Back in Reno, Jesse opened a suite in the hotel for a while, and then took his younger siblings and Zhang Cheng to the street for Christmas, which was different from Christmas Eve, when the family reunion was different, and everyone would go to the street to play.

Tourist cities like Reno also celebrate the annual Christmas season with performances in street squares – it is said that today the casino's small theater features a Santa striptease show and a ballet above Santa.

That's why casinos are the root of all evil. Well, it must be said that they won't let me see it anyway. Zhang Cheng thought so when passing by the casino.

Jesse asked his sister, "Where else do you want to play?" ”

Sister Shirley said: "Slot machines, I heard that there are slot machines to play here. ”

Mike: "I'm going to play slots too. ”

Zhang Cheng: You two can't get in combined.

Jesse had his own way: "OK, go back and get in the car, let's go to the Indian reservation casino to play slots." ”

Nevada's casino share is dominated by Las Vegas, where Reno City, once the largest gambling city in the United States, declined in the years following its rise.

But Nevada has an even less declining casino than Reno, and that's the Indian Casino, which the U.S. government allowed Native Americans on reservations to open in 1988 (subject to taxes, of course).

Because Nevada has a behemoth, Las Vegas, and a gambling junior, Reno, the casino on the Indian reservation is naturally having a hard time. However, California, which is adjacent to Nevada, has a large population and tourists because there is no regular casino, and the casino income of California Indians is not bad.

Casinos are a good thing for bad guys, generally playing baccarat, Texas Hold'em cards are relatively large, and the kind of gambling place is purely to go to the casino to launder money. However, this directly increases the casino's revenue, so even though the casino holds the anti-money laundering blacklist issued by the government, it is still very welcome to meet money launderers - no one in the capital world can get along with money.

The casinos on these Indian reservations in Nevada were so dismal that they couldn't afford to hire any show groups, and a casino was gone except for a few tables and a decent number of slot machines. It is far from forming a one-stop service industry chain of eating, drinking, traveling, and shopping in Las Vegas.

However, because of the dismal operation, this is also a casino where minors under the age of 21 can enter at will - if Reno's casino is only a symbolic age check, it doesn't matter how old you are here (according to the 1832 U.S. High Court ordinance, Indians on Indian reservations are exempt from U.S. law) the security guard at the gate is more concerned about how much you tip and whether you bring weapons.

Under Jesse's guidance, Zhang Cheng drove the RV to an Indian casino, which had only five tables and a hundred or dozens of slot machines. Compared with the smallest casino in Reno, it is very shabby, but because today is Christmas, many American children play slot machines here, and the attendance rate is even seven or eighty percent.

The casino room was filled with the sound of chips rattling in the slot machines, and from time to time a lucky winner jumped up and cheered, which was obviously a win.

Americans are bad at math — the math problems of Chinese elementary school students in fifth grade are about the same as those in American junior high schools. What is even more outrageous is that the winter and summer vacation homework of Chinese primary school students is compiled by fresh college students, and many of the questions are obviously university questions, and even primary school teachers can't do them.

Therefore, most Americans will not understand how slot machines swallow money according to mathematical probability. Every day at the casino, they meet one lucky winner after another who wins on the slot machine, and everyone who plays the slot machine believes that they are the next lucky person to win - and they all get in on it.

Zhang Cheng, who changed the chips with a small denomination of a few hundred yuan, also took a chance to accompany Jesse's three sisters and brothers to play slot machines. For Zhang Cheng, slot machines or something, just to pass the time - there are not many free good programs in the United States. Even if you win the bet and make money, can you still have your own winery, forest farm team, and make a lot of money?

Zhang Cheng, who unconsciously integrated into the atmosphere of slot machines, became stronger, and the winning rate rose sharply. After Zhang Cheng won fifteen times again, he hit the bet more than a dozen times in succession before he stopped. As soon as I pressed the refund button, a large number of small-denomination chips flowed out.

Looking at the basket full of chips, Zhang Cheng thought: It turns out that shooting slot machines is more than the size of strength, but fortunately, we won't suffer a loss. Hawkers, anyway, just be careful not to shoot it badly.

Jesse looked at him enviously and said, "You're so lucky." ”

"I went to change the big denomination and lost. You go on. Zhang Cheng thought to himself, where is this good luck, obviously good strength. It is estimated that the vibration of the machine has affected the odds set on the electronic chip in the slot machine.

"Do you want to use my machine? I'm lucky. ”

Shirley and Jesse thought for a while: "No, your machine just spit out so much money, and you'll eat it later." ”

After Zhang Cheng exchanged the chips for a large denomination, he saw that there were more than 20,000 US dollars. We are also a talent who can earn dozens of times more money by shooting slot machines.

Zhang Cheng took dozens of chips to the gambling table, speaking of which, in addition to gambling with children after the New Year when he was a child - pai gow, mahjong, fighting landlords, Zakin flowers, Texas Hold'em cards, primary school students' extracurricular life is still very rich. This is the first time Zhang Cheng has come to such a formal place to gamble money, and the last time he went to Reno Casino to watch the sky show.

