Chapter 193: The Racecourse
Because Zhou Dajiang's movements were too large, which attracted the attention of the old lady, she turned her head and saw that it was Hong Tao and the two of them, probably still impressed, and smiled kindly at the two of them.
"This old lady can be regarded as disabled, she can't walk, and she has to let her wife push her to gamble twice, how addictive is this!" Hong Tao found that Zhou Dajiang's mouth was sometimes quite damaged.
"You pay attention, most of the people who come here to play are elderly, it is estimated that they use this as a game, just like my old neighbor, my son and wife died early, and the daughter-in-law took her granddaughter and grandson to live alone, and he was left alone in the family, and he didn't suffocate himself if he didn't have some fun." When Hong Tao came in, he found that most of the people in the casino were elderly, old men and old ladies were full of eyes, and there were very few young people, and he didn't see a single one of his age.
"Aren't they afraid that if they win, they will have another heart attack?" Zhou Dajiang was even behind Hong Tao and walked to the machine not far from the old lady and sat down.
"I'll try it first and see if that's how it works." Hong Tao took out a 50 denomination from his 200 Canadian dollars and put it into the small square. Sure enough, a bright light flashed inside, and then the banknote was eaten inside, and a number 50 appeared in the upper left corner of the screen.
"Let's start with $1." Hong Tao first looked at the various odds introduced on the screen, and then chose a one-dollar grade, pressed the corresponding button, and various patterns changed on the screen instantly, and stopped in a few seconds.
"Finished?" Zhou Dajiang asked.
"It's over, it's not hit!" Hong Tao replied.
"That's too fast, isn't it?" Zhou Dajiang leaned over again to look at the number that had become 49.
"Then click slowly, you go play yours, just stuff the money in." Hong Tao pressed a 1 yuan button again, and Zhou Dajiang's banknote had not been drawn out, and 49 had already become 48.
Hong Tao calculated, if you are fast, you can complete the whole process of a bet and lottery in almost 4 seconds. 50 Canadian dollars can support 200 seconds, a little more than 3 minutes, so it doesn't look like a few cents or a few dollars, but it can't stand fast, piecemeal, let your money disappear invisibly, and it will be even more tricky.
You once, I once, and after holding on for less than 10 minutes, Hong Tao and Zhou Dajiang's 100 Canadian dollars were lost. Again, this is the result of deliberately controlling the frequency of betting.
"Let's go shopping first, come all the way, it's too unjust to sit here for a day, take a turn and see if there's anything fun, if not, come back." Hong Tao really didn't have any gambling nature, and he was no longer interested after playing for a while.
"Cheng, I've also seen it, if you sit here and don't leave, I'm afraid we won't be able to support this little money even in the morning. You old men and old ladies, then this is a social place, and a few people get together to chat for a long time before taking pictures. Zhou Dajiang also lost interest.
The two men left their seats and began to wander around. Hong Tao brought a camera, and originally planned to leave a few photos to commemorate the commemoration, but as soon as he took a few photos, two staff members stepped forward to stop him. However, they were very polite, and only told Hong Tao that he was not allowed to take pictures in the casino, and did not ask Hong Tao to hand over his camera or delete the photos or anything.
Others are polite, and you have to be sensible. Hong Tao took the advice of the two casino security guards and handed over the camera to them to the service desk for temporary storage, so as to avoid the pain of surveillance by the security personnel and not have to hang up on his body to get in the way.
Hong Tao quietly asked them how they found themselves taking pictures, and there was no one around at that time. The 2 security guards smiled, pointed to the roof, and then told Hong Tao that the casino hall is basically 360-degree real-time monitoring in all directions, and even voice conversations can be recorded synchronously if necessary, so it is best not to violate the rules of the casino.
Since you came, don't think about it so easy to go, Hong Tao pestered the two security personnel, asked the general situation of the casino, the two very strong men are not impatient at all, as long as you ask questions in the casino, they will try to give you detailed answers, until Hong Tao can no longer think of any problems, then unhurried goodbye, before leaving also told Hong Tao that if you want to win a lot of money, it is best to go to the middle of the hall with 3 red maple leaves to bet on the machine, where is the row blocked, The highest handful can win tens of thousands of Canadian dollars.
