"Wow! Where is this table or is it at any table?"
"No, only that," – said smoking lady and pointed by cigarette to a table with three chairs, on one of which the croupier was sitting.
“Yes, but I put eight hundred Britcoins here on Zero.” If I leave, I’ll be credited with a loss.
"It’s better to win a hundred Britcoins quickly than wait until the morning to win roulette. And playing cards is not expensive. One game costs only fifty Britcoins, and a win can be from one hundred to ten thousand per game. Well, that’s if you, of course, have fifty Britcoins. But I immediately noticed that you are not from the poor rogues. I like confident men. What is your name?
"Yegor," – answered Podvalny.
"Very nice. I am Lucy. I’m not here for long, but I’ll always have time for you."
"Yes, Lucy. I like to play cards and usually win. I usually don’t count money, and also lose it easily. Are you taking me to the table?"
"Of course, handsome. Only there you need to play with a partner. You will not play against lady? Isn't it?"
"Of course. I have a partner. Now I will take him from the 'one-armed cops'," – said Podvalny, and headed to Juan. Lucy followed him.
"Well, how are you?" – Yegor asked, looking at a bunch of coins in the machine and then into the gambling eyes of Torpedos.
"Yes, so far everything is according to plan. Already five hundred Britoins abandoned. It remains to throw in the slit a hundred."
"And then what?"
"Then – a guaranteed win. The device takes only half. Not like in other casinos where you can lose everything."
"Come on! There you can play cards faster. How much will the gain be here?"
“Three hundred Britcoins,” – said Torpedos.
Podvalny smirked, and, trying to impress Lucy, he said, – “because of these kopecks you will choked. Let's go to quickly win in cards. This is the best option in the entire casino."
"Oh well. I’m really tired of stuffing coins there,” – said Torpedos and they all went to the gambling table.
Sitting opposite each other, the croupier announced the rules of the game to them, – "this is the game Royal Woodpecker. The rules are the same as in Azi, but the woodpecker is royal. Well, of course, the winnings will be royal. We do not let everyone to play at this table. Well, can I give out cards?"
“Give it out,” – answered Podvalny.
“So,” – said the croupier, – “first you need to pay the game for fifty Britcoins and then I’ll open a new deck of cards.”
“Come on, Torpedos, get out the money, I blew my money in roulette,” – said Podvalny.
Torpedos reluctantly pulled out 50 Britcoins and dumped them for croupier. Croupier moved them into the cell, opened the valve and they flew down the pipe into the ownership of the casino. Then the croupier opened a new deck of cards, thoroughly mixed them and began to distribute.
“Waiter, come here,” – said Lucy.
The waiter with a bottle of modernized wine on a tray quickly came up and bowed.
“Yegorushka,” – said Lucy to Yegor, – “do you want to drink moon wine and quench your thirst?”
“Yes, of course Lucy.”
The waiter poured wine into a glass and handed it to Podvalny. Podvalny sipped and began to look at the cards. Torpedos also began to study his cards and wrinkle his forehead. His bald spot glistened with sweat. He was very physically fit and was one meter and ninety tall. In this he stood out from the rest of the tourists and indigenous inhabitants of the moon.
The waiter coughed.
"What's the matter?" – asked Podvalny.
“There are fifty Britcoins from you,” – the waiter said.
“Torpedos, give him money, I'll give it to you later,” – said Podvalny, and turning to Lucy, he continued, “I left mine on the piano.”