Las Vegas (2003–2008): Season 2, Episode 16 - Can You See What I See - full transcript
Tired about the bickering between his security and service teams, Ed uses a technique his boss once successfully employed: he makes them switch jobs for a while. While Ed takes Mike along ...
Did you see this?
Yeah.
The king of surveillance,
busted by a red-light camera.
Right.
He's going to be pissed.
Can you say "ironic"?
It's smart,
moneymaking scam for the city.
It's like a $271 fine.
Not to mention
the public humiliation.
You guys actually
feel sorry for him?
Yes.
It's one thing to get a ticket
from a cop, but a camera?
The better question is,
has he seen it yet?
I hope not.
He is going to freak.
Ed!
Good morning.
- Hi, Daddy.
- Hi.
Look how nicely
we're all getting along here.
You guys wanted this bitch
session. Let's go have it, eh?
Yeah.
That's good. Let's go.
I've got 15 players with
credit of $250,000 and up.
Golf tournaments, party bus to
the strip clubs, and V.I.P.
Reception in Bella Sera.
You keep an eye on these guys.
Remember last year,
a few boilermakers,
they started to get grabby.
That's your job. Right?
Yeah. That is my job.
And I will kick their asses
right out of here
if I have to.
I'm sorry, let me just
get this straight.
You can stare at butts
all day long, but it's fine as
long as you don't touch them?
Yeah.
I'm fine with that.
So am I. But listen.
I was just checking.
Surveillance and security
is nothing if not courteous...
professional, and discreet.
Discreet.
You're discreet?
Yes. Every time.
Is that funny?
Sam's right. Security can be
a little heavy-handed.
Heavy... What are you
talking about?
Mary?
I don't know. I mean, the sort
of crowds that the Mystique
has been attracting recently
I say, thank God for security.
Thank you.
And what type of crowd
is that?
The type who are scaring off
the gamblers, who,
if you hadn't noticed...
are the reason we are
here in the first place.
Very well said, Nessa.
And I completely agree.
We are not saying that...
I'm feeling under-appreciated here.
If we ever get heavy-handed,
it's only because we have to.
Enough!
This meeting was supposed to
help. It's just making things
worse, a lot worse.
So, a little story first.
When I worked for
my previous employer...
we had a lot of this
infighting going on amongst
department heads.
So our director brought in
this efficiency expert,
they called him...
from Harvard,
looked like a gerbil.
But before we got a chance
to laugh at him...
he said that we were all going
to switch jobs,
including the boss.
Which we did,
and it was very successful.
What, you...
But you don't want
us to switch jobs?
Yes, I do. I want you to learn
a little appreciation
for each other's work.
I'd like to apologize.
I don't think it's a lack
of appreciation.
- No, I'm sorry.
- Danny.
I just don't appreciate
your mouth sometimes.
Danny.
You will run the casino floor.
Nessa, you will run Mystique.
Giggly, do you have
anyone else coming in?
Not until day after tomorrow.
Fine. Then you and Mary
will run
security and surveillance.
Mike, I've got a
special job for you.
Give me the paper.
Yes, I do know about this.
Mike, you're going to help
me take care of this ticket.
Okay? Now, I'm going to be
watching all of you.
So if there are any questions,
let's have them now.
Yeah.
Who's going to take your job?
Guess that would be you,
sweetheart.
Wow.
##
- Turn them over, Carla.
- Shuffle!
Change $500?
Changing $500.
Go ahead, Arnie.
Sir, no cell phones
at the table.
I got to go.
Thank you.
Twenty black.
Jinx?
What's with the trance, dude?
Danny McCoy.
Danny McCoy?
Kevin Jinx Jorgensen.
How are you?
Wow.
I haven't seen you since what,
senior year?
Senior year of high school.
What, you work here now?
Yeah.
I don't, not usually
in this area.
I am usually back in...
Anyway.
What the hell
you been up to...
other than kicking our asses
at the roulette table?
I guess we can't call you
Jinx anymore, huh?
Actually, Kevin, I think
that maybe we should go.
Right. Sir,
could you color me up, please?
Yes, sir.
No, I didn't mean
to chase you guys away.
It's cool. No.
It's fine.
It was really good
to see you, though.
Okay. Good to see you, bro.
Did I say something to him?
Wow.
That was nice.
Players have superstitions.
Some people are...
very self-conscious
about them. Even I know that.
You know who that was?
Who?
Kevin Jorgensen,
from high school.
Yes.
Jinx Jorgensen?
He just won all that money?
Yeah. Can you believe that?
Okay, so his nickname
used to be Jinx?
Yeah, and you wouldn't
believe this guy.
He was like a black cat
walking under a ladder
every single day.
Do you remember when
his prom date...
She slipped on her corsage
and she broke her leg?
We wouldn't even let
this kid go to our
high school football games.
That's a true story.
I got it. He was winning.
Maybe his luck turned.
No.
This guy was like a loser
with a capital L.
Yeah.
Why would you blow
this guy out of here?
I didn't just...
Why would you call him
Jinx to his face?
It's a nickname.
How much did he win?
$93,000.
Okay. Go ahead.
I wouldn't mind being
jinxed like that.
$93,000?
Wow. Way to handle
that one, Sparky.
Security?
Uh-huh.
You see those
two girls right behind you?
They are about to go at it.
You should focus.
Really?
Okay, we will keep
our eye on them.
He thinks every girl
that's dressed hot
is going to...
Look at me when
I'm talking to you.
This is important. Okay?
All right.
How can you do this to me?
Come on, sweetie.
Ladies.
So, I have
no expectation of privacy?
Apparently, they can print
your picture in the paper
as long as they...
blur the license plate
and don't specifically
say you're guilty.
That's good, because I'm not.
No offense, boss,
but cameras don't lie.
I am telling you, if I had run
the red light, it would have
been for a damn good reason.
And there wasn't one because
I would have remembered.
It was almost three weeks ago,
you were on the cell phone...
you were probably distracted.
No.
I've been working non-stop
on ideas for the
Public Works Commission.
Dad, I am so excited
I can barely stand it.
It's a city commission.
There's really not a whole lot
of time for individual input.
- Okay. Black or silver?
- I like the silver.
Yeah. It says, "Look at me,"
but at the same time
it also says...
"I am all about public works."
It does, doesn't it?
Silver it is.
You'd better run along,
sweetie.
You don't want to be late.
Yeah. Right. Wish me luck.
Good luck, Delinda.
Boss, you know that's
a government meeting
you're sending her to?
Yeah.
You ever been to a
city commission meeting?
Trust me, she can handle it.
Yeah.
How are you, Steve? Yeah.
Yeah. I thought the picture
was rather attractive myself.
You noticed the Botox? Yeah.
I love the stuff. I drink it.
Thanks for the call.
Love you, too.
Steve Wynn. That's the
fifth call I got today.
We got to get out of here.
Where are we going?
We are going...
to the alleged scene
of the alleged crime.
No. I am not going to do it.
Hello everyone.
I am Nessa Holt.
Most of you are probably
more used to seeing me
on the casino floor.
But anyway, as you may know,
I am from the U. K...
and back home, we call bars
"pubs," which is short
for public house.
And pubs don't have these.
So tonight,
these go in to storage.
No lines. No velvet ropes.
Everyone's welcome
at Mystique.
Don't touch!
No biting, Benito,
you gypsy cannibal, you.
Oh, Nessa.
Where is Delinda?
Per Ed Deline,
I am taking over for today.
Yeah. He told me something
about this exercise.
You dare to move
my velvet rope?
