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Suddenly, the Twilek swept one hand up along a lapel of his jacket and then placed his hands back on his cards, Arok stared at the player pensively and pulled up the mans information. Like many gamblers in the Paradise Casino & Resort, the man presented a players card, the equivalent of a customer-loyalty card, to the dealer before buying into the game. Through these cards, the casino monitors the play of guests and dispenses complimentary goodies accordingly (risk enough money, and you may wind up in a villa with a butler). The card enabled Arok to retrieve a profile of the player: his name, date of birth, address, amounts won and lost on previous visits and other data.
Arok checked the player’s long-term success rate at sabbac: He’s a stone-cold loser. Common sense suggests that his poor record should exonerate him. Playing a hunch, Arok used an internal search engine to correlate every player and dealer that the suspect has gambled with at the Paradise Casino & Resort. One name repeated itself—a big winner, also Twilek. On this trip alone, he’s ahead tens of millions of credits, and he happens to be playing right now, at the same table as Mr. White Suit. Less than an hour later, Arok made the call. Convinced that the fellow in the white suit is not rubbing his lapel but dipping his finger inside his jacket and swapping cards in and out of the game - a tactic known as hand mucking. Capitalizing on sabbacs simple rules, which allow gamblers to take the side of player or banker, Mr. White Suit loses minimal wagers while his confederate wins large ones from the casino.
Arok sent a few guards to hustle the mucker from the table, quietly, and see what they can find before they arrest the other Twilek. The cheater tried to break free, then when he realized he could not escape dropped to his knees and ate the card that he had slipped inside his jacket. He may have swallowed the evidence, but the casino’s digital ceiling cameras have captured all of his illicit actions.
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