American TV series: Start with the little Sheldon's wool

Chapter 309 Game Hall Incident

"Grandma Connie, what happened? You don't look good." At the Cooper family dinner table, the attentive Mike asked.

Grandma Connie had a look of regret and anger on her face. The last time she looked so ugly was after she broke up with Professor John.

As far as Mike knows, Connie has now completely let go of that relationship.

"I, I'm fine..." Grandma Connie showed a forced smile and pretended to be calm in reply.

But with her trembling hands holding the tableware, anyone could see that she was suppressing her anger at the moment.

Naturally, the Cooper family could see that the old man was different today.

"Okay~" Facing the concerned eyes of everyone, Grandma Connie chose to confess: "It's Collison, he defrauded me of all my pension money. Mike, you are right, Chris is a hateful thief..."

After learning that Grandma Connie had won money in the arcade, Mike had advised her to give it up.

Grandma Connie agreed at that time.

Just looking at the current situation, she obviously couldn't resist the "temptation" of winning money.

"Mom, I have warned you that gambling is not good." Mary interrupted her mother's thoughts and asked worriedly: "How much did you lose this time?"

"Not much, just over four thousand." She had already lost all her money. In order to maintain her only face, Grandma Connie reacted and immediately acted free and easy.

"Four thousand yuan! OMG~ Where did you get so much money?" Mary exclaimed.

In an era when the average monthly salary was only 2,000 to 3,000 yuan, more than 4,000 yuan was not a small sum, especially for a retired old man.

"That's the pension I saved this year through frugality." Grandma Connie couldn't help but feel regretful for losing such a large amount of money for nothing.

"Colison went too far this time. Why don't we call the police? I've long seen that that game arcade is irregular..." Seeing that her mother had suffered such a big loss, Mary immediately joined the crusade against the game arcade.

Not to mention, the basement game arcade at the street entrance is indeed illegal. Calling the police will definitely give Collison a hard time.

"You can't call the police, I don't want to be caught." Grandma Connie retorted.

If the matter is resolved by calling the police, Grandma Connie, who has been to the arcade, will also be implicated.

"Can you tell me why you lost so much money?" After the topic reached a dead end, Mike asked the question he was concerned about.

Generally speaking, the financing system of small game arcades will not be that large, and the shipment rate of dragon, slot and spinach machines will probably remain at about 40 to 50%.

Under the premise of taking entertainment into account, you can make some money without knowing it.

What matters is a steady stream.

And Grandma Connie lost more than 4,000 yuan in a few days in this small game hall, which is obviously not normal.

"I don't know why I have been so unlucky recently. I obviously won a lot of money before. But I have been losing and losing since the past few days..." Things have gotten so bad that Grandma Connie is willing to risk herself and lose. Everything about the money was told.

Now Mike was sure that Grandma Connie had indeed encountered the "fishing" plate.

On the other side, Peggy and Little Sheldon, who also have super high IQs, also heard nothing about the problem.

"Probability!"

Peggy and Little Sheldon gave their answers at the same time.

"What?" Grandma Connie didn't react for a moment after telling her experience of losing money.

"The problem lies with the game console. The boss must have tampered with the probability of winning." Peggy explained briefly.

"It shouldn't be, that game arcade has been open for so long..." Grandma Connie became less and less confident as she spoke.

I don’t blame grandma for not being able to react. If a small game arcade wants to survive, it usually doesn’t have to be too deceptive.

After all, most of the people who go there are acquaintances, and word of mouth is very important.

"Mr. Chris, is he planning to sell the game arcade?" Mike also made the same judgment as Peggy.

However, he was well-informed and thought more.

"That game arcade is quite profitable and probably won't change hands, but I did hear Collison mention that he plans to go live with his son at the end of this year. By the way, I heard that his son has a decent job in a big city. ..." Grandma Connie gossiped.

Okay, now the case is solved.

Chris may not have thought about transferring the game arcade, but he definitely planned to leave with a lot of money before the end of the year.

It's just that it's only two months from October to the end of the year, and Collison's appearance is too ugly.

"The problem should be about probability. I'm afraid that Mr. Chris is already ready to leave..." Mike expressed his guess.

"I just said my luck wouldn't be that bad. It turns out it was Collison who was behind the scenes." Grandma Connie's perspective on the problem seemed a bit strange. Then, she asked for help: "What should I do?"

It's not Grandma Connie's style to suffer big losses in silence.

"How about I go with you this weekend." Mike suggested. With his IQ, it is not difficult to win money using probability. But he is a person with a bottom line and will never engage in gambling or drugs.

