America 1919

Drake Watt was finally persuaded by Lival McKee and laughed earnestly, "That's right, earn a million, go back to California to buy a manor, and find a beauty!"

Lival McKee laughed loudly, "That's the spirit!"

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"A million?" Donnie scoffed after hearing Steve Cotting's report, "Not a bad idea though!"

Nate, sitting to Donnie's right, said with some concern, "Boss, although we won't let them actually take that much money, there really isn't a good way to deal with their situation right now."

Donnie looked at the white-haired middle-aged man next to Nate and asked, "Joshua, what do you think of this?"

Joshua Allen, the gambling techniques consultant at the Surf Hotel, was also a professional gambler in his youth. During his prime, he swept through the casinos of Southeast Asia... He was a clever man who knew how to use his foreigner status in Southeast Asia and was willing to share his winnings with the American higher ups there, so he was relatively safe.

However, the more one walks the night, the more likely one is to encounter ghosts!

During a high-stakes game in Macau, he aroused the displeasure of the Macau emperor Lu Lianruo at that time. It cost all his fortune to save his life, and after running back to the United States, he returned to Atlantic City. When Surf Hotel opened, Donnie brought him in as the casino's gambling techniques consultant!

Joshua Allen played with the dice cup and dice in his hand, shaking his head helplessly and saying, "There's no easy fix. For ordinary people, the sound of dice hitting the dice cup is the same, but for these experts in listening to dice, they can tell the approximate numbers of the dice by hearing the subtle differences in the sound of different dice faces striking the cup!"

Steve Cotting couldn't help asking, "How can you listen to that?"

Joshua Allen smiled and said, "Nowadays, the bottom of dice cups is mostly made of glass with a green velvet cloth. Taking the dice with one dot as an example, when it lands at the bottom of the cup, the sound is somewhat dull. Two dots are similar, but the dullness is slightly less pronounced. Conversely, if it's a six-dot dice hitting the bottom of the cup, the sound will be sharpest, with five dots being the next closest. Experts listen for this and judge accordingly. If two dice make a dull sound, then it must be six or five on top, and after revealing the cup, it's naturally a high roll, and vice versa for a low roll."

"Exactly!" After hearing Joshua Allen's explanation, Nate immediately said, "I've been observing these two people. On the dice tables, they only bet on high and low, and rarely play other bets. Moreover, they don't always take action; if the surrounding environment is too noisy, they choose to stop betting that round!"

Steve Cotting immediately said to Donnie with excitement, "Boss, I've got an idea!"

Everyone, including Donnie, looked curious. Donnie asked directly, "What idea?"

Steve Cotting said, "We could arrange for people to make a lot of noise next to them every time they listen to the dice cup. This could make them mishear the number of the dice inside!"

Nate laughed, "That solution only addresses the symptoms, not the root cause. By doing so, we can only make them wary, but it won't change the current situation. If we can't sort these people out through normal means this time, in the future, more and more professional gamblers will come to the Surf Hotel to gold dig."

Joshua Allen also said, "And both of them are experts. Even if you make noise next to them, they can still make out an approximation. As long as they get used to it, it won't affect their judgment too much."

Steve Cotting expressed his regret, then said, "Then why not just change the material for the bottom of the dice cup?"

Joshua Allen continued to clarify for Steve Cotting, "It's not that it won't work; most materials make the same sound, and dice cups use a glass base with green velvet because it makes a crisp sound. Even amidst loud noise, it's hard to cover up such a sound, which, although it gives those listening parties an opportunity, more importantly, stimulates gamblers' psyche."

Donnie then said, "What's really crucial now is to find a material that can produce almost the same effect as glass for the base but also allows the sound made by the dice striking the cup to change, right?"

Joshua Allen gave a wry smile and said, "If it were so easy to find such a material, those listening parties wouldn't be so arrogant!"

Upon hearing Joshua Allen's words, everyone in the room, except Donnie, looked worried. If they couldn't solve this problem, they wouldn't be able to deal with the listening party issue, and Donnie had promised the board of directors that he would solve this problem!

Donnie then spoke up, "We could try using transparent adhesive as the base of the dice cup, which might have an unexpected effect!"

Transparent adhesive had already been invented, and the company that had created it was the DuPont Family, which had transitioned from a pure gunpowder industry to the chemical industry!

However, the invention of clear tape would not come about until 1928!

Joshua Allen's eyes lit up and he said, "It might be worth trying. The sound of transparent adhesive as a base isn't as loud as the glass, but if we remove the green velvet cloth, perhaps we could give it a try!"