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RTG - Roll To Gamble

You enter the building (it smells of cigarettes and alcohol) and behold the rickety feeling of the place. You have a feeling that this is nothing like what Las Vegas would look, smell, feel, sound, or (with disgust) taste like. There are several men (and a woman or two) sitting around tables.
There are several games going on at once. There's a table for blackjack, poker, roulette, craps (The wheel seems to have been stolen from an actual casino as it clashes severely with the shady feeling of the place), and even a few slot machines in the corner (Probably from the same casino as the wheel.)
The dealers are dressed rather professionally; a stark contrast to the players, who are dressed in whatever they happened to find in a dumpster that day.
Then, there's you. You're here to teach the House a lesson: Get out of my neighborhood. You have no skills, no equipment, and no protection should things go wrong. You do, however, have $200, 5 others (along with a lot of extra people), and your lucky talisman. Your goal is to beat the House, and then beat it out of there, hopefully without being beaten (Either in gambling or to death.)
Are the gods of gambling on your side?

There will be a few hidden surprises you'll find as the game progresses. You will know one thing: Your talisman is important. Do not treat it lightly. It just might save your life.

Also, don't screw with the game.

Spoiler: Sign-Up Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name:
Description:
Lucky Talisman:

There is a maximum of 6 people allowed in the game and a maximum of 6 people in the waiting room. Feel free to do whatever in the waiting room. Once there are six people in the game, the rolls will be taken. Once someone leaves the casino or dies, the next player will enter the next turn. Once the waiting list is full, you will... wait further, I suppose. Please post your action when joining as well.

Players:
1. Mr. Luckless [Nirur Torir]
2. Vert [Vertigon]
3. Fedor [Cheeetar]
4. Harrison [Flintus10]
5. GAMBLEBOT [Dwarfaholic]
6. Dr. Awesome [Toaster]

Waiting:
7. Henry [Lonewolf I]
8. Angelica [Tyliu]
9.
10.
11.
12.

Dead/Winners:
1. Akil - Lost at Russian Roulette ($0)

[Nirur Torir]

Name: Mr. Luckless
Description: A short, angry man. He always felt that the universe was conspiring against him, until that one day last week when he met a gypsy, who sold him a lucky talisman. His luck has since changed, and he hopes to earn enough with borrowed money to pay off the loan-sharks before every major joint in his body is destroyed.
Lucky Talisman: An bottlecap (From a bottle of Mountain Dew), spray-painted a gold color and hung from a small nickel chain around his neck.

Edit: I was so certain I was going to remember to post an action.
Play four rounds of $5 slots.

[RandomNumberGenerator]

Name: Akil

Description: A man of Arabic decent, yet dressed in American clothes, Akil always had a head for numbers, yet he couldn't tolerate the religious schools back at home. When he got to the states, he found he couldn't tolerate the schools here, either. Instead he took up gambling, were he would count cards to determine exactly what the risk v.s. reward ratio was.

Lucky Talisman: Lucky Shades, so less intelligent people who would be jealous of his quick skills don't notice were his eyes are peering.

[Vertigon]

Name: Vert

Description: Known affectionately as Vermin by the local cops, drug dealers, mini Eiffel towers, and Belgians, Vert has a history of being a (here we go) mutineering, lying, stealing, cheating, kidnapping, hacking, baby-punching, dog-kicking, evil, smelly, sonofabitch.

Lucky Talisman: A pair of bronzed dice.

Do we go ahead and post an action, or do you have to accept us or something first?

[webadict]

An action would be nice, but I can auto an "arrive" action if there's none posted.

[Cheeetar]

Name: Fedor
Description: Fedor arrived with the intention of gaining back the money lost here by his foolish brother.
Lucky Talisman: A tie that has been in the family for generations.

Approach the blackjack table and ask what the minimum buy in is.

[Flintus10]

Name: Harrison "The Hat" Muldoon
Description: Ace card player and womaniser in his past life has now hit rock bottom and with nothing to lose he only knows one way back to the top. He looked to this house to begin his rebuilding a fortune.
Lucky Talisman: His lucky cap (Worn backwards)

Head over to the poker table and assert myself.

