Chapter 11- “Casino”

I arrived home and asked my best friend the ways to earn Money. That's what I decided to do onwards . Earn more Money . A wise man once said "You can never have enough Money" . He replied back in a mechanical tone . "I found this on the ways to earn Money on the internet "

I thanked my buddy and started going through the results found on the internet .

There were option as : Invest money in stocks.

Start a business . ... Gamble.

Well, I didn't know a thing about stocks , business I was worse off so I decided to gamble.

Well, I know I know , "Gambling is a bad habit" and what not . But a wise man once said "You have to experience everything once in your life " and I trust that wise man .

So I started to looking for Casinos to gamble on .

A list of famous Casinos , I found in my nearby areas , only allowed customers at least the age of 18. Me , still 16, ain't got no chance to get in their with their high level security . So scratch that.

I realized after minutes of research that there are no casinos for under 18. Why? Well, I don't know, ask the government .

Still , I don't wanna give up so I kept on searching and searching till I finally found one . It was somewhat "hidden" in last of the list of casinos in the city but still it allowed only to bet on dice games for 16 year olds .

That's enough for me anyway . I just wanted to try my hands .

So I grabbed myself my bike , well, such a big step in my life , how can I not take my Bolt with me , and rode towards the location shown in my mobile phone ......counting trees on the way.

After 20 minutes of ride , I reached my destination.

I looked at the store I was planning to enter and doubted myself for even planning this dangerous plan. It was a small house in the back alley of the Club. It had graffiti all over with mostly animals drawing . The vibe it gave was dangerous until I saw The most eye catching graffiti of the long , dragon with no feet . I mean , which dragon doesn't have feet . I found it very funny. So I went in.

As I went in, I was greeted with the music which sounded foreign to me but I couldn't distinguish the language so I ignored it and looked around .

I saw most of the people sitting in the chair with a handful of cards with a table in front of them . Well, nobody even noticed me , I guess that's good.

I saw some people with a happy face, smug face and there were also some with a poker face . I didn't know what they were doing but the vibe was very mixed and all over the place .

Although it was crowded, I still found my way towards the counter . There was a lady smoking .

I greeted her with a poker face "Miss, can I change for some chips please"

Even after this being my first time being in a casino , I was well informed by my buddy about how it works . It was stated that when customers enter Casinos they exchange their Money with the Chips of equal value and play their games/hands with the help of these chips and they could exchange the chips back with money when they head out .

I mean that's a interesting money making tactic , isn't it. Well, it's human nature that they fell less inclined to spend money than something of equal value . Don't ask me why? It is basic human psychology. I will ask you a question : If you were offered a great deal but the payment was supposed to be paid in either 100 thousand or with 3 years of your lifespan? I bet most of you would choose 3 years of your lifespan because that what the humans do. They give away things that they can't see much more likely instead of materialistic objects which can be seen and valued .

So I was saying, yes , I asked her to exchange my 5000 dollars into Chips . The woman in question gave me a funny look, I had never seen that look on anybody's face so I didn't know how to describe it , she played with her Cigarette in hand and replied "

We don't play with chips here kiddo. We use hard Cash"

Oh, ok. Every Casino has it own rules I guess . But what was hard cash I didn't know so I asked her "

I don't know if the hard Cash you speak of , but I have these 5000 dollars , can I play with it?"

Again, she gave me that funny look and said "Is this your first time experiencing Casino, maboy?"

I replied honestly by nodding .

"So that explains it , just go sit anywhere and play with cash. Right side is the limitless ones and left are bets with limit , which you can decide , just choose for yourself where you wanna play, I wish you good luck, beginner."

So I understood what she said this time and went to the left side , where the bets are placed in limits .

Right now, there was no empty chair so I decided to wait .

While I was waiting , I noticed some angry people making a scene here and there . There was this old man , who turned violent and turned the desk upside down, he was taken away by some tank top wearing men to the outside . I don't know what happened next . But I went to the chair of the old man and sat down.

This table had a bet limit of 800 dollars , so I was safe . I looked at my opponent. She was a mature looking woman in her thirties. She looked beautiful in her own way . One another thing to mention, she had racks of cash lying by her side with two men standing in her side , with a briefcase in their hand .

I didn't know what was happening , so I ignored them.

Well, I also noticed that the woman was staring at me while I was eyeing around her surrounding , I thought she might be feeling uncomfortable so I decided to look towards her instead with a "smile" on my face.

She smiled back and said

"Let's gamble"