Chapter 599

The change of ownership of the New Jincheng Casino caused quite a stir in the gambling circle.

On one hand, Bandi was actually a decent person. After he started running the casino, he recruited many gambling experts—or to put it bluntly, cheating experts.

Not only did he not shun these people, but he also made friends with them, gave them high-value gifts, and even gave them some money.

This included those professional gamblers.

These professional gamblers were not cheating gamblers; they were more like an option that gained the maximum winning rate through scientific calculation, and then always stood on the side with the highest winning probability.

Although there were wins and losses, overall, the probability of winning was higher.

When blackjack swept the Federation, a true story appeared in Heaven City of a high school math teacher winning hundreds of thousands from a casino.

As long as one performs rational analysis through calculation, then with enough sample data, the more rounds of cards played, the higher the probability of winning, and the more profit gained.

These people also gained Bandi's friendship. They often frequented different casinos in different regions, which indirectly promoted Bandi's fame.

Secondly, Bandi always gave people the feeling that the Koda family would never fall. He was always chatting about the big shots and elite figures he knew, leading people to mistakenly believe he was also a member of the upper class.

Coupled with his firm control over the New Jincheng gambling industry, the state government hadn't issued new casino franchise licenses for many years, which also made many believe the Koda family had great influence over the state government.

Yet, such a wealthy family with huge influence was dismantled in an instant and became a thing of the past. It was inevitable that some people would feel shocked!

Inevitably, some people would have some unfriendly thoughts about the not-so-famous Lanse and the Lanse family.

The gambling industry is also a relatively closed industry, and it has its own unique rules.

Many people would think that cheaters should be despised and spurned, but in reality, those who are despised and spurned are those whose techniques are not good enough and are easily discovered by people.

Those truly skilled cheaters, on the contrary, become targets for people to respect and emulate. Of course, this also includes those gamblers with special talents or special abilities.

For example, some people have very good memories. After sitting down, they will ask the dealer to change to a new set of cards and then remember the approximate order of the first few dozen cards by observing the shuffling process.

There are also people who can judge what cards others have by obtaining some elemental information, thereby winning.

These people are respected by gamblers. Not only have they earned a lot of money through their gambling skills, but they also become important VIPs in various casinos. It can be said that they have both fame and fortune!

This time, with the change of ownership of the New Jincheng Casino, whether it was to repay the benefits Bandi once gave them or to show their faces in front of the new casino operator, letting the other party know they are not to be trifled with and thus reaching a new cooperative relationship.

They all felt it necessary to make this Mr. Lanse realize that in this industry, without a sufficiently deep background and ability, a casino is not so easy to run.

At eight o'clock in the morning, in the hotel restaurant attached to the New Jincheng Casino, four gentlemen gathered at a table.

There are many types of breakfast in the hotel, which is very rich.

The accommodation price here is not cheap, but many people still choose to stay here because it is right above the casino.

Every day after waking up, you only need to take a shower and take an elevator to reach the casino below. For those gamblers who don't have enough time to gamble, this is the most suitable place.

On the plates on the table were their breakfasts: ham and egg sandwiches, bacon rolls, cream pasta, and some fruits.

These four people have quite a reputation in the gambling industry because they all have their own unique skills. In other words, they are also the kind who win more and lose less and have been blacklisted by many casinos.

Their gathering in New Jincheng this time was definitely not for tourism; it was also aimed at the New Jincheng Casino.

"I remember that guy went in yesterday. Is there any new news?" one of the guys, who was in his forties, wearing round-rimmed glasses and looking like an honest man, said.

While eating breakfast, he looked at the others.

The short man sitting opposite him shook his head. "Don't know, haven't seen him."

As he spoke, he straightened up and looked around, but didn't see the person they were looking for.

"Could there be an accident?" another guy in his thirties, wearing a floral shirt and looking a bit handsome, asked with some worry.

He was actually uneasy in his heart. These few people were considered friends with good relationships. They met in the casino and had also exchanged gambling techniques with each other.

Without considering cheating, everyone's level was actually quite good, which is why they could become friends.

After becoming friends, they swept through casinos across the Federation, made a name for themselves, and also earned a large sum of money.

Many casinos, to avoid trouble, would give them a sum of money and then blacklist them.

Although they can't go to casinos to gamble now, they can still play in tournaments. Some casinos, to increase their popularity, hold some card tournaments from time to time.

As long as they don't cheat, these tournaments welcome them.

The total prize money for some tournaments is as high as two or three hundred thousand, with an average of thirty to fifty thousand.

There are more than a dozen such tournaments every year. As long as they are diligent and lucky, they can always win one or two.