After the introduction of these two casino security personnel, the approximate size of this live worship casino is also clear. The first floor here is all slot machines, a total of more than 1,700 units, roughly divided into 3 parts, an area in the middle of the machine has 3 red maple leaves, here is the row betting area, what is called the row Hongtao does not understand, anyway, the betting amount is relatively high, the amount of winning is also relatively high, the probability of winning is relatively low area, want to play big, a rich please sit here.
The innermost and just entered the two areas are ordinary betting areas, there is no maple leaf logo on the machine, the betting amount here starts from a few cents, the amount of winning is not large, the probability of winning is relatively high, and those who want to kill time, like those retired elderly, generally sit in these areas.
In addition, there are 2 restaurants and 4 bars on the first floor, all of which are open 24 hours a day, just like the slot machine hall. That's all the area on the first floor of the live worship casino.
The important part of the live worship casino, in fact, is on the second floor, live worship is called a casino, in fact, it should be called a racecourse, because its entire second floor and the standard runway behind the building are designed for horse racing, betting horses, and the slot machine on the first floor is just an ancillary facility.
The area of the second floor is not as large as that of the first floor, mainly because about half of it is a sloping stand, just like a stadium, which is covered but outdoors. The other half is a long hall with bright glass windows, and it is not bad to watch the horse races here, which is condescending and does not need to be blown by the sun and wind.
The most in the hall is the bar, not far away, but because it is winter, there is basically no one in the hall on the second floor, only 2 cleaners are cleaning the glass, and those bars are not open. But according to the two security guards, when there are horse races, especially on weekends, it's going to be so crowded that almost half of Toronto's people come here to gamble.
However, Hong Tao and they came at a very bad time, don't think about horse racing, and you can't bet on horses, so you have to go downstairs and continue to compete with the slot machine.
On the issue of playing that kind of betting grade machine, Hong Tao and Zhou Dajiang had a disagreement. Hong Tao belongs to the kind of stable player, as the saying goes, it is called cowardice, so he has to continue to play a few cents with the old man and the old lady; And Zhou Dajiang is an offensive player, very gambler's temperament, he feels that since he has gambled, he has to pursue the maximization of returns, rather than a few cents to fill in the money, it is better to make a few big ones, one-time turnover with profits.
Neither of the two people persuaded anyone, so they had to respect their respective choices and play separately, in fact, the two people were separated by a row of machines, and they could see each other when they turned around.
The first to win the lottery was Hong Tao, who casually took a 1 Canadian dollar grade, and suddenly the machine burst into joy, and the golden light flashed on the screen, so scared that Hong Tao almost fell off the chair.
"What's going on? Did you win the lottery? Zhou Dajiang turned his head and asked.
"I see, I'll see...... $20 is a good start. Hong Tao looked at the prompt on the screen, it should have won a small prize, and several options appeared on the screen at this time, which probably meant to withdraw 20 yuan, or merge it into the gambling funds, etc.
"Cut...... I thought I wouldn't have to come to 3 or 5,000, 20 yuan to make such a big move? Enough electricity to cost no. "Zhou Dajiang made another mistake that Chinese people are easy to make, that is, envy, jealousy and hatred! There are no angry people who laugh!
I don't know if Zhou Dajiang's curse has played a role, Hong Tao has not won the lottery since then, even the smallest prize has not been seen, life and death have been rubbed to more than 11 o'clock, Hong Tao has lost all 200 Canadian dollars, after the most 1 Canadian dollars, Hong Tao looked at his watch, ready to get up and go to lunch, this trip to the casino is not very fun, I haven't seen anything new, I have been shooting a morning of slot machines, and I am bored.
"Why don't you lend me another $20? This is the last one, and I think I'm getting lucky! Zhou Dajiang lost faster than Hong Tao, he had been watching from the side for a long time, and when he saw that Hong Tao was leaving, he finally couldn't help it. (To be continued......)