Gunther, it's an experiment
in democracy.
No. It's a velvet rope.
It's essential.
It is like a soft and...
fuzzy international border,
admitting the fabulous...
and keeping out
both the riff and the raff.
That's the point.
Everybody's welcome
at Mystique.
Yeah. But everyone is welcome.
Don't you see?
As long as they are hot.
Item 28,
overflowing dumpsters.
- As you all know...
- So, so sorry I am late.
Who knew city hall
didn't have a valet?
Hello, Mayor.
Daddy says hi.
Okay. I've got color-coded
binders for everyone.
So, please take the one
that most closely matches your
personal aura.
Mayor, let me guess. Blue?
Thank you.
All right.
Let's pass the others down.
Okay. Let's get started.
Jinx!
Look, I just wanted to say
whatever you guys do
while you play here is...
none of my business.
It's okay, man.
There's a lot of casinos
on The Strip.
Yeah, this is true.
But there's only one
Montecito.
I'd like to offer you
complimentary room...
food, beverage,
for as long as you'd like.
Dude, I live here.
Then, consider it
a little in-town vacation.
I'm Danny, by the way.
Hi. Look,
he's not Jinx anymore.
Come on, Kevin. We should go.
No obligation.
You know, you guys can play
as little or as
much you'd like.
Come on.
Danny. This is Julie.
All right.
All right. Let's go.
She's hot.
Okay. The setup's
pretty simple. All you need is
one or more cameras...
one or more triggers
and a computer to control
the whole thing.
Okay, so I see the cameras.
But, you know,
where are the triggers?
They are buried in the road
at the edge of the crosswalk.
And the computer, I bet,
is in that box in the
ground over there.
It's called
an induction loop trigger.
The buried wires detect when a
car enters the intersection
after the light turns red...
tells the computer,
which signals to the cameras
to take multiple pictures...
and you're busted.
You see that there's
no red light in this picture.
The cameras won't click off
a picture unless the trigger's
been tripped.
Right. And the trigger
won't trip unless
the light's red.
Right.
The problem is,
I didn't do it, man.
I didn't do it.
Wait a minute. Did they give
you the exact time and date
on this thing here?
Yeah, it's right here on the
picture. Three weeks ago.
At 8:01 a.m.
Okay.
See that convenience
store over there?
Yes.
See that, what is that,
that diner over there?
I will bet you anything they
got surveillance cameras
in there.
Ed, maybe you should just
pay the ticket.
No.
We are going to find out
who's lying, okay?
That's what we're going to do.
It's $271.
Craps table.
Three o'clock.
What? Cheating?
Cute butt.
Look at that,
two hours and you are
already one of them.
Excuse me. Hi.
Hi.
I'm Sam. You know, I am sorry,
I think that you dropped a...
My goodness.
There's your chip.
Thanks.
No problem.
Hey, wait.
Where you going?
Thank you.
Excuse me. We notice you had
a surveillance system here.
Yeah, so?
See, my friend
was driving by...
Hey!
Don't touch those Tic Tacs.
We ain't touching nothing.
You guys Metro? You want to
see the tapes, I am going to
need to see the badges.
We are not with Metro.
I am Commander Deline.
And this is Captain Cannon.
We are with the
Citizens Action Patrol.
Never heard of you.
No, of course,
you wouldn't have.
We, get called in to assist
the police when they have...
very sensitive matters,
stuff you wouldn't hear
on the 5:00 news.
Yes. We need the tapes for the
morning of the 11th,
about 8:00 a.m.
What is it? Drug dealers?
Money launderers?
Let's call it
subversive elements.
It's terrorists, isn't it?
I knew it.
We are just not at
liberty to say, Earl.
I'll be right back. Thank you.
Citizens Action Patrol?
Yeah, what?
That's okay.
He's a white guy, right?
He's 50 something,
he's running a
convenience store...
and he's reading
"Weapons of Death."
I took a shot.
These are from inside
the store and out front
in the parking lot.
We will have these back
to you by tomorrow.
Good luck, Commander.
At ease, Earl. Thank you.
What was the badge about?
My library card.
Danny.
Johnny, watch my chips?
You bet.
You know, a few months ago,
I banged my head.
I was chasing my dog
down the street. And bam,
I hit this light pole...
and just knocked myself out.
Why are you telling me this?
Feel my head.
Feel right there.
Yeah.
It's huge.
That is quite a lump
you got there.
Anyway, I am not
Jinx Jorgensen anymore.
It changed my luck.
Ever since I hit my head,
I walk by a roulette table
and I see numbers.
Danny.
Yeah. I got to run.
Give a little back to the
casino, would you?
Yeah.
Hey.
Hey.
So, I heard Gunther's giving
you a hard time.
I heard that guy's leaving.
Yeah, he was, but I got him
to stay. I comped him.
You did what?
I know him. He's a local.
And he's got the worst luck
in recorded history, this guy.
23 red.
Yes, I can see that.
He's got this story about a
bump on his head, now
he sees the numbers, but...
trust me, I know this guy.
He's going to give
all that money back.
That guy is on a
monster streak, Danny.
Nessa, I am telling you.
This guy wins $100,000,
he's going to lose $150,000.
He wins $200,000,
he's going to lose $300,000.
We are going to make money
off of this guy.
Okay.
I've seen a girl,
wasted out of her mind...
throw 56 straight passes
on her 21st birthday.
I watched a guy get
17 blackjacks in a row
on nine different tables.
I have seen 14 red come in
on 14 consecutive spins.
This could get very bad,
Danny.
You'll see.
Will I?
You should've let him walk
when you had the chance.
And you are not the pit boss
today, are you?
You are on the casino floor
now, Danny. Not up in
surveillance. And down here...
we protect the bottom line.
That guy could ruin
our entire quarter, you nit.
28 black.
That's the one I want. 28.
Yes.
That is crazy.
Mikey, what's going on?
Hey.
Ed's on his way back to you.
He's still got me out here
checking on this intersection.
Why can't he just admit
he's guilty?
Because he's Ed.
How's the pit treating you?
I got a guy who's on a pretty
big roll. I'll tell you more
about it when you get back.
If I get back.
All right.
Hey. What the hell you
doing here? You are supposed
to be on the floor.
Would you check this out?
Why?
I'm watching this guy,
Kevin Jorgenson.
Went to high school with him.
What the hell is he doing,
trying to contact his great
grandmother? What is that?
He says that he sees
the numbers in his head.
Of course. And you know him?
Yeah.
This guy had the worse luck
I'd ever seen. We used to
call him "The Jinx."
Some jinx. It looks like
he's up four or five,
what, $600,000?
So, he's betting four numbers
a spin at $100 a number.
At 35 to 1,
that's $3,200 a spin?
That's correct.
That's a lot.
Okay. Zero, two, 14, 35 are
in what, in sequence on
the wheel, right?
So he's sector betting.
No. Sector betting's for
chumps, I mean, old ladies.
Once the ball starts spinning,
it's gravity and physics.
We know that.
Hold up.
Why would a guy
who sees the number...
bet a group of numbers?
Why not just bet the number?
See, my son, that's where you
and I kinda part company.
I don't believe this guy
sees crap. He's on a streak.
You say streak,
but I call it stealing.
Listen, in all my days I have
not seen anybody successfully
cheat at roulette.
The guy had seven
car accidents in
seven consecutive days.
That would be bad luck.
Now he's got good luck.
See, it changes.
No. No, not this guy.
Not here.
Where you going?
I'm going to go check
that roulette table...
when he takes a break.
