Volume 27 - CH 7

A purgatory casino where the dead gather.

Every day, the impoverished dead visit and play there.

What is the first prize at this casino, where Bard and his S-rank party may have visited?

To find out, I took on the casino's roulette wheel.

The table in the center of the Purgatory casino was made of gorgeous gold, and the glare was so bright it almost hurt my eyes.

「Hey, that's him. The guy who just beat the best dealer at blackjack is here!」

「Hmph, that dealer is the weakest of the Four Heavenly Kings, and there's no way he can beat the strongest and worst roulette player in Purgatory!」

There's a lot of noise out there, but well it doesn't matter to me.

「You're here, Alec.」

At the table, Serina, Meena, and Saki were playing.

「Oh, no, not again!」

Saki has her head in her hands, but she doesn't look good.

「Looks like no one but you is making any money.」

I say to Serina, who has a stack of chips in her hand.

「No, I'm losing too. This is the new money I just exchanged.」

「You know, if you're losing so much, don't redeem so much.」

「Because I'm curious about the prizes, you know? I thought I'd just bet hard and exchange it for a red chip. ......」

「I don't think it's working. I thought the red and black colors had the best odds.」

There are about a hundred numbers on the roulette wheel from zero, but the odds change dramatically depending on which one you bet on.

「Yeah, that's what I think, but look, 0 is green, so sometimes you'll miss.」

If Serina is saying that, then she must have a high probability of coming to 0.

It could be a coincidence, though: ......

「Hehe, there's no way a newcomer can win!」

「Right. If you're betting on red and black, you're screwed.」

And as far as the smirking outsider is concerned, this dealer is cheating, isn't he?

Well, that's something we can deal with.

「Okay, I'm in.」

First of all, I bet a hundred gold pieces of blue chips on the red. This gives me a probability of about 49%.

Since there are zeroes in green, it's not fifty-fifty.

「I'll take the black!」

Saki made a reverse bet. Now, no matter which way the dealer aimed, either I or Saki would be the winner. But the green zero would be the total win for the dealer.

「I'll just have to wait and see.」

Serina seemed to pass and watch the play without betting.

A few other dead players placed a few chips in the number area.

「All right, then. No more bets, I'll close here.」

The tuxedo-clad dead dealer said this with a stern look on his face, and turned the handle of the large roulette wheel. The disc began to spin at high speed, and the red and black colors blended together, obscuring the numbers.

While everyone's attention was focused on the game, the dealer threw in a small ball. The ball rolled on the disk, bouncing as if it were dancing.

The rotation speed of the disk is slowing down.

「Okay, come on! Two!」

「Come on three or six!」

「Black!」

The players try to draw luck to themselves by praying to the ball.

Red, black, red, red, and ...... black.

Hmm. It's lose huh.

「Ah, I missed it: ......

「Damn.」

All the players lost, but given the number of numbers and probability of this roulette, it's not that strange a phenomenon.

「Okay, next.」

I bet the same amount of chips on red again.

「Hey, Alec. If you bet that much, you'll broke soon.」

Serina warns me, but it's just some leftover money from the slot machine. A hundred gold is not a lot of money.

「You can bet on it, too, Serina. You can't win prizes without betting.」

「Right. Well, I'll go with black.」

「Okay, I'll go for green with 0 again.」

Saki put her chips on the least probable spot, but as expected, it was only one chip.

Even so, the multiplier is a hundred times, so if you win, you'll get the same amount of chips as me.

......,So, will there be black (cheating) here?

「No more bets, I'll close here.」

The dealer announces the deadline and spins the roulette wheel.

「Oh, crap, I missed again!」

「Hmm, black there.」

I knew it. The dealer seems to be aiming for the lowest betting spot.

But even if it's a complete cheat, there's still a way to change the chips.

「All bets.」

I grinned and decided to bet all my chips on red.