[webadict]

One more to start.

[Dwarfaholic]

Name: GAMBLEBOT
Description: Built by a mad scientist hell-bent on exacting revenge on the same casinos that once robbed him of the love of his life, GAMBLEBOT uses advanced probabilistic predictions and ancient Swedish voodoo magics to exact revenge on dice and poker players alike. GAMBLEBOT is disguised under a trench coat, a pair of shades and a large hat.
Lucky Talisman: An antenna sticking conspicuously from under his hat that is used to remote-control GAMBLEBOT.

Action: LUMBER INCONSPICUOUSLY AT SLOT MACHINE.
INSERT CURRENCY [20$].
RECEIVE WINNINGS.

[webadict]

RTG Turn 1

Spoiler: Mr. Luckless (click to show/hide)

{1d6 = 6} – You walked past the back alley bouncer, past the double set of bouncer on the inside of the door. You heads on over to his right to a booth. You drop the money on the table and the man behind the counter hands you, not $200 in chips, but $20000.
“1% transaction fee,” the man behind the counter answers you psychically. “We'll be expecting all of that back. More if you're lucky.”
You walk to the slot machine but stumble into the craps table. {1d200 = 45} 45 chips fall from your jacket onto the table. You reach to retrieve them, but the dealer calls no more bets. You might've continued were it not for the burly guy watching your every movement who also seemed to have ninja'd his way right next to your arm.
You watch the dealer roll a die. You're hoping to God for a 7 or an 11. {2d6 = 11} … Wow. You won? You retrieve the $9000 dollars from the table and move onto the slot machines.
The slot machines seem to be hooked up and functional, to your relief, but the slot machines work on the $100 dollar chips you've been given.
Unfortunate. Also, the man sitting beside you is... odd. His trench coat makes him very suspicious, as does the woman standing next to him.
For some reason you believe this woman is incredibly important. She seems to have a necklace with a die string to it. The die suddenly morphs from a 6-sided die to a 12-sided die. You freak out a bit.

Status
Health: 6/6
Money: +$4500 / 24500

Spoiler: Akil (click to show/hide)

{1d6 = 2} – You takes a step into the casino. Another step further and you're face to face with a bouncer. The bouncer grabs your shirt (You thank yourself for not wearing a tie) and talks to you very quietly while searching you.
“I'm watching you, pal.” He finds the wad of money you have stashed in your jacket and takes a $20 and stuffs it into his own pocket. After that, he shoves you toward the cash booth.
You place the money on the counter and gets $18000 chips instead of the $200 $180 dollars you were hoping for. “1% transaction fee,” the man behind the counter says. “We'll be expecting all of that back. More if you're lucky.” You walk away disappointed.
You try a hand of blackjack, your natural affinity, sitting next to a man in a musty shirt and jeans and a woman dressed like a lumberjack. The dealer pulls out a new deck and you place 10 chips on the table. You put on your lucky sunglasses.
You get {1d52 = 48} a nine of clubs and {1d51 = 27} an ace of diamonds. Not a bad hand, you surmise. You stay, as the dealer has an 8 of spades showing.
The dealer flips up a 6 of diamonds. He hits, drawing a king of diamonds. Dealer busts! You take your $2000. You feel good, as your fellow players seem to have less luck.

Status
Health: 6/6
Money: +$1000 / 19000

Spoiler: Vert (click to show/hide)

{1d6 = 3} – You enter the smokey place a little on edge: you probably shouldn't be here. These guys might be looking for you, along with half of the city. You slowly make your way to the exchange booth and place your money on the counter. The man behind the counter takes the money and places some chips, muttering something. You pay little attention to him as you take your chips, instead still looking at the other people in the room. Do you notice any of them? Do they know you?

It doesn't seem like anyone does. What next?