Mitch, let me know
if he hits a million.
You're not going to find
anything.
Ltem 46, new
national advertising slogan.
We've engaged
a public relations firm.
Yes. Okay.
Mr. Mayor, in anticipation of
this agenda item...
I have a number of suggestions
for a new slogan.
Yes, Ms. Deline.
Okay.
Please open your binders
and turn to page 16.
Slogan number one.
"What Happens in Vegas?
"Fun, that's what."
Pretty slick, huh?
Okay. Slogan number two.
"Vegas. GNR.
"Gambling Not Required."
Hey, Mitch, could you pull up
some casino footage for us?
Sure, security.
Let me see the craps table,
pit six.
Okay.
Put the last two hours.
All right.
Speed it up.
Those two guys keep betting
the exact same amount
every time.
See, that one's betting the
"Pass" line...
And the other one's betting
"Don't Pass."
So what?
So, big bets like that will
get a player wall-to-wall
comps.
Yeah. Full room. Food and
beverage for both guys.
Yeah. But they have
a lot of charges too, right?
$8,000, all told.
They don't even act like
they know each other.
They never talk
the whole time.
Yeah.
Here, Sam.
I see. Robert Sikora, and what
do you know, Keith Sikora.
Cousins? Brothers?
Is that illegal?
- No, but they're still scamming us.
- That's almost like theft.
And we hate theft.
Thank you.
Okay. You're welcome.
Thank you.
Good luck.
The one guy wins the exact
same amount as the other guy.
Take out the 12 as a push
for the "Don't Pass" bettor...
and they only have to worry
about losing 1.4% of their
total wagers.
All to get a vacation
worth thousands for free.
Exactly.
Can I do it?
Yeah. Okay.
Okay?
Okay. I got your back.
Hello, Robert.
Hello, yourself.
Mary Connell,
Montecito Surveillance
and Security.
We're onto you.
I am sorry, what?
You are welcome to keep
playing, but so you know,
the gravy train is over.
So if you want to stay,
you are going to have to pay.
The suites, the food,
and the booze.
Cash me out.
What I thought.
Hey there.
Wow.
That's a bitching tie.
Thank you.
I see you have
surveillance cameras.
They keep people from doing
the dine and ditch.
Do you know for
how long you keep them?
Yes, I do.
How long?
Like a couple months.
I was wondering if I could
take a look at one from
three weeks back.
Yeah, I saw you with the dude
in the Aston Martin.
You guys must earn
some phat coin.
We do okay.
$300.
I am sorry, what?
$300 for the tape, homeboy.
That's ridiculous.
I am going to call your boss.
Suit yourself.
Those tapes can get erased
real easy.
I've got $37.
I'll be right back.
Here's that wheel
you wanted pulled.
Roulette 52?
Yep.
We blew out the bearings
on it about a month ago.
Any sign of tampering?
No.
No signs of bias.
All right, thanks.
What about the ball?
I didn't check it.
Why not?
Danny, we measure them,
weigh them, and run them past
a magnet every week.
It's our standard
ivorene ball.
High impact plastic.
You see, nothing.
Yeah.
$1.2 million
and he is doubled his bets.
All right, thanks, Mitch.
Thanks, Billy.
I hear he's up a million two.
Yeah. And I hear a drunk
puking somewhere.
So, let me get this straight,
Ed puts you on the
casino floor, and some...
friend of yours from
high school beats us
for seven figures?
How do you think that looks?
You need to get him out.
So I should just
throw him out?
Danny, get the money back.
Get him out.
I am going to get the
money back, Sam.
As soon as I prove that...
this guy is cheating.
Brilliant.
Well, you think really
hard about that...
and while you're at it,
think about this, too.
Ed's quarterly bonus
is tied to casino revenue.
I know what you are doing
right now. You are messing
with my head.
Really, is that
what I'm doing?
You know what really
disappoints me about you,
Danny?
What?
You comped a local.
Mike, put this up on the
big screen, I want to see it.
Wait a minute. These are
static cameras. I mean,
they're just sitting there.
They're guarding Slim
Jims and Slurpees,
they don't have to move.
They got cash registers there,
for crying out loud.
I am sorry, Ed.
This is all I got.
You think I picked you
to hear, "That's all I got"?
Come on now, Mike. Go
down there and get me
something. Come on.
Danny.
What's the damage?
What's he up?
Over a million.
And now he's got copycats.
They're calling him
"the swami."
People just crowd around,
wait for him to bet, they just
pile it on his numbers.
Not good.
Nice first day on the job
there, McCoy.
Bite me.
How you two doing?
86ed a couple of
comp grifters, saved
the hotel a few thousand.
Other than that,
it's been pretty quiet.
Good. Good going, now.
Thank you.
Good luck.
Did you check the table?
Yeah. The equipment's good.
But it doesn't matter where
he plays. We can't stop him.
Try to contain him somehow.
See if he'll play at a
private table.
I tried that, too.
But he only wants
to play on the floor.
Close this one down.
Just close the table down.
Take him to another table.
Color him out. When you
get to the other table...
let him play a while. Change
the balls.
Change the croupier.
Just slow him down,
maybe his luck
will turn around.
But I can't explain this,
there's something wrong.
Then just, you know,
just check him out.
I'd like to know a little more
about him than his
high school nickname...
for a million bucks, anyway.
Yes, sir.
Come on. Come on, baby.
Yeah!
Kevin, we are going to move
you to another table.
There's so many people
around here,
that we'd like to...
Just color him up, would you?
Hang it on that wall, 5'8"
from the bull's eye
to the floor.
Make the throwing line 7'9.25"
inches away exactly. Okay?
Thank you.
You got it.
Hey, fellas.
What's up?
So, this...
is a black and tan.
And these are the instructions
on how to make one properly.
Okay?
No. They're not French fries.
They're chips.
Thank you.
What are you doing?
We're having a pub night.
You can make bangers
and mash and fish and chips.
Gunther is appalled.
This is Gunther's restaurant.
He will not even attempt
such a sordid menu.
Not even for one night?
Please?
Give me a second.
Hello.
- They giving you any trouble?
- No. None to speak of.
I guess restaurant
management's a little...
different than
being on the floor, huh?
Not really. I mean...
I think I know how to get
the best out of my people.
Good. You sure you don't need
any help?
No.
I've got it all under control.
Thank you, Ed.
Okay.
Put this on.
Gunther will not go along.
Gunther will not be
strong-armed.
And Gunther is not afraid
of Ed Deline or
his henchwoman.
Oy! Refer to yourself in
the third person once more...
and I will wipe the
accent right out of you.
Put it on!
And that concludes
the first half of our agenda.
I think we need a couple
of representatives out there.
Yeah.
Daddy, you didn't tell me
this was going to take
all day.
And no one's listening to me.
Honey, welcome
to city government.
Look, I know it's not your
cup of tea, sweetie, but...
you know, this commission is
the backbone of our city.
Can't I have
Sam's job instead?
No, honey,
I'm sure
you're doing just fine.
Just, believe everything's
going to be great, and...
be yourself. Okay? Bye.
All right, let's get on to
the next item on the agenda.
Point of order.
Yes, Miss Deline.
Oscar, Mayor Goodman...
I propose a field trip.
Okay, we know
Kevin Jorgenson's from Vegas...
so we can check with the
police department
if we have to.
What about her?
The girlfriend? We don't know
who she is yet.
We take an imprint of every
guest's credit card, even
when we are comping them.
We didn't get his credit card.
But we have hers.
You want to find out more?
