,280 --> 00:37:27,960
It's always usually $160,000.

1019
00:37:28,060 --> 00:37:28,200
Do you?

1020
00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:31,420
No, no, I said usually every trip it's around that.

1021
00:37:32,240 --> 00:37:33,240
So you'll get up there.

1022
00:37:33,420 --> 00:37:34,000
What is it now?

1023
00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:37,100
You want to do three?

1024
00:37:37,220 --> 00:37:37,680
How about three?

1025
00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:38,300
Let's compromise.

1026
00:37:38,720 --> 00:37:39,240
I'll do three.

1027
00:37:41,180 --> 00:37:41,520
Wow.

1028
00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:42,560
So you've got to negotiate.

1029
00:37:43,460 --> 00:37:45,800
Don't they calculate based on how much play he's doing?

1030
00:37:45,940 --> 00:37:47,020
Yeah, and...

1031
00:37:47,020 --> 00:37:53,580
A loyal customer like that, at his level, that is very consistent in everything he does when

1032
00:37:53,580 --> 00:37:54,420
he comes to the property.

1033
00:37:54,740 --> 00:37:57,460
You know, somebody like him, you see how much he plays.

1034
00:37:58,200 --> 00:38:04,120
He's on the tables, slot machines, almost three-quarters of his trip.

1035
00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:12,140
And when he is, it basically averages out to the same every trip, so he's very easy to predict

1036
00:38:12,140 --> 00:38:13,540
what to give him.

1037
00:38:14,380 --> 00:38:14,540
So...

1038
00:38:14,540 --> 00:38:15,560
What's the nomination, please?

1039
00:38:15,720 --> 00:38:16,300
Three thousand.

1040
00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:17,360
Three thousand.

1041
00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:17,760
Three thousand.

1042
00:38:18,660 --> 00:38:19,880
If you thought he was...

1043
00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:22,980
If you ever thought he was gambling too much, what would you do?

1044
00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:27,000
If he's losing, losing, losing, like yesterday on the saw machine, he was losing, losing, losing,

1045
00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:29,060
losing, and he put a lot of money in the machine.

1046
00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:30,260
We were there for hours.

1047
00:38:30,500 --> 00:38:30,840
Three thousand?

1048
00:38:31,380 --> 00:38:33,340
I'll say, you know, a lot of guys won't...

1049
00:38:33,340 --> 00:38:34,440
They'll let him stay there.

1050
00:38:34,580 --> 00:38:35,660
But I'll say, let's go to dinner.

1051
00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:38,100
Listen, it doesn't change anything.

1052
00:38:39,060 --> 00:38:41,420
But it just makes him feel a little better and gets his mind off.

1053
00:38:41,500 --> 00:38:43,800
He thinks he's still going to come back and play for a few more hours.

1054
00:38:44,080 --> 00:38:45,120
It's never going to change.

1055
00:38:45,240 --> 00:38:46,880
It's not going to change anything about it.

1056
00:38:47,100 --> 00:38:49,720
It just makes the customer feel like he can breathe.

1057
00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:50,560
That's all.

1058
00:38:50,740 --> 00:38:52,540
But you would tap him on the show and pull him out?

1059
00:38:52,700 --> 00:38:53,620
No, I would never pull him out.

1060
00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:54,140
Why not?

1061
00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:56,280
You know, that's not my job to do that.

1062
00:38:56,780 --> 00:38:58,340
I'm not here to pull you out.

1063
00:38:58,540 --> 00:39:00,740
I'm here to invite you in and entertain you.

1064
00:39:01,160 --> 00:39:02,160
And I'll watch your back.

1065
00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:04,140
At the same time, you're gambling.

1066
00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:06,280
I don't want to interfere with your gambling business.

1067
00:39:06,620 --> 00:39:07,340
It's not my business.

1068
00:39:07,340 --> 00:39:08,700
It's none of my business that way.

1069
00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:10,620
As a friend, it could be.

1070
00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:12,300
As a friend, you get worried.

1071
00:39:12,420 --> 00:39:13,120
But you know what?

1072
00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:16,760
These guys don't do anything you want them to do anyways.

1073
00:39:17,260 --> 00:39:18,220
They don't listen to you.

1074
00:39:18,720 --> 00:39:20,160
You can stress your opinion.

1075
00:39:20,340 --> 00:39:22,180
You can suggest something.

1076
00:39:22,700 --> 00:39:23,400
But they don't care.

1077
00:39:23,460 --> 00:39:24,120
They don't listen to you.

1078
00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:25,240
Come on.

1079
00:39:25,740 --> 00:39:27,180
They've got so much more money than I do.

1080
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:29,460
Who am I to tell them what to do with their money?

1081
00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:32,460
No, you never tell somebody like that what to do with their money.

1082
00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:33,100
Never.

1083
00:39:34,300 --> 00:39:35,720
Hey, what's your dad?

1084
00:39:35,720 --> 00:39:37,460
What's your dad?

1085
00:39:38,060 --> 00:39:38,580
How many of you got?

1086
00:39:38,580 --> 00:39:39,080
Three thousand.

1087
00:39:39,240 --> 00:39:40,200
You only got three thousand.

1088
00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:40,680
Sorry, buddy.

1089
00:39:40,720 --> 00:39:41,420
Three thousand?

1090
00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:41,760
Yeah.

1091
00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:44,720
No disrespect, but you wanted it right now.

1092
00:39:44,780 --> 00:39:45,420
I got it for you.

1093
00:39:45,440 --> 00:39:46,020
That's all I got.

1094
00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:47,680
When's the other fire coming?

1095
00:39:47,700 --> 00:39:48,660
Don't bust my job.

1096
00:39:48,660 --> 00:39:49,000
When's the other fire coming?

1097
00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:49,500
No, that's it.

1098
00:39:50,020 --> 00:39:50,240
What?

1099
00:39:50,360 --> 00:39:50,660
That's it?

1100
00:39:50,660 --> 00:39:51,380
That's it for the whole trip?

1101
00:39:51,420 --> 00:39:51,860
That's it.

1102
00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:52,940
All right, I stopped gambling.

1103
00:39:53,280 --> 00:39:53,680
All right.

1104
00:39:53,820 --> 00:39:54,440
Hold on, hold on.

