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Roulette.
A game where you throw a ball into a wheel-shaped device and guess the number of the pocket it lands in.
Whether the number is high or low, odd or even, and so on.
Choosing only one condition increases the probability but reduces the payout, while choosing more and more detailed conditions decreases the probability but drastically increases the payout.
The explanation was lengthy, but the core is one thing.
‘It’s just a bit more complicated, but it’s no different from the dice game on the first floor.’
This game is purely based on luck, without the need for psychological warfare or calculations.
It was truly the game Se-un wanted.
Bicorn’s left horn was S-grade, so it would withstand the power of the artifact for quite a while, but since he didn’t know exactly how long it would last, he had to make the most of it while it held up.
“Welcome, customer.”
Among the five roulette tables on the second floor, he chose the one that seemed to have the fewest people.
With the dealer’s greeting, the gazes of the two people sitting at the table focused on Se-un.
“Oh my, a wolf mask. How cool. It suits you so well!”
“Looks like it’s your first time. You reek of inexperience.”
“What about it? There’s also the saying ‘beginner’s luck,’ right? Should I bet on the same spot?”
A giant wearing a demon mask and a woman wearing a rabbit mask.
In particular, the woman with the rabbit mask did not activate the magic of the mask, so the lower half of her face, not covered by the mask, was fully exposed.
She had also taken off her robe, revealing her figure.
He wondered if he knew them, but it was difficult to identify who they were with just that.
“Since a new player has arrived, we will proceed with the game immediately. How would you like to bet?”
“I’ll put one gold on red. It’s about time it hits.”
“Our new wolf friend is taking his time to choose. Then shall I go with number 36? I always like the last number.”
Indeed, the game is simple.
Having roughly grasped the atmosphere, Se-un took out a gold coin.
If the limit on the first floor was one silver coin, the limit on the second floor was one gold coin.
Usually, most people use silver coins for the first game to test the waters, but when he took out a gold coin from the start, the dealer and the two players next to him sparkled their eyes.
‘First, I need to figure out the limit of ‘Ganesha’s Broken Tusk’ [an artifact that grants luck].’
As he had confirmed on the first floor, even the tusk of the god of luck was not perfect.
There was a limit to the luck that could be obtained simply by possessing it.
So, let’s start simple.
“I’ll bet on black.”
He bets on a 1/2 probability.
As soon as he said that, the man with the demon mask frowned fiercely.
“Hey, are you provoking me right now?”
“Why are you like that? It’s more fun when it’s spread out like this, isn’t it?”
The demon-masked man slams the table for choosing a color opposite to his own.
Of course, Se-un did not react to this.
The dealer, not wanting to get involved in a pointless fight, immediately spun the wheel and threw the ball in.
Round and round-
The metal ball rolls noisily.
Since his gold coin was at stake, the demon mask couldn’t get angry anymore and shifted his gaze to the metal ball.
Concentrated gaze.
With a whopping 1 million points of contribution at stake in this one gamble, there was no way he could take his eyes off it.
1 million points was an amount that an ordinary player could only obtain by overcoming about 5 to 10 trials.
The demon mask was swallowing hard, forgetting to be angry.
Tap, tap-
Finally, the speed of the metal ball decreased, and it began to decide where to stay among the 36 numbers.
A breathtaking moment.
Just as he felt a slight vibration from Bicorn’s left horn in his arms, that is, Ganesha’s Broken Tusk, the ball settled perfectly.
Tap.
“Number 33, black. Congratulations.”
“Damn it!”
“Hehe, congratulations, Wolf Mask.”
It was a satisfying start on the second floor.
* * *
‘A player who hit the jackpot on the slot machine 4 times in one day and came up here…….’
All the anomalies in the casino are immediately transmitted to the relevant employees by the manager.
Se-un’s information was the same.
As soon as Clover, the manager of the first floor, sent Se-un up, he passed on the information.
Most of the employees who heard the news thought this.
‘That guy is incredibly lucky.’
In the first place, slot machines were not games where fraud or manipulation could work.
4 jackpots.
This was an unprecedented event that had never happened since this casino was created in Lilac City, but no one suspected it.
The manager would have re-examined the slot machine, and if a problem was found, the guards would have been dispatched immediately.
Tap.
“Number 33, black. Congratulations.”
First game.
Until this point, the dealer didn’t have any particular thoughts.
As the woman with the rabbit mask said, the saying ‘beginner’s luck’ is quite famous.
It was just that the perception had changed from ‘incredibly’ to ‘really incredibly’ lucky.
However, he soon realized that his thinking was wrong.
“Number 22, black. Congratulations.”
“Number 36, red. Congratulations.”
“Number 5, red. ……Congratulations.”
Continuous correct answers.
He was continuously hitting the 1/2 probability. No, if you add 0 and 00, where the color does not exist, he was hitting a probability that was not even 1/2.
Moreover, after checking the types of bets, the wolf mask began to narrow down the probability more and more.
“Column bet, top row.”
“Number 3, red. Congratulations.”
From 1/2 to 1/3 probability.
“Between 14 and 17.”
“Number 17, black. Congratu…lations.”
From 1/3 probability to 1/18 probability.
He even chose one number out of 36 and challenged the 1/36 probability.