You could go up to the room,
look around a little.
I could have housekeeping
open the door.
We don't do that, Mary.
Got something.
Excuse me.
Julie Dietz. Wau-kee-sha,
Wisconsin.
Waukesha.
Whatever. Looks like
she's used his credit card...
at six different casinos
all over the country
in the last 14 days.
What's this?
Missing Persons report. Okay.
Okay. This was put out by
her husband, and his name
ain't Kevin.
It's Dave.
Looks like Julie
ran away from home.
I've got to tell you, Gunther,
this food is wonderful.
Thank you so much.
I am so sorry
that I doubted you.
I am sorry that
I threatened you.
I am going to suggest to
Delinda that we make
"Pub Night" permanent.
"Pub Night." That's so sweet.
And one more thing.
I hate my father.
How did it go today?
They are giving me a seat on
the Public Works Commission.
Fancy.
Fancy.
Nice job, Nessa.
Thank you.
Here we go.
Thanks.
Okay.
Depth charge.
Drop the shot into the beer.
Chug.
Go, Oscar.
You're the mayor.
Have a drink now.
You're the mayor.
Have a drink now.
You're the mayor.
Go!
Go, Oscar! Go!
Easily the best meeting
we ever had.
I'll drink to that.
Chug, chug!
The lucky couple.
Congratulations on
your extraordinary run
of luck.
Ed Deline.
Hi.
I am President here.
Thank you, Mr. Deline.
I can't explain it, really.
They call you "swami,"
do they?
Yeah, but, you know, Danny
will tell you. I'm just Kevin.
As you can
well imagine, Kevin...
when a casino guest wins
nearly $2 million...
there's certain things that
need to be done for
legal and tax purposes.
Okay.
Julie Dietz.
Waukesha, Wisconsin?
Why do you have a Nebraska
license plate on your car?
Because we bought it there.
- Kevin won some money.
- I see.
$20,000 on a riverboat
in Illinois.
$160,000
at the Grand in Biloxi.
And another $200,000
at various casinos...
in Laughlin and Lake Tahoe.
All in the last two weeks.
All at roulette.
Danny, I told you, ever since
the accident, I see numbers.
Excuse me, I would like
to know why exactly you...
felt it necessary to move
from casino to casino?
I guess, sir, every time
I win a little...
then they end up
sweating me in
some office like this.
I mean, just not as nice.
Kevin just...
He sees the numbers
in his head.
That's not cheating, is it?
No. Of course it's not.
But, Jinx, you're from Vegas.
What's with all the
out-of-town play?
We met on the internet.
I left my wife,
and Julie left her husband.
So, I went back east
to pick her up and...
on the way back here,
we stopped at
all those places.
Sir, we just, you know,
we just want to be together.
Speaking of your husband,
do you know that he filed a
Missing Persons report?
He just won't let go.
I would strongly suggest
you call home.
Anyway, thank you. Okay?
That's it?
That's it.
You just fill out that
IRS paperwork and...
please feel free to stay and
play here at the Montecito
as long as you like.
Thank you again, sir.
Sure.
Enjoy your stay.
Thank you.
Have a nice time.
So, I guess I am the only one
who thinks these guys
are full of it.
They had a logical answer
for everything I threw
at them and...
What should I do, toss out
Goldilocks and a guy with
a lump on his head?
I mean that would cost us
another $2 million
in bad publicity.
If they keep this up, Ed,
theoretically they could
break us.
You know, if they were card
counters or cheats,
that's one thing.
But if they win fair
and square,
we got to let them play.
That's what the old boys did
when they ran their joints,
and...
that's the way I'm gonna
run mine.
Okay?
Easy eight.
Seventeen. Black.
Hello.
Excuse me.
Could we just keep
this walkway...
Pardon me.
...clear.
Thank you.
Thanks.
Are we almost done?
Because my feet are
killing me.
Mine, too.
I guess Ed proved
his point, huh?
If his point is surveillance
blows, he did.
I kinda liked it.
Me, too.
When we busted those comp
scammers, didn't you
feel just powerful?
A little bit. I felt
a little powerful.
Sorry.
Careful there, chief.
There you go. All right.
What's the damage now, Danny?
Almost $4 million.
I am going to tell you
something's been bothering me.
I've been watching this.
They're supposed to be
in love, right?
So how come they're not
smooching and hanging out,
like together?
I mean, she's always there,
and he's always over there.
That's a good point.
- The word of the day is triangulation.
- What are you talking about?
I already saw this.
You can't even see the street.
Wait. 8:01,
the day you got the ticket.
Watch when the monitor
switches angles.
It goes black for a second.
So the monitor acts as
a mirror, and there's Ed's car
in the reflection.
Nice work, Mikey.
It's a gift.
But wait. You've got me in the
street over there. You've got
the green light over there.
But not together.
Okay. Pop quiz.
In order to make two pieces
of video sync up,
what do we need?
Matching time code.
Yeah, but we don't have that.
Because we have two different
cameras at two
different locations.
Okay, this one's a tougher
one. What's just as good as
having matching time codes?
A common element.
Exactly.
One thing that appears in both
pieces of video
simultaneously.
Can you find the
common element?
So you got the Stratosphere
in both shots. So what?
So, we push in on both shots.
You got the roller coaster
on top of the Stratosphere?
Wait a second. You got the
same people in the same
car at the same time.
That's your common element.
And all I had to do was
layer one video on top
of the other.
And we zoom out.
And we have Ed going through
a green light.
You're the man, Mike.
Camera's wrong.
Big Ed was right.
Wait a second,
her there and him there.
Do we still have the infrared
cameras above the tables?
I think so. Why?
Triangulation.
It looks like he's using the
lasers to measure the decaying
orbit of the ball.
What? The decaying orbit
of the ball.
Are you kidding me?
Yeah, it's...
There's some serious
mathematics involved here.
That's why he waits until
the ball's spinning to place
his bets.
In theory it could work,
but it couldn't give
you one slot...
probably give you an area
where the ball's going to land.
So that's why he bets the
four numbers in
the sequence there.
He's sector betting.
He's got to have
a computer nearby.
You still got that radar
laser detector?
Yeah, it's in my car.
Go get that.
The laser is hidden
in his cell phone.
It buzzes him to let him know
which numbers to bet.
Watch this.
Look at this.
Take him down.
Excuse us, folks.
Kevin's getting tired,
so I think we are just going
to call it a night.
We found a computer
in the back of your SUV there,
Jinxy.
Come here, sport.
Take him.
Give me that.
No. Wait, no.
It was all him. No.
Look, if you are so good
at seeing into the future...
why don't you tell me
what's gonna happen next, huh?
Nice work at Mystique
last night, young lady.
Nightly revenues up 22%.
I am available for consulting.
Hey, Daddy.
Hi, honey.
Hello.
Hi.
I heard something.
I heard that you and the mayor
were dancing on top of the
bar at Mystique?
That's a vicious rumor.
Only he was dancing.
Where was security?
We can't be everywhere,
now, can we?
With all the cheating going
on and everything.
I took care of it, ladies.
So you're going to be
impossible now,
is that what's happening?
Oh really?
No I don't talk smack.
I speak the truth.
Zip it.
Thank you.
This has been a
wonderful experiment.
We are going to do it
every year at the same time.
And now, bye-bye.
- Bye-bye.
- Bye-bye, ladies.
Come on, that's just childish.
You got them pictures?
Yeah, I got them right here.
You know who that guy is
over there by the table
in the suit?
Yeah, that's Larry Cardenas.
He's the muni court judge.