Zhang Cheng sat down at a Texas Hold'em table, and after watching two games, Zhang Cheng threw a 100-yuan chip to the bunny girl who sold tobacco and alcohol in the casino: "Give me a cigar, I want Cuba." ”

Cuban cigars in the United States are re-exported from third countries, and in order to allow the American people to smoke Cuban cigars without being exploited once, the CIA has assassinated former Cuban leaders hundreds of times.

Seeing Zhang Cheng's generosity, the rabbit girl sat directly on Zhang Cheng's lap and lit a Cuban cigar for Zhang Cheng.

After taking a puff, Zhang Cheng took it in his mouth for a while and then spit out the cigarette: The Indian Reserve is really good, and there is no need to abide by the ban on smoking in public places in the United States.

It's the same in this casino, where teenage American kids often take turns smoking cigarettes or cigars while shooting slot machines — the Indian Protectorate, no one cares.

At the beginning of another game, Zhang Cheng first tried the water and threw the 200 yuan chips at the beginning of each game. Soon, because it was not good to get a bad hand, Zhang Cheng directly gave up this bit of chips and went down the drain. The second pair was sniped by someone with better cards, and lost more than 2,000.

Back and forth, losing more than a dozen chips, more than half of the chips in front of Zhang Cheng were missing. It doesn't matter if Zhang Cheng doesn't change his face, it's all earned anyway.

Because he didn't care about winning or losing, Zhang Cheng lost more than a dozen and then came to run, won four chips with more than 8,000 US dollars in succession, and won back most of the losses. Every time he won, Zhang Cheng threw the dealer a 100 yuan chip. Zhang Cheng, who has watched some domestic programs revealing the shady scenes of casinos, is convinced that dealers can manipulate wins and losses - of course, countries and regions with casinos in the United States and Macau will not broadcast such programs on television.

Seeing that Zhang Cheng had won the money, the bunny girl on his lap asked, "Do you want some wine?" ”

Zhang Cheng stuffed a two-hundred-yuan chip into the bunny girl's career line: "No, get me another cigar, I want Cuba." ”

Zhang Cheng didn't win or lose all the wins and losses on his side, and after Jesse and her friends lost two hundred dollars each, they found Zhang Cheng: "It's noon, let's go eat something." ”

Zhang Cheng saw that there were still more than 8,000 chips on the table and had not lost: "Okay, lose them in the afternoon." ”

Jesse was a little confused: "What do you say you are going to lose in the casino?" It's unlucky to play in a casino like this, but today the four of us came, and only you won. ”

Zhang Cheng: "How can I say it, because opening a casino is definitely going to win money." Otherwise, the casino's operating expenses and taxes become a problem. If you play with the attitude of coming here and losing money, it is normal to feel that this is the right thing to do. If you play with the attitude of winning money or making a profit, you will be red-eyed if you lose, and the result is likely to be more and more losses. If you come to the casino with an all-you-have attitude, you may end up committing suicide. ”

Jesse: "So, attitude is the key to your winnings. ”

Zhang Cheng: "I've lost more than 10,000 yuan. ”

Jesse said to his sister and brother, "You see, the Chinese are really strange. ”

Here, as in all casinos, nearby purchases can be paid for with chips, so you don't have to exchange chips for them. Zhang Cheng and the others ate and returned to the slot machine to kill time. Zhang Cheng spent some time and chips studying the slot machine, trying to see how hard it would take to make the slot machine obedient, but the good luck in the morning seemed to run out, and he didn't win a big one after losing a few hundred yuan on the slot machine in the afternoon.

I didn't dare to shoot Zhang Cheng with all my might, this machine is not strong, and if it is broken, I will still lose money.

In the afternoon, I don't know if Shirley's luck exploded once or she fed her slot machine, and she screamed excitedly after winning a jackpot of hundreds of dollars, not counting the previous loss in the afternoon, she was the lucky one. This is the casino, before entering the casino, everyone thought that they were the lucky ones, but at the end of the bet, they found that only the casino owner was the lucky one.

Before leaving, Zhang Cheng smiled and handed out chips to every dealer and rabbit girl he saw, completely looking like a winner in life. The cash exchanged after the winner of life is only 3,000 US dollars, but he did win, and he did not complete the task of losing money today, which made Zhang Cheng very disappointed.

Zhang Cheng did not leave any of the 3,000 knives behind, and bought all the gifts and souvenirs at the Indian souvenir shop, including Christmas gifts for Jesse's younger siblings. Judging from the lifestyle of the Indians that the Christmas casinos are still open, they are no more than Christmas, and Thanksgiving is even more unlikely.

After sending Jesse and the others back to the hotel, Zhang Cheng returned to his cousin's house and saw his cousin playing an online game.

In the back, I watched my cousin Ye play with her body and follow the movements, as if she was dodging bullets, and she was still shouting in the headset: "There are people here, I was shot." Be careful. ”