The Understated Dragon Lord novel Chapter 509

The experienced gamblers at the table had already decided in their minds that Danny was bound to lose, even though the dealer hadn’t opened the cage yet. They had seen plenty of newbies like him—they come and go like weeds.

Once the crowd had settled, Lily asked with a sweet smile, “Country boy, they all think you’ll lose. Can you win this bet?”

“What do you think, Lily?" Danny countered.

“I think you can win! If you lose on your first bet, that'd be a huge letdown. If that happens, I’ll have to immediately add you to my blacklist and banish you from my world! I need a capable assistant, not a useless one,” Lily replied with a hint of challenge.

"Don't worry, Lily. I won’t lose. Especially not this round—I’m sure of it," Danny said confidently.

Lily, being shrewd, knew that The Big Dipper casino wasn’t as straightforward as it seemed. If she were betting, she too would bet on Any Triple. She glanced over the chips on the table, noticing that the amounts bet on high and low were nearly equal. If the house wanted to win, they could only draw Any Triple, which overrides high and low bets.

The entire table saw Danny as the only one who had bet on Any One Hundred, with just a hundred bucks on the line. If he won, it would amount to just ten thousand dollars, a small sum compared to the hundreds of thousands laid on high and low.

While Lily analyzed the situation, the dealer opened the cage—three ones, Any Triple indeed!

Danny had won. His hundred had turned into ten thousand dollars.

The dealer flashed him a winning smile and cooed in a sweet voice, “Lucky guy, your first bet and you won a hundred times your money! Too bad you bet so little, only winning ten thousand. How much will you bet this time? While you’re hot, why not go all in with your ten thousand?”

"Alright! This time I’ll bet ten thousand!" Danny agreed, taking the gamble.

The dealer, pleased with her manipulation, initiated a new round. Rattle, rattle, rattle; after a full three minutes, she placed the cage on the table. The dice were ready, and soon enough, bets were placed again. Just like before, gamblers mainly bet on high or low; though this round, more folks voted high.

After observing the spread of chips on the table, Lily whispered in Danny’s ear, “Bet on low.”

"Alright! If Lily wants me to stay on Any Triple, I’ll stick with it," Danny affirmed, dropping his ten-thousand-dollar chip into the square marked Any Triple.

The crowd, upon seeing his bet, started ridiculing him again. “The fool, thinking he can get lucky a second time?”

"To get even one Any Triple in one night is rare enough. If it happens twice in a row, there must be something supernatural at play!"

"He only bet a hundred on the first round, so even with Any Triple, the house could still win. But now, he's put down ten thousand! If Any Triple shows up again, the house stands to lose half a million! There's no way they'll let Any Triple happen again."

The gamblers continued to heckle Danny, each one convinced he was making a foolish mistake.