No. Traffic court judge.
Watch this.
Larry.
Hey, Ed, how are you?
How are you?
Larry, good to see you.
Good.
Listen, can I borrow you
for a second?
Sure. Hold my chips.
I need a little favor. See,
I got one of these red-light
camera tickets.
I saw in the paper, but Ed,
come on, you know
I can't do anything...
No, you're thinking all wrong.
I don't need that.
I know you can't be my judge
because we know each other
and all that.
What I need is an opinion,
okay?
Sure.
Great.
Can I have the pictures?
Take a look at this.
Okay.
Nice likeness at
a red-light camera.
Thank you.
Take a look at this other one.
This was taken at the very
same moment which proves
that that red-light camera...
was improperly calibrated.
It seems that there was
some kind of malfunction.
So, obviously you would
dismiss this ticket.
Actually,
I'd find you guilty.
Guilty of what?
You're not wearing your
seatbelt. That's a pretty
serious violation.
Look behind me and see if
those guys are laughing,
because...
I'm also gonna get arrested
for assault. Are they smiling?
Time to go.
Excuse me.
Yeah.
The king of surveillance,
busted by a red-light camera.
Right.
He's going to be pissed.
Can you say "ironic"?
It's smart,
moneymaking scam for the city.
It's like a $271 fine.
Not to mention
the public humiliation.
You guys actually
feel sorry for him?
Yes.
It's one thing to get a ticket
from a cop, but a camera?
The better question is,
has he seen it yet?
I hope not.
He is going to freak.
Ed!
Good morning.
- Hi, Daddy.
- Hi.
Look how nicely
we're all getting along here.
You guys wanted this bitch
session. Let's go have it, eh?
Yeah.
That's good. Let's go.
I've got 15 players with
credit of $250,000 and up.
Golf tournaments, party bus to
the strip clubs, and V.I.P.
Reception in Bella Sera.
You keep an eye on these guys.
Remember last year,
a few boilermakers,
they started to get grabby.
That's your job. Right?
Yeah. That is my job.
And I will kick their asses
right out of here
if I have to.
I'm sorry, let me just
get this straight.
You can stare at butts
all day long, but it's fine as
long as you don't touch them?
Yeah.
I'm fine with that.
So am I. But listen.
I was just checking.
Surveillance and security
is nothing if not courteous...
professional, and discreet.
Discreet.
You're discreet?
Yes. Every time.
Is that funny?
Sam's right. Security can be
a little heavy-handed.
Heavy... What are you
talking about?
Mary?
I don't know. I mean, the sort
of crowds that the Mystique
has been attracting recently
I say, thank God for security.
Thank you.
And what type of crowd
is that?
The type who are scaring off
the gamblers, who,
if you hadn't noticed...
are the reason we are
here in the first place.
Very well said, Nessa.
And I completely agree.
We are not saying that...
I'm feeling under-appreciated here.
If we ever get heavy-handed,
it's only because we have to.
Enough!
This meeting was supposed to
help. It's just making things
worse, a lot worse.
So, a little story first.
When I worked for
my previous employer...
we had a lot of this
infighting going on amongst
department heads.
So our director brought in
this efficiency expert,
they called him...
from Harvard,
looked like a gerbil.
But before we got a chance
to laugh at him...
he said that we were all going
to switch jobs,
including the boss.
Which we did,
and it was very successful.
What, you...
But you don't want
us to switch jobs?
Yes, I do. I want you to learn
a little appreciation
for each other's work.
I'd like to apologize.
I don't think it's a lack
of appreciation.
- No, I'm sorry.
- Danny.
I just don't appreciate
your mouth sometimes.
Danny.
You will run the casino floor.
Nessa, you will run Mystique.
Giggly, do you have
anyone else coming in?
Not until day after tomorrow.
Fine. Then you and Mary
will run
security and surveillance.
Mike, I've got a
special job for you.
Give me the paper.
Yes, I do know about this.
Mike, you're going to help
me take care of this ticket.
Okay? Now, I'm going to be
watching all of you.
So if there are any questions,
let's have them now.
Yeah.
Who's going to take your job?
Guess that would be you,
sweetheart.
Wow.
##
- Turn them over, Carla.
- Shuffle!
Change $500?
Changing $500.
Go ahead, Arnie.
Sir, no cell phones
at the table.
I got to go.
Thank you.
Twenty black.
Jinx?
What's with the trance, dude?
Danny McCoy.
Danny McCoy?
Kevin Jinx Jorgensen.
How are you?
Wow.
I haven't seen you since what,
senior year?
Senior year of high school.
What, you work here now?
Yeah.
I don't, not usually
in this area.
I am usually back in...
Anyway.
What the hell
you been up to...
other than kicking our asses
at the roulette table?
I guess we can't call you
Jinx anymore, huh?
Actually, Kevin, I think
that maybe we should go.
Right. Sir,
could you color me up, please?
Yes, sir.
No, I didn't mean
to chase you guys away.
It's cool. No.
It's fine.
It was really good
to see you, though.
Okay. Good to see you, bro.
Did I say something to him?
Wow.
That was nice.
Players have superstitions.
Some people are...
very self-conscious
about them. Even I know that.
You know who that was?
Who?
Kevin Jorgensen,
from high school.
Yes.
Jinx Jorgensen?
He just won all that money?
Yeah. Can you believe that?
Okay, so his nickname
used to be Jinx?
Yeah, and you wouldn't
believe this guy.
He was like a black cat
walking under a ladder
every single day.
Do you remember when
his prom date...
She slipped on her corsage
and she broke her leg?
We wouldn't even let
this kid go to our
high school football games.
That's a true story.
I got it. He was winning.
Maybe his luck turned.
No.
This guy was like a loser
with a capital L.
Yeah.
Why would you blow
this guy out of here?
I didn't just...
Why would you call him
Jinx to his face?
It's a nickname.
How much did he win?
$93,000.
Okay. Go ahead.
I wouldn't mind being
jinxed like that.
$93,000?
Wow. Way to handle
that one, Sparky.
Security?
Uh-huh.
You see those
two girls right behind you?
They are about to go at it.
You should focus.
Really?
Okay, we will keep
our eye on them.
He thinks every girl
that's dressed hot
is going to...
Look at me when
I'm talking to you.
This is important. Okay?
All right.
How can you do this to me?
Come on, sweetie.
Ladies.
So, I have
no expectation of privacy?
Apparently, they can print
your picture in the paper
as long as they...
blur the license plate
and don't specifically
say you're guilty.
That's good, because I'm not.
No offense, boss,
but cameras don't lie.
I am telling you, if I had run
the red light, it would have
been for a damn good reason.
And there wasn't one because
I would have remembered.
It was almost three weeks ago,
you were on the cell phone...
you were probably distracted.
No.
I've been working non-stop
on ideas for the
Public Works Commission.
Dad, I am so excited
I can barely stand it.
It's a city commission.
There's really not a whole lot
of time for individual input.
- Okay. Black or silver?
- I like the silver.
Yeah. It says, "Look at me,"
but at the same time
it also says...
"I am all about public works."
It does, doesn't it?
Silver it is.
You'd better run along,
sweetie.
You don't want to be late.
Yeah. Right. Wish me luck.
Good luck, Delinda.
Boss, you know that's
a government meeting
you're sending her to?
Yeah.
You ever been to a
city commission meeting?
Trust me, she can handle it.
Yeah.
How are you, Steve? Yeah.
Yeah. I thought the picture
was rather attractive myself.
You noticed the Botox? Yeah.