“Oh my, that’s amazing.”
“What the heck is that guy? Does he have the goddess of luck attached to him?”
“Don’t you usually not have skills related to luck? The element of luck is related to causality, so even gods can’t touch it carelessly~”
“Then how is that guy doing it?”
Of course, not all bets were successful.
He usually won in high-probability bets, but the success rate decreased as the probability of winning decreased.
However, the probability of winning was even higher, and gold coins were piling up in front of the wolf mask.
‘It’s not a trick.’
In the first place, you can’t use tricks in roulette. It was a system where the dealer rolls the ball after all bets are placed.
The method would be to directly interfere with the roulette, but the roulette is basically prevented from physical and magical interference, and even the slightest change is detected and immediately signals an alarm.
In other words, it’s absurd, but…….
‘Could that really just be luck?’
It means that the wolf mask is purely winning the game with luck.
‘I can’t let this continue.’
He had already called the manager by pressing the button under the table.
However, even the manager would not be able to arbitrarily stop a game that does not use tricks.
So, he had to find a way on his own. If this continues, it’s bankruptcy.
Even if it’s not his fault, there was a high probability that the dealer would be held responsible for what happened at his table.
‘I have no choice.’
The dealer carefully put his hand under the roulette.
* * *
‘As expected, there was a limit.’
A roulette game where you can adjust the probability to some extent.
Starting with a 1/2 probability and gradually reducing the probability of winning, he was gradually able to predict the limits of ‘Ganesha’s Broken Tusk’.
First of all, he won almost all games with a 1/2 probability, such as matching black and red, odd or even.
Whether this affects the choice or the result of the choice, Se-un could tell.
The ability to increase luck is absolutely not inferior compared to the artifacts he has used so far… no, it is rather a more outstanding ability.
Above all, there was another decisive reason why Se-un realized this limit of luck.
“Odd.”
“I’ll go with odd too.”
“Then I’ll go with number 36 this time~”
It was when the demon mask and the rabbit mask next to him started to follow Se-un because he was running on such an abnormal winning streak.
A 1/2 probability roulette that chooses odd and even numbers.
In this game, which he would have won normally.
Tap-
“Number 8, black. It’s even.”
“What? What happened? Why did it suddenly drop?”
“Even monkeys fall from trees~” [Even experts make mistakes].
“Hey, did you do that on purpose? Because we’re following you?”
“Hey, the Wolf Mask chose first and we followed, so there’s no way that’s possible~”
“That’s why I’m saying it doesn’t make sense! That’s the first time that guy lost in odd or even!”
He had lost.
Feeling that something was wrong, he deliberately aimed for the participation of the two people sitting next to him, and the result was the same.
The more the two followed Se-un’s choice, the more the probability of winning decreased rapidly.
Only then could Se-un be sure of one thing.
‘The total amount of luck is fixed.’
The total amount of luck.
It sounds like nonsense, but the experimental results showed that it was highly likely to be correct.
Even if Se-un doesn’t want it, if several people follow the choice, the luck is divided by that much, and the quality of luck decreases.
Having realized that far, Se-un’s choice was simple.
“Why don’t you decide first?”
“Well, I guess I’d feel bad too~ I’ll go with number 36 again this time?”
“Damn it, odd! It’s odd this time!”
“Red.”
“Damn it, I really don’t like that guy.”
Deciding on the bet last so that the two players can’t follow the choice.
The man with the demon mask complained, but he couldn’t interfere any more than that anyway.
As he grasped the principle of luck that Ganesha’s Broken Tusk had, it was natural that the game’s winning rate increased even more.
However, there was one strange thing.
“Number 36, it’s red.”
“Oh my, it finally hit~”
“Damn it, is there something wrong with this? Why am I not getting it so much when it’s a 1/2 probability!”
The rabbit mask sitting right next to Se-un.
He didn’t know how long she had been participating in the roulette, but even though Se-un continued to win, her coins didn’t decrease at all.
She naturally profits in the roulette, which is a structure where she can only lose coins in terms of probability.
Se-un is using Mammon’s artifact, but she wouldn’t be.
Somehow, he felt a sense of discomfort, and it kept bothering him.
However, Se-un soon shook his head and came to his senses.
‘What I need to worry about now is not that.’
Anyway, the result of the game is guaranteed by Ganesha’s Broken Tusk.
So, what Se-un needs to worry about is not the calculation of where to bet, but the dealer who is sweating in front of him.
The fact that Se-un is winning more coins means that the dealer is losing more money.
He may look calm on the outside, but he must be burning inside.
Then the result is one of two.
Call the manager.
‘Or manipulate the game.’
Tap-
“Column bet, bottom row.”
Round and round-
Se-un’s senses, enhanced with various artifacts, follow the dealer’s movements.
There was no change in his expression, but he felt subtle changes in his muscles as his hand moved under the table.
In conclusion, he heard something clicking into place in his extremely focused ear.
The result is, of course.
“Number 11, it’s black.”
Se-un’s defeat.
To anyone else, the ball landed naturally on number 11 without any problems, but Se-un could tell. That the dealer had manipulated the roulette.
“Are you deceiving me now?”
At Se-un’s frosty voice, the dealer, as well as the two masked players next to him, turned their heads towards Se-un.