No More Bets

The wheel span and the ball clattered around.
The wheel slowed and it looked like the gambler had chosen the correct number. The ball had definitely stopped moving and was stuck at 31.
The dealer tapped a pedal beneath the table and the ball shot out and ended up at 5.
"What happened there?" asked the gambler who stood to win.
"This is what happens in roulette, sir," said the dealer.
"What? Cheating?"
The dealer nodded at a burly man who came over and dragged the gambler into a back room to help him fall down some stairs.