1105
00:39:54,900 --> 00:39:55,860
Is that a jackpot over there?

1106
00:39:56,220 --> 00:39:56,860
Hold on, hold on.

1107
00:39:56,900 --> 00:39:58,000
Let me see for a second.

1108
00:39:58,000 --> 00:39:59,300
Okay, now I'm checking out.

1109
00:40:00,320 --> 00:40:03,900
One of Alan's machines was costing him $90 a spin.

1110
00:40:04,460 --> 00:40:05,960
Another one, $300.

1111
00:40:07,240 --> 00:40:08,140
Vacuum cleaners.

1112
00:40:08,220 --> 00:40:10,020
These are vacuum cleaners at the Hilton.

1113
00:40:11,260 --> 00:40:12,160
Why don't you have a seat?

1114
00:40:12,820 --> 00:40:13,160
Can I?

1115
00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:14,840
It's better than looking over.

1116
00:40:15,160 --> 00:40:15,420
Oh!

1117
00:40:16,780 --> 00:40:18,280
That could have been a lot better, buddy.

1118
00:40:18,660 --> 00:40:19,960
Welcome to my camp.

1119
00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:23,200
What is the appeal of slots?

1120
00:40:23,300 --> 00:40:25,120
Because there's no skill involved, is there?

1121
00:40:25,180 --> 00:40:25,720
Zero skill.

1122
00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:26,620
It's luck and timing.

1123
00:40:28,620 --> 00:40:29,880
So what is the appeal?

1124
00:40:30,220 --> 00:40:30,640
The win.

1125
00:40:30,860 --> 00:40:31,280
The thrill.

1126
00:40:31,720 --> 00:40:32,540
What is the appeal?

1127
00:40:32,680 --> 00:40:34,660
If it's just random, you're just pushing a button.

1128
00:40:34,740 --> 00:40:35,760
It's like working in a factory.

1129
00:40:36,260 --> 00:40:37,820
You're not really...

1130
00:40:37,820 --> 00:40:40,960
You're just hoping that you're the one.

1131
00:40:41,420 --> 00:40:47,240
It's to come to Vegas and have the opportunity of winning.

1132
00:40:47,340 --> 00:40:48,340
Do you want me to put more money in?

1133
00:40:49,260 --> 00:40:50,140
It's quitting time.

1134
00:40:51,140 --> 00:40:51,880
I have a meeting.

1135
00:40:53,080 --> 00:40:54,440
So I'm going to love you and leave you.

1136
00:40:55,300 --> 00:40:56,340
I've got to spin it one more time.

1137
00:40:57,580 --> 00:40:58,500
Because you would have won that.

1138
00:41:00,920 --> 00:41:02,900
But why you didn't win is because you changed.

1139
00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:04,320
You were getting rid of your credits.

1140
00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:14,080
Didn't you just say it was quitting time?

1141
00:41:15,080 --> 00:41:18,320
Yeah, we've just got to spin one or two more times.

1142
00:41:18,340 --> 00:41:21,700
Just to make sure that the machine is finished with me.

1143
00:41:24,840 --> 00:41:25,680
You never know.

1144
00:41:27,580 --> 00:41:28,840
That's a gambler's problem.

1145
00:41:29,540 --> 00:41:30,300
When to quit.

1146
00:41:36,460 --> 00:41:37,920
We all want to make it rich.

1147
00:41:37,920 --> 00:41:40,660
Do you think you might have a problem?

1148
00:41:41,260 --> 00:41:41,600
Gambler?

1149
00:41:42,620 --> 00:41:42,900
No.

1150
00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:45,380
It's just a sport.

1151
00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:47,300
It's like people golf.

1152
00:41:51,160 --> 00:41:51,840
You golf?

1153
00:41:53,520 --> 00:41:54,140
No golf?

1154
00:41:55,400 --> 00:41:55,800
No.

1155
00:41:55,800 --> 00:42:01,060
$5,000.

1156
00:42:07,420 --> 00:42:08,340
You look at that.

1157
00:42:09,540 --> 00:42:10,680
Amazed or it's no good.

1158
00:42:12,600 --> 00:42:14,000
So you just won $5,000?

1159
00:42:14,580 --> 00:42:14,860
Yeah.

1160
00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:18,060
$3,500 after tax.

1161
00:42:18,060 --> 00:42:20,860
You stop now?

1162
00:42:21,420 --> 00:42:21,700
Yeah.

1163
00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:23,080
We're cutting out of here.

1164
00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:24,240
Thank you.

1165
00:42:24,300 --> 00:42:25,000
Run up with you later?

1166
00:42:25,060 --> 00:42:25,240
Yeah.

1167
00:42:25,340 --> 00:42:25,900
Catch up later.

1168
00:42:25,900 --> 00:42:42,460
It's now or never

1169
00:42:42,460 --> 00:42:46,460
Come hold me tight

1170
00:42:46,460 --> 00:42:50,220
Kiss me, my darling

1171
00:42:50,220 --> 00:42:53,860
Be mine tonight

1172
00:42:53,860 --> 00:42:58,160
It had been 36 hours since I'd seen daylight

1173
00:42:58,160 --> 00:43:00,260
And so I ventured out onto the strip.

1174
00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:04,200
I was making a house call on the Hilton's most dependable gambler,

1175
00:43:04,600 --> 00:43:05,660
Dr. Martha Ogman.

1176
00:43:05,660 --> 00:43:08,840
I'd been thinking about the prodigious amounts she'd lost

1177
00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:11,540
And was curious about her life outside the casino.

1178
00:43:11,960 --> 00:43:12,940
Yeah, how are you?

1179
00:43:13,280 --> 00:43:16,260
I found her at home in a gated community behind the Hilton.

1180
00:43:17,080 --> 00:43:18,960
So this is your wonderful parents?

1181
00:43:18,960 --> 00:43:19,680
This is my...

1182
00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:20,940
It's a mess.

1183
00:43:21,060 --> 00:43:22,000
A total mess.

1184
00:43:23,080 --> 00:43:24,500
This is the living room.

1185
00:43:24,700 --> 00:43:25,440
This is the living room?

1186
00:43:25,460 --> 00:43:26,440
You see all the boxes?

1187
00:43:27,320 --> 00:43:28,140
Now, so you...

