Like a True Gambler

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"It would be way easier and much quicker for you to change games" The Queen answers the question posed by Davis about the slot machine jamming app, "and the odds will be considerably more in your favor."

"Change to what?"

"Sports Book"

"You have a way to fix sports betting?" He asks incredulously.

"I do, or I did, I'll have to scramble and see if I can download the app from my cloud server and get it back up to operating speed, but if you can give me an hour or two I should be able to give you what you need," she responds.

"Sure, we have a 1000 meeting with the new CEO tomorrow, so if you have high confidence that you can guarantee us a winner, and I mean a win with a substantial payout, I can set it up in our meeting as another demonstration of our value to the organization."

"OK, I'm on it, I'll keep you appraised of progress."

"Terrific, thank you," Davis says.

"Oh and I suppose for the sake of authenticity and keeping your cover as tight as possible, do you have a favorite sport?" she asks.

"Well, sure, football, but the next NFL playoff game isn't till Sunday, not sure we want to wait that long."

"I am told that the serious gambler isn't as much addicted to the thrill of the win, but to the adrenaline charge at the possibility of the loss, the users delayed gratification at the postponement of death, figuratively and literally."

"Yes, I've heard that hypothesis as well, never really bought into it though, for my small-time gaming, it was always the 'baby needs a new pair of shoes' angle," he says adding his personal experience to the mix, "but tell my your idea."

"Match fixing is the oldest sports hack there is. You place a bet and get a receipt. A computer records the transaction. The game is played and your team loses, therefore you do too - but not if I can change the transaction after the outcome by hacking into the sports book's system and changing it from the losing team to the winning one in less than the time it takes you to walk from your cushy lounge table to the window to collect."

"Naturally there will be safety and security matters to deal with," she continues, "but I think I have a small program tweak that will handle any circumstances. You might get a visit from the cashiers boss, but that is what you want anyway right?"

"As long as we can prove the principle, you know, cash in hand, we should be able to demonstrate the system and use it to sell the bigger opportunity. These guys like the sound of money changing hands," Davis says.

"You do know that casinos spend millions of dollars a year paying computer hackers to try to break into their systems?" she goes on, "every attempt then used for the evolving security sophistication of said gaming operation. Their biggest phobia is the dying, or mere injury, of the golden goose."

"Well, OK then. What have we got to lose?"

"Spoken like a true gambler, sir."