I love the stuff. I drink it.
Thanks for the call.
Love you, too.
Steve Wynn. That's the
fifth call I got today.
We got to get out of here.
Where are we going?
We are going...
to the alleged scene
of the alleged crime.
No. I am not going to do it.
Hello everyone.
I am Nessa Holt.
Most of you are probably
more used to seeing me
on the casino floor.
But anyway, as you may know,
I am from the U. K...
and back home, we call bars
"pubs," which is short
for public house.
And pubs don't have these.
So tonight,
these go in to storage.
No lines. No velvet ropes.
Everyone's welcome
at Mystique.
Don't touch!
No biting, Benito,
you gypsy cannibal, you.
Oh, Nessa.
Where is Delinda?
Per Ed Deline,
I am taking over for today.
Yeah. He told me something
about this exercise.
You dare to move
my velvet rope?
Gunther, it's an experiment
in democracy.
No. It's a velvet rope.
It's essential.
It is like a soft and...
fuzzy international border,
admitting the fabulous...
and keeping out
both the riff and the raff.
That's the point.
Everybody's welcome
at Mystique.
Yeah. But everyone is welcome.
Don't you see?
As long as they are hot.
Item 28,
overflowing dumpsters.
- As you all know...
- So, so sorry I am late.
Who knew city hall
didn't have a valet?
Hello, Mayor.
Daddy says hi.
Okay. I've got color-coded
binders for everyone.
So, please take the one
that most closely matches your
personal aura.
Mayor, let me guess. Blue?
Thank you.
All right.
Let's pass the others down.
Okay. Let's get started.
Jinx!
Look, I just wanted to say
whatever you guys do
while you play here is...
none of my business.
It's okay, man.
There's a lot of casinos
on The Strip.
Yeah, this is true.
But there's only one
Montecito.
I'd like to offer you
complimentary room...
food, beverage,
for as long as you'd like.
Dude, I live here.
Then, consider it
a little in-town vacation.
I'm Danny, by the way.
Hi. Look,
he's not Jinx anymore.
Come on, Kevin. We should go.
No obligation.
You know, you guys can play
as little or as
much you'd like.
Come on.
Danny. This is Julie.
All right.
All right. Let's go.
She's hot.
Okay. The setup's
pretty simple. All you need is
one or more cameras...
one or more triggers
and a computer to control
the whole thing.
Okay, so I see the cameras.
But, you know,
where are the triggers?
They are buried in the road
at the edge of the crosswalk.
And the computer, I bet,
is in that box in the
ground over there.
It's called
an induction loop trigger.
The buried wires detect when a
car enters the intersection
after the light turns red...
tells the computer,
which signals to the cameras
to take multiple pictures...
and you're busted.
You see that there's
no red light in this picture.
The cameras won't click off
a picture unless the trigger's
been tripped.
Right. And the trigger
won't trip unless
the light's red.
Right.
The problem is,
I didn't do it, man.
I didn't do it.
Wait a minute. Did they give
you the exact time and date
on this thing here?
Yeah, it's right here on the
picture. Three weeks ago.
At 8:01 a.m.
Okay.
See that convenience
store over there?
Yes.
See that, what is that,
that diner over there?
I will bet you anything they
got surveillance cameras
in there.
Ed, maybe you should just
pay the ticket.
No.
We are going to find out
who's lying, okay?
That's what we're going to do.
It's $271.
Craps table.
Three o'clock.
What? Cheating?
Cute butt.
Look at that,
two hours and you are
already one of them.
Excuse me. Hi.
Hi.
I'm Sam. You know, I am sorry,
I think that you dropped a...
My goodness.
There's your chip.
Thanks.
No problem.
Hey, wait.
Where you going?
Thank you.
Excuse me. We notice you had
a surveillance system here.
Yeah, so?
See, my friend
was driving by...
Hey!
Don't touch those Tic Tacs.
We ain't touching nothing.
You guys Metro? You want to
see the tapes, I am going to
need to see the badges.
We are not with Metro.
I am Commander Deline.
And this is Captain Cannon.
We are with the
Citizens Action Patrol.
Never heard of you.
No, of course,
you wouldn't have.
We, get called in to assist
the police when they have...
very sensitive matters,
stuff you wouldn't hear
on the 5:00 news.
Yes. We need the tapes for the
morning of the 11th,
about 8:00 a.m.
What is it? Drug dealers?
Money launderers?
Let's call it
subversive elements.
It's terrorists, isn't it?
I knew it.
We are just not at
liberty to say, Earl.
I'll be right back. Thank you.
Citizens Action Patrol?
Yeah, what?
That's okay.
He's a white guy, right?
He's 50 something,
he's running a
convenience store...
and he's reading
"Weapons of Death."
I took a shot.
These are from inside
the store and out front
in the parking lot.
We will have these back
to you by tomorrow.
Good luck, Commander.
At ease, Earl. Thank you.
What was the badge about?
My library card.
Danny.
Johnny, watch my chips?
You bet.
You know, a few months ago,
I banged my head.
I was chasing my dog
down the street. And bam,
I hit this light pole...
and just knocked myself out.
Why are you telling me this?
Feel my head.
Feel right there.
Yeah.
It's huge.
That is quite a lump
you got there.
Anyway, I am not
Jinx Jorgensen anymore.
It changed my luck.
Ever since I hit my head,
I walk by a roulette table
and I see numbers.
Danny.
Yeah. I got to run.
Give a little back to the
casino, would you?
Yeah.
Hey.
Hey.
So, I heard Gunther's giving
you a hard time.
I heard that guy's leaving.
Yeah, he was, but I got him
to stay. I comped him.
You did what?
I know him. He's a local.
And he's got the worst luck
in recorded history, this guy.
23 red.
Yes, I can see that.
He's got this story about a
bump on his head, now
he sees the numbers, but...
trust me, I know this guy.
He's going to give
all that money back.
That guy is on a
monster streak, Danny.
Nessa, I am telling you.
This guy wins $100,000,
he's going to lose $150,000.
He wins $200,000,
he's going to lose $300,000.
We are going to make money
off of this guy.
Okay.
I've seen a girl,
wasted out of her mind...
throw 56 straight passes
on her 21st birthday.
I watched a guy get
17 blackjacks in a row
on nine different tables.
I have seen 14 red come in
on 14 consecutive spins.
This could get very bad,
Danny.
You'll see.
Will I?
You should've let him walk
when you had the chance.
And you are not the pit boss
today, are you?
You are on the casino floor
now, Danny. Not up in
surveillance. And down here...
we protect the bottom line.
That guy could ruin
our entire quarter, you nit.
28 black.
That's the one I want. 28.
Yes.
That is crazy.
Mikey, what's going on?
Hey.
Ed's on his way back to you.
He's still got me out here
checking on this intersection.
Why can't he just admit
he's guilty?
Because he's Ed.
How's the pit treating you?
I got a guy who's on a pretty
big roll. I'll tell you more
about it when you get back.
If I get back.
All right.
Hey. What the hell you
doing here? You are supposed
to be on the floor.
Would you check this out?
Why?
I'm watching this guy,
Kevin Jorgenson.
Went to high school with him.
What the hell is he doing,
trying to contact his great
grandmother? What is that?
He says that he sees
the numbers in his head.
Of course. And you know him?
Yeah.
This guy had the worse luck
I'd ever seen. We used to
call him "The Jinx."
Some jinx. It looks like
he's up four or five,
what, $600,000?
So, he's betting four numbers
a spin at $100 a number.
At 35 to 1,
that's $3,200 a spin?
