Chapter 41: High-Stakes Gambler 1

  Although it's a basement, the ventilation equipment here is very good. Many gamblers have the habit of smoking, but Zhou Hao and Situ Jianying don't feel that the air here is polluted at all. Moreover, the decoration here is also very formal, those gaming tables are even with special specifications just like in the Venetian Macao Hotel.

  "You've put in a lot of effort here." Zhou Hao said to Wen Shaoqiang, indeed, the scale and management here far exceeded those of ordinary underground casinos. Zhou Hao also saw that besides the bunny girls who were moving back and forth between the various gaming tables, there were some tall and handsome men with cold expressions, who should be the "lookouts" here.

  Situ Jianying looked at the bustling casino and said to Wen Shaoqiang: "Your place here must make tens of millions every day, right?"

  "Usually there are, sometimes even tens of millions." Wen Shaoqiang couldn't help but feel proud.

  Zhou Hao secretly clicked his tongue. It seemed that Wen Shao's father had an income of tens of millions every month. At this time, it was already an astronomical figure. However, Zhou Hao thought again, to open such a place, Wen Dong would need to grease many palms, and he feared that half of the income would be invested here.

  In the casino, you can see all sorts of people, not lacking those who have gambled away their entire fortune on a single bet. As he looked at the lively scene in front of him, Zhou Hao also felt a surge of excitement in his heart. Wen Shao, who was standing next to him, noticed Zhou's expression and smiled: "Zhou Hao, are you interested in playing? We can provide you with free capital."

  "I'm still interested, but I won't need your casino's funding. I have my own money." Zhou Hao pulled out a wad of cash, which was the 5,000 yuan that Yan Tong had given him earlier. "Does this place use cash or chips?"

  "Chips." Wen Shao replied: "How many do you want to cash in?"

  "Three thousand, just to ease the mood." Zhou Hao smiled and handed over three thousand yuan to Wen Shaoqiang. Wen Shaoqiang then passed it to a younger brother behind him, who immediately gave Zhou Hao one thousand, two five hundred, and ten one hundred chips.

  Xīu Jiàn Yīng looked at Zhōu Hào and immediately cashed in 3,000 chips. He couldn't help but ask: "Zhōu Hào, how do you have so much money?"

  Zhou Hao said: "Wait a minute, I'll tell you later, what's fun to play?"

  "I don't know either, I've never played it." Siu Gim Ying asked Wen Shaoqiang: "What projects do you have here?"

  "We have everything: dice, roulette, baccarat, Texas Hold'em, Blackjack, and even Pai Gow."

  Situ Jianying looked at a not-too-distant gaming table, heard the gamblers there shouting "Big! Big! Big!" and said to Zhou Hao: "Zhou Hao, let's go over there and have some fun."

  Zhou Hao nodded and took Situ Jianying over, this gambling table was playing dice, opposite stood a croupier, the center of the table had a glass cover with three dice inside, on the table were various point value patterns for people to place bets.

  At this time, it was just the end of the last round. The croupier covered the metal cover to cover the dice inside and pressed the button at the bottom of the tray to make the dice jump. Then he stretched out his hand to each gambler, "Please place your bets, buy and sell."

  Those gamblers put their chips into the "big" and "small" squares, with most bets being small, mostly one or two hundred, rarely over a thousand. Some people also bet on specific numbers and then shout out their bets, hoping that Lady Luck will smile upon them.

  The atmosphere around was so enthusiastic that Situ Jianying also became excited, shaking Zhou Hao's arm and saying: "Zhou Hao, what shall we buy?"

  Zhou Haoding glanced at the dealer's hand and put a 1,000-yuan chip on the "big" square. The payout ratio for betting big or small was 1:1.

  After everyone has placed their bets, the dealer opens the cover and says: "Four five five, big."

  "Zhou Hao, have we won?" Situ Jianying asked nervously.

  Zhou Hao smiled and nodded, and the dealer pushed two thousand yuan worth of chips in front of him. The others saw that Zhou Hao had won a thousand yuan with one hand and cast envious glances at him, while Wen Shaoqiang behind him also laughed: "Zhou Hao, your luck is not bad."

  "It was just a blind hit." Zhou Hao smiled and picked up the 2,000 yuan chips.

  Then the croupier shook the dice again and said, "Place your bets, no more betting."

  "Zhou Hao, what shall we buy this time?"

  "Big." Zhou Hao put the two thousand yuan chips into the "big" grid again.

  When the dealer lifted the cover, everyone saw that the three dice inside were four, four and six. In other words, Zhou Hao won again this round. The crowd burst into envious cheers, and Zhou Hao's chips became 4,000 yuan.

  "Zhou Hao, you're too awesome!" Situ Jianying smiled and kissed Zhou Hao on the cheek, "Let's go again, what do we buy this time?"

  After the croupier shook the dice again, Zhou Hao put the 4,000 yuan worth of chips on the "3-3-3" grid.