An annual income of thirty to fifty thousand, plus the money earned before, is enough to maintain their consumption.

Coming to New Jincheng this time, besides someone suggesting to vent some anger for Bandi, another idea was to knock a sum from the new casino boss.

The floral shirt was very worried that there would be problems, but others thought there wouldn't be any problems.

As long as they aren't caught cheating on the spot, then based on their reputation in the gambling industry, the casino will very likely follow the rules of the trade.

Give them some money and then send them away.

Although this approach looks like sending away beggars, they ultimately obtained a sum of money and were able to vent some anger for Bandi.

The floral shirt felt that the Lanse family being able to replace the Koda family was definitely not for the reasons reported in the newspapers—problems within the Koda family, broken capital chains, etc. There must be deeper problems, but these people didn't want to listen.

Now that the guy hadn't returned, it made him even more worried.

The restaurant is located on the twelfth floor of the entire hotel, right in the middle-upper position.

The floor-to-ceiling glass windows around it allowed them to overlook the entire New Jincheng. Whether it was the city center, the Starlight District, or the most beautiful Bay Area, everything could be seen.

Just when they were worried about what had happened to their companion, someone suddenly let out an exclamation, and then more people stood up and walked toward one side.

Just a moment ago, something fell screaming from outside the glass curtain wall. It was a person!

Someone in the restaurant immediately exclaimed, "Someone jumped off the building!"

This is one of the casino's staple programs. Many people lose all their money in the casino and owe a large sum of money, and after being unable to repay it, they often choose to jump.

If no one has ever jumped off a building in a casino, then there must be a problem with the casino's operation and revenue.

But there can't be people jumping off buildings too often; that would mean the casino is collecting too ruthlessly.

People like to watch the excitement, even if they understand deep down that the guy lying downstairs might be themselves tomorrow.

A large number of people gathered around the glass curtain wall, and the floral shirt and his group also squeezed to the side of the glass curtain wall to look down.

They happened to be able to see the corpse. It had landed on the platform on the sixth floor, broken into two pieces, and looked extremely miserable.

Many people were commenting on something, while the floral shirt and his group's faces gradually became not so good.

Because they discovered that the clothes the person was wearing were in the style of their missing friend.

"It should be... a coincidence."

The crowd was dispersed, and the four of them no longer had the intention to continue eating breakfast. They discussed it and decided to go down and take a look.

Before the police arrived, they saw the dead guy. Although he was deformed from the fall, they could still distinguish that this guy was their "late" friend.

The four of them fell silent in an instant.

"He's not the type of person who would jump off a building," someone said.

The middle-aged man with glasses nodded. "Yes, you're right, but he jumped, and you saw it, right there."

The floral shirt couldn't help but say, "Let's get out of here!"

"I feel a strong sense of unease. He was thrown down from above!"

The other three fell into silence. The middle-aged man with glasses let out a breath. "They broke the rules."

The floral shirt felt his scalp tingle. "To hell with whether they broke the rules or not, someone is dead, brother!"

"They are warning us in this way, telling us to stay away from here. Don't you feel it?"

"I'm really... I have to go back and pack my luggage. I'm leaving!"

"I don't want my mom and dad to get a call from the police station in a few days, with the police telling them I jumped off a building too!"

No content can be seen here!

The floral shirt left without hesitation; he was clearly terrified.

The friend they were chatting with yesterday, talking about the tournament in September, was now lying on the ground in two pieces.

His eyeballs had been squeezed out by the huge impact. Thinking of that damn scene, he felt disgusted while being afraid.

The other three looked at each other, and in the end, they all chose to leave.

It was clear that the Lanse family was not like the operators of other casinos; they didn't care much about skilled people like them, nor did they respect them much.

Soon the police arrived at the scene, and after a simple evidence collection, they finally judged that the person had committed suicide.

The fall injuries covered up other wounds on his body, and the coroner also cleverly handled some of the wounds that weren't covered up.

Now the entire police system is living on subsidies from the Lanse family, and Lanse has also set up a foundation to ensure that all police officers won't miss treatment opportunities or college opportunities for their children when they need a large sum of money.

Everyone sincerely appreciated Lanse. If there were a vote on who is the most respected person in the hearts of the New Jincheng police, then that person would undoubtedly be Lanse.

Later that day, more photos and news about the jumper were published in the newspapers.

Because his corpse dirtied the terrace on the sixth floor of the hotel, and because he shattered and splattered everywhere, it incurred a cost of about seventy dollars.

The police station and the hotel needed his family to pay this cash before they could take away his corpse or ashes.