1188
00:43:28,140 --> 00:43:30,020
Are you still moving in here, Martha?

1189
00:43:30,100 --> 00:43:30,940
Is that what's going on?

1190
00:43:31,140 --> 00:43:31,580
Yes.

1191
00:43:32,760 --> 00:43:33,960
I'm still moving in.

1192
00:43:33,960 --> 00:43:35,640
And who's the handsome gentleman?

1193
00:43:36,140 --> 00:43:37,960
That's my son, my delicious child.

1194
00:43:39,120 --> 00:43:39,780
How do you do?

1195
00:43:40,140 --> 00:43:40,340
Hello.

1196
00:43:40,340 --> 00:43:42,060
His box is all over the place.

1197
00:43:42,100 --> 00:43:42,460
Seth, nice to meet you.

1198
00:43:42,460 --> 00:43:43,420
Seth, nice to meet you.

1199
00:43:43,720 --> 00:43:45,740
Do you play the slots too, Seth?

1200
00:43:46,220 --> 00:43:46,800
At times.

1201
00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:47,280
At times.

1202
00:43:47,720 --> 00:43:48,640
He's not a gambler.

1203
00:43:48,760 --> 00:43:48,980
No.

1204
00:43:49,320 --> 00:43:49,780
Not big.

1205
00:43:49,780 --> 00:43:52,020
If I want to get rid of him, I give him $20

1206
00:43:52,020 --> 00:43:55,120
And I'll get lost for about an hour.

1207
00:43:55,500 --> 00:43:58,140
To people in Britain, you know, the...

1208
00:43:58,140 --> 00:44:01,260
Some of the sums that Martha gambles are quite amazing.

1209
00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:06,520
She mentioned the figure of about $4 million in seven years.

1210
00:44:07,380 --> 00:44:10,200
And I wondered what your take on that was.

1211
00:44:10,840 --> 00:44:11,200
Nothing.

1212
00:44:11,660 --> 00:44:12,820
What do you think about that, Seth?

1213
00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:13,160
Nothing.

1214
00:44:14,160 --> 00:44:15,400
I think it's crazy.

1215
00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:16,160
Yeah.

1216
00:44:16,280 --> 00:44:20,580
I mean, I'll play some of the quarter machines and nickel machines,

1217
00:44:20,900 --> 00:44:24,100
but I'll also go to the sports book and I'll place a few bets.

1218
00:44:24,380 --> 00:44:24,620
Yeah.

1219
00:44:24,620 --> 00:44:26,860
And, uh, but I don't go crazy.

1220
00:44:27,060 --> 00:44:29,160
I have a set limit and I stick to it.

1221
00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:32,820
It could be argued that you are gambling Seth's inheritance.

1222
00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:34,320
You're right.

1223
00:44:34,940 --> 00:44:36,560
And whatever's left, he can have.

1224
00:44:37,260 --> 00:44:38,680
And what do you think about that, Seth?

1225
00:44:38,800 --> 00:44:39,600
That's all right with me.

1226
00:44:39,740 --> 00:44:40,720
Is it all right with you, seriously?

1227
00:44:40,840 --> 00:44:41,020
Yeah.

1228
00:44:41,180 --> 00:44:41,540
Yes.

1229
00:44:41,640 --> 00:44:41,760
Why?

1230
00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:43,520
She wants to gamble.

1231
00:44:43,740 --> 00:44:44,400
It makes her happy.

1232
00:44:44,460 --> 00:44:45,140
That's all right with me.

1233
00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:46,300
See that?

1234
00:44:46,700 --> 00:44:46,920
Mm.

1235
00:44:47,160 --> 00:44:47,980
He's a good kid.

1236
00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:48,340
Mm.

1237
00:44:48,340 --> 00:44:51,460
Have you had a conversation with your mother where you said,

1238
00:44:51,460 --> 00:44:53,660
enough, you know, it's getting excessive?

1239
00:44:54,560 --> 00:44:56,600
No one tells me what to do.

1240
00:44:56,660 --> 00:44:57,200
Have you, Seth?

1241
00:44:57,340 --> 00:45:00,200
My husband never told me what to do and neither does my son.

1242
00:45:00,660 --> 00:45:02,420
I do what I think is right.

1243
00:45:02,460 --> 00:45:03,240
Have you tried to?

1244
00:45:03,340 --> 00:45:03,900
I tried.

1245
00:45:04,340 --> 00:45:04,880
Doesn't work.

1246
00:45:04,880 --> 00:45:07,960
But, uh, she wants to gamble and makes her happy, so it's all right with me.

1247
00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:09,080
You have tried, though?

1248
00:45:09,220 --> 00:45:09,460
Yeah.

1249
00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:10,600
How many times?

1250
00:45:11,460 --> 00:45:12,180
Oh, a few.

1251
00:45:12,700 --> 00:45:13,460
Many times.

1252
00:45:13,620 --> 00:45:14,320
And what have you said?

1253
00:45:14,820 --> 00:45:16,700
I've said, you know, just take a break.

1254
00:45:17,260 --> 00:45:20,540
You know, come back tomorrow or let's take a couple of days off.

1255
00:45:21,460 --> 00:45:22,860
And every once in a while, she will.

1256
00:45:23,300 --> 00:45:26,380
I'll take two days off and go back.

1257
00:45:28,300 --> 00:45:30,240
Now, can you see the Hilton from here?

1258
00:45:31,960 --> 00:45:33,020
The Hilton's up here.

1259
00:45:33,060 --> 00:45:34,000
You can see it.

1260
00:45:35,320 --> 00:45:36,880
You mean the building itself?

1261
00:45:37,020 --> 00:45:37,260
Yeah.

1262
00:45:38,040 --> 00:45:38,920
Did you know that?

1263
00:45:39,860 --> 00:45:41,100
Yes, that's the Hilton.

1264
00:45:42,140 --> 00:45:48,140
And, um, and if when the time comes, uh, you know, Seth, you, you come into your inheritance

1265
00:45:48,140 --> 00:45:49,140
and there's nothing left?

1266
00:45:52,920 --> 00:45:53,680
He's got money.

1267
00:45:53,680 --> 00:45:55,240
Well, hopefully she'll win the megabucks.

1268
00:45:55,820 --> 00:45:57,100
It's like an 11 and a half million.

