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Odds are, the monkeys

will be the least of my worries.

Do you have any idea how crazy this is?

Look, Block is a businessman.

It's bad business to defraud your customer.

If anything, I'm doing the guy a solid.

"A solid. "

This isn't about Block, though.

It's about you. You don't know how to lose.

- You ever heard of Meyer Lansky?

- Yes, I know Meyer Lansky.

Right. One thing he wouldn't allow

is a bent table at any of his casinos.

Every flip, every spin,

every roll of the dice had to be legit.

Because he understood

what gambling is about.

So, what's gambling all about?

Everybody gets a fair shot.

Whether you have one dollar on the line

or a million.

Let's think this through for a second.

You're about to jet off

to a country you've never been to,

with a language you do not speak,

bluff your way into Ivan Block's posse,

somehow call him out

in front of everybody he knows,

and you expect him

to just give you your money back and say,

"Oh, that's my bad, dude. My fault. "

This school, this degree,

- what that means in the world...

- Mmm.

This isn't my second chance, Craig.

This is my last chance.

Welcome to Costa Rica.

There are hundreds

of affiliates already

down here for the gaming convention.

And they run the gamut.

From the guys with all the money

to the guys trying to get some.

Hey, hoss. If you're looking to gamble

in your hotel room later.

I'm all right, man.

You're Pet! I'm Richie Furst.

I steer players to your sites.

Richie. Dude.

- Andrew C.

- Hey, Richie F.

Nice to meet you.

Are you here for the expo?

Yeah, I'm hoping to get face to face

with Ivan Block.

Do you know him?

The man is like the Wizard of f***ing Oz.

And no one gets behind the curtain.

No one.

All right, man. We gotta go. Take it easy.

Good luck.

Yeah, you too.

We understand you're homesick.

It's not that I'm homesick.

I'm not away at camp.

It's an issue of freedom.

You know what Napoleon said he missed

the most when he was in exile in Elba?

P*ssy.

You know what he missed second?

Paris.

Now, myself, I don't

give a f*** about Paris.

And I got a whole grip of p*ssy down here.

But I can't walk down Michigan Avenue.

I can't walk down Broadway.

I can't walk down Art Rooney Avenue

and have a Primanti's Kolbassi and cheese.

You know what that's like

for a lifelong Steelers fan?

I can only imagine.

We can raise it in committee.

The table's ready. Who's first?

Okay.

Look, guys, we all know what's going on.

You're about to get the kind of blowj*b

your wife hasn't given you in 30 years.

And that's great.

I want to help our vaunted leaders

let off a little steam.

That's why we're lucky,

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