Some people who had seen this guy in the casino, as well as some who knew him, realized in this incident that Lanse was not Bandi; he would not allow those people to blackmail him and his casino.

Although this made many professional gamblers somewhat dissatisfied, it could only be dissatisfaction in their hearts.

In the afternoon, the casino spread the news through various channels that they welcomed any normal guests to gamble in the casino.

Not only could they lose money to the casino, but they could also win a large sum of money from the casino, but there was a prerequisite: cheating was not allowed.

As long as they didn't cheat, even if a guest won a million, the casino would guarantee their safety and the safety of their funds.

But if someone cheated, even if that person only won one dollar.

Lanse guaranteed that he wouldn't leave New Jincheng alive!

In addition to this news confirmed by someone's life, there was another piece of news.

Every floor of the casino would open a new way to play called "Lanse Poker." Its rules and gameplay were simpler, but it was more fun and playable than ordinary methods. Everyone was welcome to try it.

The gameplay of this new "Lanse Poker" was actually Zha Zha Jin Hua. The Federation didn't have this gameplay, at least not in this era.

The greatest fun of this gameplay is that even if you are dealt the smallest hand, as long as you are bold enough, you might still scare away those with big hands.

The casino doesn't participate in the game, but it takes a five percent table fee from each round of the game.

Gamblers were very interested in the new gambling method, and in the promotion, the casino mentioned "winner takes all," which made those gamblers who like excitement very interested.

The incident of the cheater jumping off the building during the day didn't affect the casino's business at night at all. No matter which floor, the Lanse Poker tables were crowded with people, and there were even cases where there weren't enough tables!

The tables were divided into eight-person tables and twelve-person tables. The most popular ones were always the twelve-person tables. Using one dollar to win eleven dollars, gamblers knew how to choose to maximize their interests.

The gameplay itself wasn't complicated, but these people had already figured out some of its fun. When someone with a small hand took the whole table, it would trigger bursts of exclamations from the onlookers!

There was no gameplay more hot-blooded and exciting than this. In just a few hours, it became the most popular gameplay in the casino, bar none.

Even Mo Lisi sincerely marveled at Lanse's "omnipotence." Don't look at this gameplay as if it's very simple, as if the casino can't make much money, but in reality, that's not the case.

According to current statistics, the tables on the first floor can generate at least two dollars of income per minute, and the daily income of one table is about three thousand dollars.

This number doesn't seem very amazing, but what if the number of tables is ten, twenty?

And this is just the first floor.

The base bet on the second floor is ten times that of the first floor, which means the tables on the second floor generate about twenty in income per minute, which is nearly thirty thousand in income per day.

There are fewer tables on the second floor, only eight. Even if only three are full every day, that's at least eighty or ninety thousand in income per day.

By the third floor, the base bet increases to fifty dollars. If an eight-person table only looks at the cards in the first round, it can also generate at least twenty or thirty dollars in profit.

But once on the third floor, people wouldn't just look at the cards for the first round, so the profit generated per minute is over fifty dollars.

As long as one table can be full, it can bring at least eighty thousand dollars in profit to the casino every day.

Adding these up, a new game can bring a guaranteed income of two hundred thousand every day, not counting the free consumption tables on the fourth and fifth floors.

The casino doesn't participate as a dealer in this gameplay, meaning the casino has no losses.

Unlike games like blackjack, which are played between the casino and the players, sometimes the casino loses money in card games.

Winning two rounds and losing two rounds is like playing for nothing, but Lanse Poker won't; all income is profit, and there's no possibility of losing money.

The crazier the players, the more money the casino makes!

A city on the East Coast with a population of two million and still expanding, this is definitely not its upper limit!

Coupled with the upcoming one hundred thousand or more high-income groups, the casino's income will exceed people's imagination!

After the first day of trial operation ended, Mo Lisi was stunned. He had never thought that this gameplay would make players constantly throw money onto the gambling table!

Or perhaps it was because of greed, wanting to win more, but ultimately losing more!

And this gameplay has another advantage: the hatred generated by players is not directed at the casino.

Unlike other games, if players lose too much and their mentality collapses, they will feel it's the casino's problem.

It's the dealer who did something, or some other reason. They will resent the casino for taking their money.

But Lanse Poker is different; they will only hate other players, not the casino.

Lanse is truly a genius!

However, Lanse also told him not to be happy too early. The popularity of Lanse Poker now is just because it just appeared.

As it starts to overdraw people's pockets, such crazy income will drop. Perhaps by the end of next year, the profit it brings will decrease.

But even if it drops by half, it will still be the most profitable table among all the games in the casino, bar none!

(End of chapter)