That's correct.
That's a lot.
Okay. Zero, two, 14, 35 are
in what, in sequence on
the wheel, right?
So he's sector betting.
No. Sector betting's for
chumps, I mean, old ladies.
Once the ball starts spinning,
it's gravity and physics.
We know that.
Hold up.
Why would a guy
who sees the number...
bet a group of numbers?
Why not just bet the number?
See, my son, that's where you
and I kinda part company.
I don't believe this guy
sees crap. He's on a streak.
You say streak,
but I call it stealing.
Listen, in all my days I have
not seen anybody successfully
cheat at roulette.
The guy had seven
car accidents in
seven consecutive days.
That would be bad luck.
Now he's got good luck.
See, it changes.
No. No, not this guy.
Not here.
Where you going?
I'm going to go check
that roulette table...
when he takes a break.
Mitch, let me know
if he hits a million.
You're not going to find
anything.
Ltem 46, new
national advertising slogan.
We've engaged
a public relations firm.
Yes. Okay.
Mr. Mayor, in anticipation of
this agenda item...
I have a number of suggestions
for a new slogan.
Yes, Ms. Deline.
Okay.
Please open your binders
and turn to page 16.
Slogan number one.
"What Happens in Vegas?
"Fun, that's what."
Pretty slick, huh?
Okay. Slogan number two.
"Vegas. GNR.
"Gambling Not Required."
Hey, Mitch, could you pull up
some casino footage for us?
Sure, security.
Let me see the craps table,
pit six.
Okay.
Put the last two hours.
All right.
Speed it up.
Those two guys keep betting
the exact same amount
every time.
See, that one's betting the
"Pass" line...
And the other one's betting
"Don't Pass."
So what?
So, big bets like that will
get a player wall-to-wall
comps.
Yeah. Full room. Food and
beverage for both guys.
Yeah. But they have
a lot of charges too, right?
$8,000, all told.
They don't even act like
they know each other.
They never talk
the whole time.
Yeah.
Here, Sam.
I see. Robert Sikora, and what
do you know, Keith Sikora.
Cousins? Brothers?
Is that illegal?
- No, but they're still scamming us.
- That's almost like theft.
And we hate theft.
Thank you.
Okay. You're welcome.
Thank you.
Good luck.
The one guy wins the exact
same amount as the other guy.
Take out the 12 as a push
for the "Don't Pass" bettor...
and they only have to worry
about losing 1.4% of their
total wagers.
All to get a vacation
worth thousands for free.
Exactly.
Can I do it?
Yeah. Okay.
Okay?
Okay. I got your back.
Hello, Robert.
Hello, yourself.
Mary Connell,
Montecito Surveillance
and Security.
We're onto you.
I am sorry, what?
You are welcome to keep
playing, but so you know,
the gravy train is over.
So if you want to stay,
you are going to have to pay.
The suites, the food,
and the booze.
Cash me out.
What I thought.
Hey there.
Wow.
That's a bitching tie.
Thank you.
I see you have
surveillance cameras.
They keep people from doing
the dine and ditch.
Do you know for
how long you keep them?
Yes, I do.
How long?
Like a couple months.
I was wondering if I could
take a look at one from
three weeks back.
Yeah, I saw you with the dude
in the Aston Martin.
You guys must earn
some phat coin.
We do okay.
$300.
I am sorry, what?
$300 for the tape, homeboy.
That's ridiculous.
I am going to call your boss.
Suit yourself.
Those tapes can get erased
real easy.
I've got $37.
I'll be right back.
Here's that wheel
you wanted pulled.
Roulette 52?
Yep.
We blew out the bearings
on it about a month ago.
Any sign of tampering?
No.
No signs of bias.
All right, thanks.
What about the ball?
I didn't check it.
Why not?
Danny, we measure them,
weigh them, and run them past
a magnet every week.
It's our standard
ivorene ball.
High impact plastic.
You see, nothing.
Yeah.
$1.2 million
and he is doubled his bets.
All right, thanks, Mitch.
Thanks, Billy.
I hear he's up a million two.
Yeah. And I hear a drunk
puking somewhere.
So, let me get this straight,
Ed puts you on the
casino floor, and some...
friend of yours from
high school beats us
for seven figures?
How do you think that looks?
You need to get him out.
So I should just
throw him out?
Danny, get the money back.
Get him out.
I am going to get the
money back, Sam.
As soon as I prove that...
this guy is cheating.
Brilliant.
Well, you think really
hard about that...
and while you're at it,
think about this, too.
Ed's quarterly bonus
is tied to casino revenue.
I know what you are doing
right now. You are messing
with my head.
Really, is that
what I'm doing?
You know what really
disappoints me about you,
Danny?
What?
You comped a local.
Mike, put this up on the
big screen, I want to see it.
Wait a minute. These are
static cameras. I mean,
they're just sitting there.
They're guarding Slim
Jims and Slurpees,
they don't have to move.
They got cash registers there,
for crying out loud.
I am sorry, Ed.
This is all I got.
You think I picked you
to hear, "That's all I got"?
Come on now, Mike. Go
down there and get me
something. Come on.
Danny.
What's the damage?
What's he up?
Over a million.
And now he's got copycats.
They're calling him
"the swami."
People just crowd around,
wait for him to bet, they just
pile it on his numbers.
Not good.
Nice first day on the job
there, McCoy.
Bite me.
How you two doing?
86ed a couple of
comp grifters, saved
the hotel a few thousand.
Other than that,
it's been pretty quiet.
Good. Good going, now.
Thank you.
Good luck.
Did you check the table?
Yeah. The equipment's good.
But it doesn't matter where
he plays. We can't stop him.
Try to contain him somehow.
See if he'll play at a
private table.
I tried that, too.
But he only wants
to play on the floor.
Close this one down.
Just close the table down.
Take him to another table.
Color him out. When you
get to the other table...
let him play a while. Change
the balls.
Change the croupier.
Just slow him down,
maybe his luck
will turn around.
But I can't explain this,
there's something wrong.
Then just, you know,
just check him out.
I'd like to know a little more
about him than his
high school nickname...
for a million bucks, anyway.
Yes, sir.
Come on. Come on, baby.
Yeah!
Kevin, we are going to move
you to another table.
There's so many people
around here,
that we'd like to...
Just color him up, would you?
Hang it on that wall, 5'8"
from the bull's eye
to the floor.
Make the throwing line 7'9.25"
inches away exactly. Okay?
Thank you.
You got it.
Hey, fellas.
What's up?
So, this...
is a black and tan.
And these are the instructions
on how to make one properly.
Okay?
No. They're not French fries.
They're chips.
Thank you.
What are you doing?
We're having a pub night.
You can make bangers
and mash and fish and chips.
Gunther is appalled.
This is Gunther's restaurant.
He will not even attempt
such a sordid menu.
Not even for one night?
Please?
Give me a second.
Hello.
- They giving you any trouble?
- No. None to speak of.
I guess restaurant
management's a little...
different than
being on the floor, huh?
Not really. I mean...
I think I know how to get
the best out of my people.
Good. You sure you don't need
any help?
No.
I've got it all under control.
Thank you, Ed.
Okay.
Put this on.
Gunther will not go along.
Gunther will not be
strong-armed.
And Gunther is not afraid
of Ed Deline or
his henchwoman.
Oy! Refer to yourself in
the third person once more...
and I will wipe the
accent right out of you.
Put it on!
And that concludes
the first half of our agenda.
I think we need a couple
of representatives out there.
Yeah.
