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I agree.P.3 And when she leaves, and he pulls the lever - he hits a jackpot. That's the second time he's held her hand and the second time he's won. It could he coincidence, of course. But like all gamblers, Chuck is superstitious - so it could he something else. Witch- craft, for example - or magic. Later that day, when he's down to his last couple of bucks - because he's losing ahead of schedule this weekend - he remembers it. Maybe his trouble is that he's been holding the wrong hands, in more ways than one. And so he goes to Maria, to see if he can get hold of what might be the right hand. He tries to make it seem like the usual boy-girl dinner invitation. She's in Las Vegas, where everyone has fun - why should she spend the evening sitting in her room alone? Maria's been getting the same line from Sari all day. When she was the premiere ballerina of the Budapest Opera Company, she had men buzzing around her like bees. But Maria remains just as unmoved by Chuck's urging as she was by Sari's needling. In desperation, Chuck tries the truth - no matter how silly it sounds. He wants her to come out and gamble with him - he believes that whenever she holds his hand, he will win. Maria scoffs at this.. The possibilities are fabulous, of course - if it were true. But it isn't true, it?╟╓s absurd. Chuck dares her to test it - if it doesn't work, no one need ever know. There's a one-armed bandit in her bedroom, isn't there? What has she got to lose by trying? The idea of luck is always tempting - Maria can't resist. They go into the bedroom together. In a moment, we hear the crash of a jackpot. They come out, thoughtful and a little dreamy. Suddenly it's Maria who wants to try again. They go back into the