1269
00:45:57,120 --> 00:45:57,820
Seriously, though?

1270
00:45:58,800 --> 00:46:01,280
Well, listen, if that's what happens, that's what happens.

1271
00:46:01,320 --> 00:46:01,900
Come on.

1272
00:46:01,940 --> 00:46:02,740
He has money, sir.

1273
00:46:02,740 --> 00:46:03,420
No, be real.

1274
00:46:03,880 --> 00:46:04,520
He does.

1275
00:46:04,720 --> 00:46:08,440
No, but to, I mean, to come into your inheritance and there's nothing left?

1276
00:46:09,240 --> 00:46:11,220
If there's nothing left, there's nothing left.

1277
00:46:11,580 --> 00:46:11,980
Seth?

1278
00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:13,900
Nothing you can do about it.

1279
00:46:14,140 --> 00:46:14,840
What can you do?

1280
00:46:15,220 --> 00:46:16,160
She likes to gamble.

1281
00:46:17,440 --> 00:46:19,180
There's nothing left, there's nothing left.

1282
00:46:19,200 --> 00:46:20,380
How come you're so philosophical?

1283
00:46:21,020 --> 00:46:23,140
I don't think this is the real, I think there's more going on.

1284
00:46:23,160 --> 00:46:24,260
It's too hot here to be.

1285
00:46:24,260 --> 00:46:30,900
I always say when you're gambling in a casino, just take the money and run, because I've

1286
00:46:30,900 --> 00:46:35,520
seen people that have 1,200 credits in a machine, whether it's a quarter or a dollar

1287
00:46:35,520 --> 00:46:36,740
machine, and they're still playing.

1288
00:46:37,100 --> 00:46:40,620
I say just take the money and run, because they're going to get you in the end.

1289
00:46:41,240 --> 00:46:43,220
You know, that's how they build these new towers.

1290
00:46:46,120 --> 00:46:48,160
Well, there's no telling her.

1291
00:46:49,380 --> 00:46:50,220
That's the problem.

1292
00:46:54,260 --> 00:46:59,120
With Martha, her gambling seemed less about winning or losing than about filling the days.

1293
00:46:59,540 --> 00:47:04,060
I was reassured she seemed to know what she was doing, and all the more baffled why she

1294
00:47:04,060 --> 00:47:04,760
was doing it.

1295
00:47:07,340 --> 00:47:08,840
I headed back to the Hilton.

1296
00:47:09,400 --> 00:47:14,000
I'd heard that Alan the high roller had been racking up yet more heavy losses, and now

1297
00:47:14,000 --> 00:47:14,660
he was leaving.

1298
00:47:17,900 --> 00:47:19,180
Hey, what's happening, buddy?

1299
00:47:19,240 --> 00:47:19,800
How are you doing?

1300
00:47:20,120 --> 00:47:20,740
We're doing okay.

1301
00:47:20,860 --> 00:47:22,200
I've been hearing rumours about you.

1302
00:47:22,200 --> 00:47:24,680
Well, are they good or bad?

1303
00:47:25,360 --> 00:47:26,440
250 in the hole.

1304
00:47:28,060 --> 00:47:29,660
Listen, I'd be happy with that, I think.

1305
00:47:29,960 --> 00:47:30,220
Really?

1306
00:47:30,300 --> 00:47:30,840
What happened?

1307
00:47:31,320 --> 00:47:32,500
It was a little nasty in there.

1308
00:47:32,700 --> 00:47:33,140
What happened?

1309
00:47:34,480 --> 00:47:35,760
Cards changed.

1310
00:47:36,120 --> 00:47:36,860
300,000?

1311
00:47:37,320 --> 00:47:38,040
Oh, I don't know.

1312
00:47:38,240 --> 00:47:39,000
300,000?

1313
00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:40,440
Pesos?

1314
00:47:41,680 --> 00:47:42,080
Dollars?

1315
00:47:43,220 --> 00:47:44,020
You never know.

1316
00:47:45,480 --> 00:47:46,480
You're never going to know.

1317
00:47:46,980 --> 00:47:47,820
How much are you down?

1318
00:47:48,660 --> 00:47:49,740
We're down a little bit.

1319
00:47:50,880 --> 00:47:51,080
Yeah.

1320
00:47:51,080 --> 00:47:51,880
How much?

1321
00:47:54,040 --> 00:47:55,160
You're not going to get it, Louie.

1322
00:47:55,280 --> 00:47:55,560
Why?

1323
00:47:56,020 --> 00:47:57,000
You're not going to get it, Louie.

1324
00:47:57,000 --> 00:47:57,100
Why?

1325
00:47:58,440 --> 00:47:59,540
It's not good for me.

1326
00:48:01,000 --> 00:48:02,680
How did he make out, Richard?

1327
00:48:03,200 --> 00:48:04,060
How did who make out?

1328
00:48:04,120 --> 00:48:04,380
Alan?

1329
00:48:04,620 --> 00:48:04,840
Alan.

1330
00:48:05,240 --> 00:48:06,100
You've got to ask him.

1331
00:48:06,100 --> 00:48:08,820
To me, what happened?

1332
00:48:08,880 --> 00:48:09,860
It seemed like he lost a lot of money.

1333
00:48:10,240 --> 00:48:11,340
I mean, I can't tell.

1334
00:48:11,420 --> 00:48:13,300
I don't know, Alan, but is he okay with that?

1335
00:48:13,700 --> 00:48:14,240
It's fine.

1336
00:48:14,420 --> 00:48:15,980
You see the way he's joking around with you?

1337
00:48:16,140 --> 00:48:16,680
Yeah, I know.

1338
00:48:16,760 --> 00:48:20,660
Whether he loses money or he wins money, his attitude doesn't change.

1339
00:48:20,900 --> 00:48:22,120
And he'll tell you that.

1340
00:48:22,540 --> 00:48:24,540
He's going to go home and it's not going to affect anything.

1341
00:48:24,540 --> 00:48:28,600
It's not going to affect his livelihood or the way he lives or anything like that.

1342
00:48:28,600 --> 00:48:31,380
So when that happens, he's fine.

1343
00:48:33,120 --> 00:48:39,860
It's a guy that comes in and loses and wants to go home and sell stuff to pay us back.

