It wasn't just any regular night at the MGM Grand casino it was the night the 5 sons of the billionaire Alfred Hunter the inventor of the toothbrush. The 5 sons were there to celebrate one of their 21st birthdays. The son whose 21st birthday went by the name Rico. As soon as the sun went down the boys went straight to the blackjack tables. The MGM Grand casino manager knew who these boys were and knew their large sum of money and small knowledge of gambling techniques could win the casino a lot of money so he decided to watch them and do whatever he could to take their large fortune. As the night went on so did the partying, drink after drink these boys consumed making them even more reckless and unstrategic with their gambling. The manager knew it was his time to strike. The manager walked over to the group of boys and congratulated Rico on turning 21. He then went on to offer them a private gambling room with double the stakes as a birthday present to Rico. The boys accepted the gift immediately and followed the manager back to a private room where it was just the dealer, the manager and the group of boys. After a couple of hands, the manager decided to allow the boys no limits meaning they can gamble whatever they want. The boys accepted without hesitation and the night continued. Slowly but surely the boys started to chip away at their large fortune. After many hours passed the boys had almost very little left. The boys were ready to pack up their bags and count their losses and head back home until the manager gave them one more chance to win their money back. The manager said "one more hand of blackjack and if you win I will give you back all the money you lost tonight, but if you lose you have to write the casino a check for double of all your losses.". The boys instantly refused and started to walk out the door until Rico turned around and said he would take the deal. The rest of the boys begin to pull Rico away but Rico was able to convince him "He has birthday luck". The boys eventually got around to it and let Rico play this last hand. With the biggest grin on his face, the manager watched Rico take hit after hit until he finally busted. The boys wrote a check for 200 million dollars to the casino and flew back home to face their father and explain were 200 million dollars went.
Authors Note: My story is based on the part of Mahabharta where Duryodhana challenges Yudhisthira to a dice game. The MGM casino manager plays the part of Duryodhana, Rico plays the part Yudhisthira and the rest of the boys play Pandu's sons. I decided to take a modern twist on this story because I was able to go to Las Vegas over winter break and as much as I enjoyed my trip I know it's very easy to lose a lot of money. Instead of the Pandu sons being exiled they are exiled from the casino and have to go back and face their father Alfred Hunter aka Pandu.
Bibliography: Arnold, Besant, Devee, Dutt, Ganguli, Kincaid, Macfie, Mackenzie, Nivedita, Seeger, and Tagore.
Hey Carver,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your story, especially the suspense and the plot you built into it! I was constantly wondering what would happen to the characters next, as you set up the plot very well; most know that casinos can be a scary place because of gambling, and I felt as though something drastic might happen right off the bat. I also enjoyed the way you ended it in a cliffhanger fashion, as other readers, as well as myself, may wonder how the story will truly end out. I liked your easy-to-read writing style, as it all flowed really well, too! Job well done.
Carver,
ReplyDeleteThis was a great story! You made me feel stressed while reading this, even though I was already pretty sure how it was going to end! Gambling stories hardly ever turn out well (as we saw in the Mahabharata!). I would love to see the next part of the story, and see how the father reacts. Also, just a heads up, for some reason the text on the page is weird. You can't see the words--it's just a long line of white box. To see the story I had to highlight the text box. I don't know if you did that on purpose, so I just wanted to let you know!
Hello Carver! I was so confused at first and didn't know if my computer was glitching or what, because all I saw at first was a bunch of white highlight and snippets of your story! I was like, "Is this a clever set up, or some kind of puzzle he's trying to do with his formatting and blog layout?" Once I figured out that I had to highlight over the white lines myself, I was able to see all the text and was quite impressed to be honest. Haha! Though your story was a little difficult to read regarding some punctuation and grammar hiccups, I was able to relate to this story and enjoy it, as Riverwind is literally 15 minutes away from campus and all I can think about is something like this happening to some OU students! LOL...
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