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Yes!\u00a0 There is free money in the world.\u00a0 On the Chinese new year day, I went to dim sum at the new Kirin restaurant in New Westminster, which is right next to a new casino.\u00a0 Kirin give each customer a $10 coupon for the casino.\u00a0 At first I though the coupons just exchange for chips, so I have to gamble away the chips.\u00a0 It turn out that I can change the chips back to cash right away!\u00a0 I got $10 for free!\u00a0 My lunch cost $14.5, minus the $10 cash back, the real cost is only $4.5.\u00a0 What a good deal!<\/p>\n

We have a big group of engineers went to lunch that day.\u00a0 We are good at maths, we know the odds are against the gamblers.\u00a0 So none of us would spend a dime gambling in a casino.\u00a0 However, we all \u00a0 walked out from a casino with a small profit.\u00a0 Of course there many stupid people in this world.\u00a0 They will take the $10 coupon to gamble, at first they will lose the $10, then they will start losing their own money.\u00a0 The casino is quite smart giving out free money, as baits to fish stupid gamblers.\u00a0 I guess if everyone thinks like engineers, the casino would go bankrupt pretty soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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