1344
00:48:41,100 --> 00:48:42,380
It doesn't happen with him.

1345
00:48:42,400 --> 00:48:42,920
He's fine.

1346
00:48:43,020 --> 00:48:44,240
And none of my guys are like that.

1347
00:48:44,640 --> 00:48:46,300
He's going home with a heavy loss.

1348
00:48:46,860 --> 00:48:47,980
What would you have liked to see?

1349
00:48:48,020 --> 00:48:50,100
This isn't the ideal outcome for you, or is it?

1350
00:48:50,180 --> 00:48:51,740
What would be the best outcome for you?

1351
00:48:51,740 --> 00:48:56,280
Well, just the fact that he comes in is the best outcome for me.

1352
00:48:56,700 --> 00:48:59,340
Whether he wins or loses doesn't go into my pocket.

1353
00:48:59,440 --> 00:49:01,620
I'm just here as a marketing guy to bring him in the building

1354
00:49:01,620 --> 00:49:04,780
and keep him at the tables as long as I can.

1355
00:49:04,960 --> 00:49:07,200
Keep him at the tables as long as you can up to a point,

1356
00:49:07,440 --> 00:49:11,240
not so that he hurts himself or affects your long-term relationship.

1357
00:49:11,240 --> 00:49:14,660
I keep him at the tables for as long as I can,

1358
00:49:15,020 --> 00:49:16,380
and that's whether he wins or loses.

1359
00:49:16,720 --> 00:49:17,760
So it doesn't matter.

1360
00:49:17,760 --> 00:49:22,880
My job is to bring certain players in and keep them at the tables

1361
00:49:22,880 --> 00:49:24,480
and keep them gambling in the property.

1362
00:49:24,600 --> 00:49:25,040
That's all.

1363
00:49:25,700 --> 00:49:29,720
With him and with a few others of my friends, they're friends of mine.

1364
00:49:29,820 --> 00:49:31,400
They're more friends than they are players.

1365
00:49:31,960 --> 00:49:34,400
It just happens I work here, and that's where they come to visit.

1366
00:49:36,480 --> 00:49:37,500
Look at that smile.

1367
00:49:37,980 --> 00:49:39,160
It's a million-dollar smile.

1368
00:49:39,280 --> 00:49:40,180
You can never lose.

1369
00:49:40,680 --> 00:49:42,100
Slightly less than a million now.

1370
00:49:42,100 --> 00:49:48,420
So, listen, you know what makes a good person, a good gambler?

1371
00:49:49,260 --> 00:49:53,580
Somebody that, whether win or lose, they're still going to smile.

1372
00:49:55,720 --> 00:49:56,300
It's good.

1373
00:49:56,380 --> 00:49:59,780
You seem like you're in good spirit, so I'm pleased.

1374
00:49:59,860 --> 00:50:00,620
You had a good weekend.

1375
00:50:00,620 --> 00:50:07,740
You take your good days, your bad days, and there's no sense...

1376
00:50:07,740 --> 00:50:08,300
See what we got, Alan?

1377
00:50:08,880 --> 00:50:09,640
Getting sick.

1378
00:50:10,500 --> 00:50:12,100
All right, Louie.

1379
00:50:12,400 --> 00:50:13,980
I'll see you soon, right?

1380
00:50:14,160 --> 00:50:14,340
Yeah.

1381
00:50:14,980 --> 00:50:15,300
Louie.

1382
00:50:15,460 --> 00:50:15,960
Thanks, Alan.

1383
00:50:17,080 --> 00:50:18,080
Keep up the faith.

1384
00:50:19,160 --> 00:50:19,840
Get in there.

1385
00:50:19,840 --> 00:50:20,120
There we go.

1386
00:50:20,400 --> 00:50:20,620
Yeah.

1387
00:50:30,620 --> 00:50:52,840
It was my last night, and in true Vegas style, I'd arranged to have a blowout.

1388
00:50:53,440 --> 00:50:56,540
I had $3,000 burning a hole in my pocket.

1389
00:50:57,620 --> 00:50:58,200
Would I win?

1390
00:50:58,660 --> 00:51:00,140
I had a feeling probably not.

1391
00:51:00,620 --> 00:51:07,120
But I was ready to join the ranks of the heroic losers who challenge the odds and keep

1392
00:51:07,120 --> 00:51:09,040
smiling even when they come up empty.

1393
00:51:10,880 --> 00:51:16,380
My guide for the night would be another of Richard's high rollers, an IT consultant called

1394
00:51:16,380 --> 00:51:20,240
Dan Rogers, better known in Vegas as Dan the Man.

1395
00:51:21,500 --> 00:51:22,480
Dan the Man.

1396
00:51:22,620 --> 00:51:22,920
Louie.

1397
00:51:23,240 --> 00:51:23,880
How are you doing?

1398
00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:24,240
Fine.

1399
00:51:24,340 --> 00:51:24,640
How are you?

1400
00:51:24,780 --> 00:51:25,180
Yeah, good.

1401
00:51:25,220 --> 00:51:25,840
How are you doing?

1402
00:51:25,900 --> 00:51:26,480
Doing really good.

1403
00:51:26,700 --> 00:51:27,440
Good, good, good.

1404
00:51:28,600 --> 00:51:29,200
So, are you ready?

1405
00:51:29,500 --> 00:51:30,180
Yes, I am.

1406
00:51:30,180 --> 00:51:32,320
I mean, have you got the spondulics?

1407
00:51:32,940 --> 00:51:34,260
I have the spondulics.

1408
00:51:34,400 --> 00:51:34,880
Do you?

1409
00:51:34,960 --> 00:51:36,240
I can't spell it, but I have it.

1410
00:51:36,680 --> 00:51:37,860
What do you think about this?

1411
00:51:38,400 --> 00:51:39,440
What does this...

1412
00:51:39,440 --> 00:51:39,820
Uh-oh.

1413
00:51:42,780 --> 00:51:44,080
What does that say to you?

1414
00:51:44,180 --> 00:51:45,680
It says you're ready to go.

1415
00:51:46,060 --> 00:51:47,120
What does that say?

1416
00:51:47,540 --> 00:51:48,860
It says I'm ready to match you.

1417
00:51:48,860 --> 00:51:51,980
I'll show you mine if you show me yours.