Status
Health: 6/6
Money: +$0 / 20000

Spoiler: Fedor (click to show/hide)

{1d6 = 3} – A quick look around the place leaves you with one thought: “Who's more foolish?” You stroke your bow tie (which is very clean and a stark difference to your long-sleeve shirt and pants), and sit at the blackjack table.
“Minimum?” you ask, pulling the cash out of your pocket.
“$100. And we play with chips only.” The dealer points you to the cash booth. You get up, slightly embarrassed at this foresight and place your money on the counter at the booth.
The man behind the counter takes the money, robotically saying, “1% transaction fee,” before handing you your money. “We'll be expecting all of that back. More if you're lucky.” Well, you guess handing you the House's money, seeing as how you now have $20000 with your 1% gone.
You sit down at the blackjack table.

Spoiler: Harrison (click to show/hide)

{1d6 = 2} – You walk into the place, hand on your cash and head toward the poker table. However, the woman running the roulette wheel peaks your interest. You take some money and place it on the table.
“$40 on you and me, baby.”
She gives you a hard look and takes your money.
“Looks like you're wrong. Dealer wins.” She gives a look to a buff guy next to the table. He then points (or rather throws) you toward the exchange booth. You mouth 'Call me' while making a phone gesture with your hand.
You place your money on the booth counter and the man quickly grabs the necessary chips. You count them but before you can raise an objection, the man says, “1% transaction fee. We'll be expecting all of that back. More if you're lucky.”
You think about the necessary math but dismiss it. You take your 160 chips and decide not to question the dangerous men.
You stand there looking when you see an incredibly beautiful woman walk in. She's dressed in a sparkling red dress with dark brown hair and blue eyes. Her heels click with a purpose as she heads toward a man in a trench coat in the corner (Is that an antennae above his head?)

Status
Health: 6/6
Money: +$0 / 16000

Spoiler: GAMBLEBOT (click to show/hide)

{1d6 = 5} – RUNNING cheat_house.exe . . .
ENTER LOCATION : casino
EXECUTE ROUTINE : slot_machine
ERROR : MONEY SLOT NOT FOUND!
IDENTIFYING SOLUTION . . .
PROBLEM IDENTIFIED : NEED EXCHANGE
EXECUTE ROUTINE : exchange
EXECUTION COMPLETE!
INPUT FROM man : “WON PER CENT TRANS ACTION FEE WHEEL BE EXPECTING ALL OF THAT BACK MORE IF YOUR LUCK E”
OUTPUT? n
EXECUTE ROUTINE : slot_machine
INSERT AMOUNT? 20
EXPECTED WINNINGS : 95%
CONTINUE? y
{1d40 = 21} OUTCOME IS LOSS!
OUTPUT? y
OUTPUT : rigged machine
EXECUTE ROUTINE : attack -machine
EXECUTION COMPLETE!
INPUT FROM SENSOR : CHIPS FOUND! AMOUNT = 20
INPUT FROM INTUITION : “UNDER WATCHFUL EYES. PROCEED CAREFULLY.”
INPUT FROM SENSOR : woman APPROACHING!
INPUT FROM woman : “THERE GOING 2 BRING U INSIDE GO HIDE”
OUTPUT?

Status
Health: 6/6
Money: +$0 / 20000

[Dwarfaholic]

Action: PERFORM HIDE. PREPARE TO ENTER POKER TABLE.
Controller: Perform flop sweat in front of monitors. Find nacho hidden between fat-sausages. Feel relieved again.

[Nirur Torir]

That man with a trench coat seems to be headed towards a poker table. I think I'll follow him.

Win at poker.

[Vertigon]

Head on over to the poker table, trying not to attract any attention. Win. Unsuspiciofyinglytatiously.

[Toaster]

Sure, waiting list me.

Name:  Doctor Awesome
Description:  A short balding man with a serious superiority complex.  Dressed in a cheap suit.


EDIT: Oh right, action.

Search the waiting room for cash and chips.

[Cheeetar]

Does the 1% transaction fee apply when we exchange chips for cash as well?

Play 10 rounds of blackjack (or as much as possible if 10 is too much).