This time I decided to go to the game arcade to spinach, mainly to help Grandma Connie breathe a sigh of relief.

"I can help too..." Little Sheldon, who had nothing to do, became interested in the arcade after understanding the whole incident.

"And me~" Peggy looked at Mike and raised her hand.

Now it was too late for the Georges to stop them.

"Let's do this, George. Let's go with mom on the weekend..." After thinking about it, Mary decided to rope in her husband to protect the safety of little Sheldon and his party.

"Great, let's teach Collison a lesson this time." With a think tank and a bodyguard team in place, Grandma Connie, who loves to make trouble, immediately smiled.

At this point, the matter of going to Jiejiekou Game Center this weekend has been confirmed.

"Well, can anyone tell me what happened?" Missy, who was listening in a daze, could not catch up with everyone's thoughts.

"Haha...it doesn't matter, Missy. Just know that grandma will fulfill her promise to buy you ice cream this weekend." Looking at her ignorant little granddaughter, Grandma Connie laughed happily.

Time flies and it’s the weekend.

As time goes by, more and more people are being cheated in the game hall at the street corner.

But compared to Grandma Connie, those other people were not so obviously deceived.

In the dark underground game hall at the street corner, when Grandma Connie came here with a large group of people, the boss Collison was really shocked.

At this time, Mike and his team came to seek justice, but they seemed to be evil.

"Long time no see Connie, are you ready to regroup?" Collison, who looked greasy and had a strong haircut, asked guiltily.

Grandma Connie, who often visited the game arcade, was also an acquaintance of Collison.

And Collison's previous behavior of killing people was indeed a bit unethical.

"Of course, today I want to win back all the money I lost. Why aren't you welcome?" Grandma Connie, who had a large group of people behind her to support her, seemed confident.

Grandma Connie, who has quite a cowboy style, did not choose to expose the true face of Boss Collison right away.

She firmly believes that grievances and grievances at the gambling table must be resolved at the gambling table.

This is called tit for tat.

"Of course you're welcome, I wish you good luck!" Collison was very confident in his little tricks. After seeing that Grandma Connie was not specifically looking for trouble, he immediately showed a professional smile.

And in places like game arcades, as long as there are no big surprises, the more people who come to play, the better.

Anyway, most likely they are here to give money to the boss.

"What should I do next?" After bidding farewell to Boss Collison, Grandma Connie asked Mike for advice in a low voice.

"Take your time and wait and see what the situation is." Mike shook his head, asking Grandma Connie to calm down.

This group of people now has a vague trend of being led by Mike.

The underground game hall at Jiejiekou is not very large, and there are not many playable items, mainly simple games such as slot machines, coin pushing, and small steel balls.

The main thing is that it is simple and easy to use, so most of the people who come in to play are elderly people.

At this time, seeing Grandma Connie come back to fight, many old people sitting in front of the game consoles greeted her.

"What do you think?" Ten minutes later, Mike, who had been observing the arcade, turned to look at Peggy and Little Sheldon.

"According to my observation, most of the winning probabilities of the game machines here have been lowered by the boss to less than 30%..." Little Sheldon, who is sensitive to numbers but not good at games, finally concluded: "I don't recommend gambling here. , that’s equivalent to throwing money away.”

"I have a different opinion." Peggy said immediately: "As far as I know, the winning rate of each game machine has a threshold. The boss here cleverly lowered the probability of small bonuses, but this approach is definitely It will increase the probability of winning big prizes. My suggestion is to bet heavily on the same machine.”

"No, winning a big prize is not inevitable. I still insist that you shouldn't gamble on luck here..." After hearing little girl Peggy's speech, little Sheldon retorted dissatisfiedly.

In Little Sheldon's mind, science pays attention to seeking truth from facts.

Grandma Connie, who was standing by as the mascot, saw that the two young geniuses had different opinions, so she handed over the decision-making power to Mike, who was more reliable.

"My opinion is similar to Peggy's, and I already have a favorable position. As long as you place your bets without thinking, there is a high chance of winning the jackpot." Mike said with finality: "Let's go, let's exchange some game currency."

"Very good, I've been ready for a long time." For Grandma Connie, returning to the game arcade this time is also to avenge her previous shame.

Therefore, she declined Mike's offer to buy game currency, and then took out a large amount of change from her body.

A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Despite what Grandma Connie said last time, she was pitiful. In fact, her little treasury was far from running out of ammunition and food.

(End of this chapter)