1418
00:51:53,480 --> 00:51:54,460
What have you got there?

1419
00:51:54,820 --> 00:51:56,160
Oh, just a couple thousand.

1420
00:51:56,320 --> 00:51:57,120
No, this is five.

1421
00:51:57,360 --> 00:51:57,960
You got five?

1422
00:51:58,040 --> 00:51:58,580
I've got five.

1423
00:51:58,700 --> 00:51:59,240
I've got three.

1424
00:51:59,380 --> 00:51:59,960
You got three.

1425
00:52:00,120 --> 00:52:01,680
I got three and I'll raise you ten.

1426
00:52:01,680 --> 00:52:03,480
Oh, yeah?

1427
00:52:03,960 --> 00:52:04,920
Let's go to the safe.

1428
00:52:05,240 --> 00:52:06,240
Hey, no, this is funny.

1429
00:52:06,300 --> 00:52:07,140
This is my blowout.

1430
00:52:07,520 --> 00:52:09,480
Should we have a sharpener before we go out?

1431
00:52:09,860 --> 00:52:10,220
Sure.

1432
00:52:10,660 --> 00:52:12,300
You know, just to loosen the wrist of it?

1433
00:52:12,540 --> 00:52:12,900
Absolutely.

1434
00:52:12,980 --> 00:52:13,620
What should we do?

1435
00:52:13,840 --> 00:52:14,520
You tell me.

1436
00:52:14,640 --> 00:52:15,220
Orange juice.

1437
00:52:15,460 --> 00:52:16,820
Orange juice with a little vodka.

1438
00:52:16,880 --> 00:52:17,460
What do you think?

1439
00:52:17,660 --> 00:52:18,460
You want to order something?

1440
00:52:18,580 --> 00:52:19,060
Let's order something.

1441
00:52:19,060 --> 00:52:19,120
What?

1442
00:52:19,120 --> 00:52:19,580
Have you got...

1443
00:52:19,580 --> 00:52:20,920
Didn't they put anything in your room?

1444
00:52:20,920 --> 00:52:23,940
So, are you excited about playing?

1445
00:52:24,840 --> 00:52:25,320
A little nervous.

1446
00:52:25,320 --> 00:52:25,800
How do you feel?

1447
00:52:25,960 --> 00:52:26,580
A little nervous.

1448
00:52:26,800 --> 00:52:26,920
Yeah.

1449
00:52:27,340 --> 00:52:28,320
Yeah, this is my money.

1450
00:52:28,400 --> 00:52:29,500
This isn't production money.

1451
00:52:29,720 --> 00:52:30,020
Really?

1452
00:52:30,280 --> 00:52:31,720
This is out of, like, ATM money?

1453
00:52:31,960 --> 00:52:33,280
This is my own money.

1454
00:52:33,340 --> 00:52:34,440
I went to the bank and got it.

1455
00:52:34,520 --> 00:52:40,420
Well, then that'll give you a good way to feel the happiness or the sadness.

1456
00:52:41,980 --> 00:52:45,520
I will have a Macallan 18 on the rocks and...

1457
00:52:45,520 --> 00:52:46,080
A Bloody Mary.

1458
00:52:46,480 --> 00:52:47,120
Bloody Mary.

1459
00:52:47,860 --> 00:52:48,500
Just one.

1460
00:52:48,500 --> 00:52:51,720
I don't even know if I approve of gambling, then.

1461
00:52:51,920 --> 00:52:53,320
You don't know if you approve of gambling?

1462
00:52:53,500 --> 00:52:53,740
Well...

1463
00:52:53,740 --> 00:52:55,700
Everything we do in life is a gamble, my friend.

1464
00:52:56,060 --> 00:52:56,340
Meaning?

1465
00:52:56,960 --> 00:52:57,360
It's...

1466
00:52:57,360 --> 00:52:58,300
This is entertainment.

1467
00:52:58,460 --> 00:52:59,120
This isn't gambling.

1468
00:52:59,960 --> 00:53:01,360
Las Vegas is all about entertainment.

1469
00:53:01,540 --> 00:53:01,860
Hello.

1470
00:53:02,140 --> 00:53:02,820
Hello, sir.

1471
00:53:02,860 --> 00:53:03,280
How are you?

1472
00:53:03,440 --> 00:53:04,040
How are you doing?

1473
00:53:04,160 --> 00:53:04,820
Good, good.

1474
00:53:04,880 --> 00:53:05,340
Thank you.

1475
00:53:05,340 --> 00:53:05,520
Thank you.

1476
00:53:06,880 --> 00:53:08,280
We do have to do this.

1477
00:53:08,360 --> 00:53:08,860
Yes, we do.

1478
00:53:08,900 --> 00:53:09,280
Don't we?

1479
00:53:09,380 --> 00:53:09,700
Yes.

1480
00:53:09,820 --> 00:53:11,040
Whether we want to or not.

1481
00:53:11,100 --> 00:53:11,920
We have to do it.

1482
00:53:12,420 --> 00:53:13,380
This is the blowout.

1483
00:53:13,380 --> 00:53:14,360
We have to do it.

1484
00:53:16,660 --> 00:53:17,020
Cheers.

1485
00:53:17,240 --> 00:53:17,580
Cheers.

1486
00:53:18,500 --> 00:53:18,880
Yes.

1487
00:53:19,080 --> 00:53:19,440
Vegas.

1488
00:53:20,620 --> 00:53:21,200
To Vegas.

1489
00:53:24,880 --> 00:53:25,560
Want to go down?

1490
00:53:27,000 --> 00:53:29,480
You've got to go in with a winning attitude.

1491
00:53:30,600 --> 00:53:31,680
How do you do that?

1492
00:53:32,440 --> 00:53:33,040
You get...

1493
00:53:33,040 --> 00:53:33,560
You think.

1494
00:53:34,180 --> 00:53:35,020
It's possible.

1495
00:53:35,840 --> 00:53:36,440
Should we do it?

1496
00:53:36,580 --> 00:53:37,360
Yes, let's do it.

1497
00:53:37,360 --> 00:53:37,420
Let's do it.

1498
00:53:37,420 --> 00:53:44,520
I sort of almost am resigned to losing.

1499
00:53:44,920 --> 00:53:46,700
You don't ever resign yourself to losing.

