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[Bends over and adds up the sum on the ground.] Ten—fourteen—twenty-three You owe two thousand, four hundred.

Now what?

[Takes a card out of the deck and gives it to him.] Here's the red ace. You can play double or nothing again.

[Eagerly.] Good. [Gets another card.] Enough.

[Turns up his own cards.] Nineteen.

You win again. [Almost imploring.] Give me an ace again. Give me the green one. [Takes a card.] Double or nothing.

Not any more.

Why not?