  Many people originally wanted to follow Zhou Hao's bet, but when they saw that he had bet on "Leopard", they hesitated. Although the odds of "Leopard" were as high as 36 times, the probability was too small, so those who were about to follow Zhou Hao's bet stopped and watched.

  After Wen Shaoqiang's explanation, Situ Jianying also knew that the probability of opening "leopard" was very small, and he nervously grasped Zhou Hao's hand, his eyes fixed tightly on the cover.

  When the croupier lifted the cover, Situ Jianying let out a joyful cry, while the people around him also uttered cries of regret, regretting that they had not followed Zhou Hao's bet earlier, because the three dice under the glass cover were all "three".

  Thirty-six times the odds, that is to say Zhou Hao's 4,000 yuan chips have turned into 1.44 million yuan.

  That official hesitated and looked at Wen Shaoqiang, who snorted, "What are you looking at? Losing money is part of doing business. If someone wins, they naturally have to be paid."

  "Yes, Wen Shao." The dealer hastily nodded and pushed fourteen 10,000 chips and four 1,000 chips in front of Zhou Hao.

  Seeing the people around casting admiring and envious glances at Zhou Hao, Situ Jianying felt extremely proud, her chest puffed out as if proclaiming to everyone, "This is my man!"

  Wen Shao whispered to Zhou Hao's ear, "Damn, Zhou Hao, you're really amazing. Can you actually hear the dice like those people in movies?" But this doesn't make sense either, because that dice is made of special materials and the table is covered with velvet cloth, so it's impossible to hear any sound.

  Zhou Hao just shrugged and smiled, "It's just luck, I don't know anything about dice." In fact, he was still relying on his own super intuition. Since even the welfare lottery with a winning probability of only one in a million was guessed by Zhou Hao, this way of gambling with dice was too simple in comparison.

  Just as everyone was about to follow Zhou Hao's bet, Zhou Hao pulled Si Tu Jianying away from the gaming table and said, "Let's go play something else over there."

  The two of them walked to a nearby baccarat table, where there were fewer gamblers than before and the atmosphere was quieter. The bets here were also much higher. Five people sat around the table, with the dealer constantly dealing cards to them, while other gamblers placed their bets on either the banker or the player.

  Zhou Hao saw that there was still an empty chair, so he sat down. Wen Shaoqiang immediately ordered someone to bring another chair and place it next to Zhou Hao, letting Si Tu Jianying sit there. Zhou Hao saw that among the people sitting here, the one with the most chips on the table was a short middle-aged man sitting across from him, with nearly 200,000 chips. Zhou Hao also noticed that behind the middle-aged man stood two men with cold expressions, like his bodyguards.

  At this time, Wen Shao leaned down and whispered in Zhou Hao's ear: "That guy is called 'Ding Ye', from Yunnan, I heard he does jade business and has a lot of wealth."

  Zhou Hao nodded to show that he knew, then put 50,000 chips in front of himself. The dealer then dealt him his first card, a Q.

  "This counts as ten points." Zhou Hao turned his head and asked Wen Shaoqiang.

  Wen nodded slightly, "That's right, J, Q, K are worth ten points each, and A can be either one or eleven points."

  "Would you like another card?" The dealer asked Zhou Hao.

  "Hmm." The customs officer then gave Zhou Hao another card, which was a "7".

  "Would you like another card?" the dealer asked again.

  "Alright." Zhou Hao said.

  The third card was a bottom card, which he covered with the first card and then revealed a little, only letting himself and Situ Jianying see it. The third card was "3", and together with the previous two cards, Zhou Hao had twenty points in his hand, while the total number of points on the face-up cards was seventeen.

  "Do you want another card?"

  "No need, thank you."

  The man opposite Zhou Hao burst out laughing, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth. "Little brother, you've got a great hand, heh heh."

  Zhou Hao saw that his exposed card was a K, but he didn't know what his bottom card was.

  "That old man is really lecherous." Si Tu Jian Ying whispered in Zhou Hao's ear.

  Finally, when Zhou Hao and Ding Ye's cards were revealed, apart from two people who had busted with over twenty points, the rest of the players' scores did not exceed sixteen. Then, Ding Ye smiled as he flipped open his own card, "Hehe, I have nineteen points." His card was a "9".

  Then he looked at Zhou Hao, "Little brother, show your cards. A real man doesn't fear losing."

  But then Zhou Hao smiled slightly and gently turned over the "3" card. "Sorry, I have twenty points."

  Seeing Zhou Hao's trump card, the originally excited Ding Ye immediately turned green like he had swallowed a green-headed fly.

  "Look at you still being so arrogant!" Si Tu Jian Ying raised her chin at Ding Ye.

  Zhou Hao is a leisure household, he won and let those gamblers who bet on the leisure household win prizes. The top father of this round has 80,000 yuan, plus the remaining four people's, Zhou Hao won nearly 100,000 yuan in this game.

  "Damn it, I don't believe in evil spirits! Let's do it again!" Ding Ye slammed 100,000 chips onto the table and stared fiercely at Zhou Hao.