1500
00:53:47,980 --> 00:53:53,860
We'd be playing Baccarat, a game of pure chance favoured by the high rollers who fly in from Asia,

1501
00:53:54,280 --> 00:53:56,360
and also at one time by James Bond.

1502
00:53:56,360 --> 00:54:00,980
I didn't know the rules, so I'd be leaving the decisions to Dan the man.

1503
00:54:01,140 --> 00:54:01,500
Hey.

1504
00:54:02,440 --> 00:54:02,800
Thanks.

1505
00:54:02,880 --> 00:54:03,560
How you doing, buddy?

1506
00:54:03,900 --> 00:54:04,640
Good to see you.

1507
00:54:06,180 --> 00:54:06,920
How you doing?

1508
00:54:07,000 --> 00:54:07,740
Good to see you.

1509
00:54:07,820 --> 00:54:08,820
He showed me the cash.

1510
00:54:08,820 --> 00:54:11,820
Wow.

1511
00:54:11,900 --> 00:54:12,940
Is that an envelope you have?

1512
00:54:12,940 --> 00:54:13,900
Yeah, he got an envelope.

1513
00:54:15,840 --> 00:54:16,440
Look at this.

1514
00:54:16,500 --> 00:54:16,940
This is real.

1515
00:54:16,940 --> 00:54:17,080
Wow.

1516
00:54:18,380 --> 00:54:19,340
That's pretty impressive.

1517
00:54:20,380 --> 00:54:21,940
So you want to give that to the dealer?

1518
00:54:21,940 --> 00:54:25,860
I may have to copy some rooms or something.

1519
00:54:26,280 --> 00:54:28,220
I'm getting $12,000, so I look bigger than you.

1520
00:54:28,340 --> 00:54:28,940
$12,000?

1521
00:54:29,300 --> 00:54:29,580
Yes.

1522
00:54:30,840 --> 00:54:33,480
What I like to do my first hand is I always like to start on the bank.

1523
00:54:34,020 --> 00:54:34,720
Start on the bank?

1524
00:54:34,820 --> 00:54:35,280
Start on the bank.

1525
00:54:35,300 --> 00:54:36,100
Start on the bank.

1526
00:54:36,180 --> 00:54:36,760
What are you doing?

1527
00:54:36,940 --> 00:54:37,300
$600?

1528
00:54:37,540 --> 00:54:38,900
I'm putting $600 on the bank.

1529
00:54:38,920 --> 00:54:39,860
I'll start $300.

1530
00:54:40,260 --> 00:54:40,580
Okay.

1531
00:54:43,540 --> 00:54:44,320
On the bank.

1532
00:54:45,900 --> 00:54:46,260
Six.

1533
00:54:46,560 --> 00:54:47,560
At least a six, right?

1534
00:54:47,580 --> 00:54:48,000
At least a six.

1535
00:54:48,120 --> 00:54:48,320
Right.

1536
00:54:49,100 --> 00:54:49,940
So we got a six.

1537
00:54:50,100 --> 00:54:50,860
How about that?

1538
00:54:50,860 --> 00:54:51,700
How about that?

1539
00:54:51,940 --> 00:54:53,220
How do you feel we're winning?

1540
00:54:53,840 --> 00:54:55,680
Richard, how do you feel that we're winning now?

1541
00:54:56,040 --> 00:54:58,480
Listen, you win, I see you more.

1542
00:54:58,700 --> 00:54:59,380
I see you coming.

1543
00:54:59,380 --> 00:54:59,880
Remember that.

1544
00:54:59,940 --> 00:55:01,160
I see you more if you win.

1545
00:55:01,300 --> 00:55:02,080
Now pick that up.

1546
00:55:02,220 --> 00:55:03,220
And we lose eventually.

1547
00:55:03,760 --> 00:55:04,780
No, we don't lose eventually.

1548
00:55:04,780 --> 00:55:05,280
No, we don't.

1549
00:55:05,460 --> 00:55:06,160
No, we don't.

1550
00:55:07,280 --> 00:55:08,960
The night started with a win.

1551
00:55:09,800 --> 00:55:10,720
Oh, baby!

1552
00:55:10,900 --> 00:55:12,420
That's what I'm talking about, the Venus.

1553
00:55:12,780 --> 00:55:13,320
Oh, yeah.

1554
00:55:14,040 --> 00:55:14,780
And then another.

1555
00:55:15,120 --> 00:55:15,480
Monkey!

1556
00:55:16,040 --> 00:55:16,900
And then another.

1557
00:55:17,280 --> 00:55:17,940
We are monkey!

1558
00:55:18,260 --> 00:55:21,180
It was as though because I'd resigned myself to failure

1559
00:55:21,180 --> 00:55:24,520
on this night, Lady Luck had decided to tantalise me

1560
00:55:24,520 --> 00:55:25,700
by making me win.

1561
00:55:26,080 --> 00:55:26,520
Monkey!

1562
00:55:26,940 --> 00:55:27,940
A big hand wins!

1563
00:55:28,660 --> 00:55:30,500
Oh, but an eight beats it all!

1564
00:55:31,160 --> 00:55:31,660
Did we win?

1565
00:55:31,740 --> 00:55:32,280
We won.

1566
00:55:32,380 --> 00:55:33,100
Natural eight.

1567
00:55:33,820 --> 00:55:34,300
One.

1568
00:55:34,460 --> 00:55:35,580
One don't beat eight!

1569
00:55:38,580 --> 00:55:39,620
Did we win?

1570
00:55:39,780 --> 00:55:40,040
Yes.

1571
00:55:41,820 --> 00:55:43,920
On other nights, I too would be a loser,

1572
00:55:44,300 --> 00:55:45,460
but not tonight.

1573
00:55:45,460 --> 00:55:47,420
You bamber with that nine!

1574
00:55:48,120 --> 00:55:49,700
You sure who Louie is!

1575
00:55:50,460 --> 00:55:53,500
And I found myself slipping into the role of a high roller

1576
00:55:53,500 --> 00:55:55,100
with surprising ease.

1577
00:55:55,840 --> 00:55:57,620
I'm only up by 1,500.

1578
00:55:58,200 --> 00:55:58,580
Only?

1579
00:55:58,940 --> 00:55:59,340
Only?

