Cards

"Hit me," he said.
The dealer cast a card expertly over the table.
It was a 7 which meant he had bust.
He stood and left the table silently.
That was it. He had burned his way through an entire month's salary in under four hours. He felt sick.
Just as he reached the door he spied a coin on the floor. He bent and picked it up. A pound, that was now all he had to his name.
"Sod it," he said and put it into the slot of the the nearest fruit machine.
Jackpot!
£500!
And then again straight away. Maybe it was his lucky day!
He converted the cash into chips and lost it all in three hours.