1580
00:55:59,340 --> 00:56:01,200
After an hour and a half, you won 1,500.

1581
00:56:01,860 --> 00:56:03,900
Where do you make 1,500 in an hour and a half?

1582
00:56:04,100 --> 00:56:05,280
What happened to my bloody Mary?

1583
00:56:05,540 --> 00:56:05,920
It's coming.

1584
00:56:06,340 --> 00:56:06,880
This is yours.

1585
00:56:06,900 --> 00:56:07,120
Where are you going?

1586
00:56:07,620 --> 00:56:08,280
Where am I going?

1587
00:56:08,280 --> 00:56:13,160
It's all too much horror.

1588
00:56:13,300 --> 00:56:14,040
Where are you going?

1589
00:56:14,740 --> 00:56:15,560
Like a lost puppy.

1590
00:56:15,560 --> 00:56:16,960
You want to follow me to blackjack?

1591
00:56:16,980 --> 00:56:17,160
Where are you going?

1592
00:56:17,160 --> 00:56:18,800
No, we're going to go to the cage and get our money.

1593
00:56:19,200 --> 00:56:22,460
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

1594
00:56:22,540 --> 00:56:23,200
It's 4,000.

1595
00:56:23,300 --> 00:56:24,920
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10.

1596
00:56:24,920 --> 00:56:25,840
Why don't you gamble?

1597
00:56:26,300 --> 00:56:26,960
I'm smart.

1598
00:56:27,140 --> 00:56:27,960
I live in this now.

1599
00:56:28,540 --> 00:56:29,520
You could go broke gambling.

1600
00:56:29,700 --> 00:56:30,120
What do you do?

1601
00:56:31,120 --> 00:56:33,240
Listen, I'm so happy I made you happy.

1602
00:56:34,080 --> 00:56:35,260
That's the whole point, right?

1603
00:56:35,300 --> 00:56:35,820
Is this all yours?

1604
00:56:35,980 --> 00:56:37,780
Look, we're going to give you a brand new Hilton envelope

1605
00:56:37,780 --> 00:56:38,200
to put it into.

1606
00:56:38,200 --> 00:56:39,320
And you don't even do this.

1607
00:56:40,160 --> 00:56:40,420
Nope.

1608
00:56:41,240 --> 00:56:41,640
What for?

1609
00:56:41,940 --> 00:56:43,920
I enjoy making you happy.

1610
00:56:43,980 --> 00:56:44,480
How about that?

1611
00:56:45,100 --> 00:56:45,960
Look at that smile.

1612
00:56:46,220 --> 00:56:46,800
Look at that.

1613
00:56:47,460 --> 00:56:47,860
Beautiful.

1614
00:56:48,820 --> 00:56:49,180
Beautiful.

1615
00:56:49,180 --> 00:56:49,900
Where's the catch?

1616
00:56:50,660 --> 00:56:51,580
There's no catch.

1617
00:56:51,720 --> 00:56:52,420
Welcome to Vegas.

1618
00:56:53,200 --> 00:56:54,040
How much is in here?

1619
00:56:54,400 --> 00:56:55,420
$45.90.

1620
00:56:58,160 --> 00:56:59,420
Did you have fun in the gut?

1621
00:56:59,920 --> 00:57:00,960
Did you have fun down here?

1622
00:57:01,020 --> 00:57:02,120
Did you forget about everything?

1623
00:57:02,120 --> 00:57:06,700
The show, your interview, and for one brief second, win.

1624
00:57:07,780 --> 00:57:09,620
I think you did.

1625
00:57:09,660 --> 00:57:10,420
I think you felt it.

1626
00:57:10,840 --> 00:57:11,660
I know you did.

1627
00:57:11,840 --> 00:57:12,280
It was good.

1628
00:57:12,400 --> 00:57:13,340
And you're scared by it.

1629
00:57:13,760 --> 00:57:15,940
What was weird was I was resigned to losing it.

1630
00:57:16,260 --> 00:57:17,360
I told you not to.

1631
00:57:17,660 --> 00:57:18,460
But then I won it.

1632
00:57:21,200 --> 00:57:22,620
My high rolling was done.

1633
00:57:23,200 --> 00:57:25,220
And for a moment, I had felt it.

1634
00:57:26,800 --> 00:57:29,040
It might be illogical and self-defeating,

1635
00:57:29,460 --> 00:57:32,180
but when you're winning, gambling makes perfect sense.

1636
00:57:32,180 --> 00:57:35,480
The casinos practice a kind of seduction on us,

1637
00:57:35,640 --> 00:57:37,720
but mostly we are their willing victims.

1638
00:57:38,580 --> 00:57:41,040
For this victim, though, it was the end of the line.

1639
00:57:42,380 --> 00:57:43,100
For now.

1640
00:57:49,800 --> 00:57:50,560
Hi, Martha.

1641
00:57:50,560 --> 00:57:53,520
Oh, hi.

1642
00:57:53,680 --> 00:57:54,360
How are you?

1643
00:57:54,600 --> 00:57:56,360
I won $1,500 last night.

1644
00:57:56,600 --> 00:57:58,180
Oh, isn't that nice?

1645
00:57:58,540 --> 00:57:59,660
You won that much?

1646
00:58:00,160 --> 00:58:00,520
Yeah.

1647
00:58:01,780 --> 00:58:03,220
I'm not playing anymore.

1648
00:58:04,020 --> 00:58:04,800
You quit?

1649
00:58:07,040 --> 00:58:07,360
Why?

1650
00:58:08,820 --> 00:58:10,480
I want to take my money and run.

1651
00:58:10,840 --> 00:58:11,740
I want to go home a winner.

1652
00:58:11,740 --> 00:58:15,760
You're going to sit down and you're going to play again.

1653
00:58:16,720 --> 00:58:17,900
And I know you will.

1654
00:58:19,000 --> 00:58:20,660
And I'm telling you, you will.

1655
00:58:26,240 --> 00:58:27,280
Ah, hit it.

1656
00:58:27,680 --> 00:58:28,520
Take this.

1657
00:58:28,600 --> 00:58:29,240
Take this.

1658
00:58:29,320 --> 00:58:30,240
This is a win.

1659
00:58:31,740 --> 00:58:32,660
Did you snap it?

1660
00:58:33,780 --> 00:58:34,660
That's a win.