Daddy, you didn't tell me
this was going to take
all day.
And no one's listening to me.
Honey, welcome
to city government.
Look, I know it's not your
cup of tea, sweetie, but...
you know, this commission is
the backbone of our city.
Can't I have
Sam's job instead?
No, honey,
I'm sure
you're doing just fine.
Just, believe everything's
going to be great, and...
be yourself. Okay? Bye.
All right, let's get on to
the next item on the agenda.
Point of order.
Yes, Miss Deline.
Oscar, Mayor Goodman...
I propose a field trip.
Okay, we know
Kevin Jorgenson's from Vegas...
so we can check with the
police department
if we have to.
What about her?
The girlfriend? We don't know
who she is yet.
We take an imprint of every
guest's credit card, even
when we are comping them.
We didn't get his credit card.
But we have hers.
You want to find out more?
You could go up to the room,
look around a little.
I could have housekeeping
open the door.
We don't do that, Mary.
Got something.
Excuse me.
Julie Dietz. Wau-kee-sha,
Wisconsin.
Waukesha.
Whatever. Looks like
she's used his credit card...
at six different casinos
all over the country
in the last 14 days.
What's this?
Missing Persons report. Okay.
Okay. This was put out by
her husband, and his name
ain't Kevin.
It's Dave.
Looks like Julie
ran away from home.
I've got to tell you, Gunther,
this food is wonderful.
Thank you so much.
I am so sorry
that I doubted you.
I am sorry that
I threatened you.
I am going to suggest to
Delinda that we make
"Pub Night" permanent.
"Pub Night." That's so sweet.
And one more thing.
I hate my father.
How did it go today?
They are giving me a seat on
the Public Works Commission.
Fancy.
Fancy.
Nice job, Nessa.
Thank you.
Here we go.
Thanks.
Okay.
Depth charge.
Drop the shot into the beer.
Chug.
Go, Oscar.
You're the mayor.
Have a drink now.
You're the mayor.
Have a drink now.
You're the mayor.
Go!
Go, Oscar! Go!
Easily the best meeting
we ever had.
I'll drink to that.
Chug, chug!
The lucky couple.
Congratulations on
your extraordinary run
of luck.
Ed Deline.
Hi.
I am President here.
Thank you, Mr. Deline.
I can't explain it, really.
They call you "swami,"
do they?
Yeah, but, you know, Danny
will tell you. I'm just Kevin.
As you can
well imagine, Kevin...
when a casino guest wins
nearly $2 million...
there's certain things that
need to be done for
legal and tax purposes.
Okay.
Julie Dietz.
Waukesha, Wisconsin?
Why do you have a Nebraska
license plate on your car?
Because we bought it there.
- Kevin won some money.
- I see.
$20,000 on a riverboat
in Illinois.
$160,000
at the Grand in Biloxi.
And another $200,000
at various casinos...
in Laughlin and Lake Tahoe.
All in the last two weeks.
All at roulette.
Danny, I told you, ever since
the accident, I see numbers.
Excuse me, I would like
to know why exactly you...
felt it necessary to move
from casino to casino?
I guess, sir, every time
I win a little...
then they end up
sweating me in
some office like this.
I mean, just not as nice.
Kevin just...
He sees the numbers
in his head.
That's not cheating, is it?
No. Of course it's not.
But, Jinx, you're from Vegas.
What's with all the
out-of-town play?
We met on the internet.
I left my wife,
and Julie left her husband.
So, I went back east
to pick her up and...
on the way back here,
we stopped at
all those places.
Sir, we just, you know,
we just want to be together.
Speaking of your husband,
do you know that he filed a
Missing Persons report?
He just won't let go.
I would strongly suggest
you call home.
Anyway, thank you. Okay?
That's it?
That's it.
You just fill out that
IRS paperwork and...
please feel free to stay and
play here at the Montecito
as long as you like.
Thank you again, sir.
Sure.
Enjoy your stay.
Thank you.
Have a nice time.
So, I guess I am the only one
who thinks these guys
are full of it.
They had a logical answer
for everything I threw
at them and...
What should I do, toss out
Goldilocks and a guy with
a lump on his head?
I mean that would cost us
another $2 million
in bad publicity.
If they keep this up, Ed,
theoretically they could
break us.
You know, if they were card
counters or cheats,
that's one thing.
But if they win fair
and square,
we got to let them play.
That's what the old boys did
when they ran their joints,
and...
that's the way I'm gonna
run mine.
Okay?
Easy eight.
Seventeen. Black.
Hello.
Excuse me.
Could we just keep
this walkway...
Pardon me.
...clear.
Thank you.
Thanks.
Are we almost done?
Because my feet are
killing me.
Mine, too.
I guess Ed proved
his point, huh?
If his point is surveillance
blows, he did.
I kinda liked it.
Me, too.
When we busted those comp
scammers, didn't you
feel just powerful?
A little bit. I felt
a little powerful.
Sorry.
Careful there, chief.
There you go. All right.
What's the damage now, Danny?
Almost $4 million.
I am going to tell you
something's been bothering me.
I've been watching this.
They're supposed to be
in love, right?
So how come they're not
smooching and hanging out,
like together?
I mean, she's always there,
and he's always over there.
That's a good point.
- The word of the day is triangulation.
- What are you talking about?
I already saw this.
You can't even see the street.
Wait. 8:01,
the day you got the ticket.
Watch when the monitor
switches angles.
It goes black for a second.
So the monitor acts as
a mirror, and there's Ed's car
in the reflection.
Nice work, Mikey.
It's a gift.
But wait. You've got me in the
street over there. You've got
the green light over there.
But not together.
Okay. Pop quiz.
In order to make two pieces
of video sync up,
what do we need?
Matching time code.
Yeah, but we don't have that.
Because we have two different
cameras at two
different locations.
Okay, this one's a tougher
one. What's just as good as
having matching time codes?
A common element.
Exactly.
One thing that appears in both
pieces of video
simultaneously.
Can you find the
common element?
So you got the Stratosphere
in both shots. So what?
So, we push in on both shots.
You got the roller coaster
on top of the Stratosphere?
Wait a second. You got the
same people in the same
car at the same time.
That's your common element.
And all I had to do was
layer one video on top
of the other.
And we zoom out.
And we have Ed going through
a green light.
You're the man, Mike.
Camera's wrong.
Big Ed was right.
Wait a second,
her there and him there.
Do we still have the infrared
cameras above the tables?
I think so. Why?
Triangulation.
It looks like he's using the
lasers to measure the decaying
orbit of the ball.
What? The decaying orbit
of the ball.
Are you kidding me?
Yeah, it's...
There's some serious
mathematics involved here.
That's why he waits until
the ball's spinning to place
his bets.
In theory it could work,
but it couldn't give
you one slot...
probably give you an area
where the ball's going to land.
So that's why he bets the
four numbers in
the sequence there.
He's sector betting.
He's got to have
a computer nearby.
You still got that radar
laser detector?
Yeah, it's in my car.
Go get that.
The laser is hidden
in his cell phone.
It buzzes him to let him know
which numbers to bet.
Watch this.
Look at this.
Take him down.
Excuse us, folks.
Kevin's getting tired,
so I think we are just going
to call it a night.
We found a computer
in the back of your SUV there,
Jinxy.
Come here, sport.
Take him.
Give me that.
No. Wait, no.
It was all him. No.
Look, if you are so good
at seeing into the future...
why don't you tell me
what's gonna happen next, huh?
Nice work at Mystique
last night, young lady.
Nightly revenues up 22%.
I am available for consulting.
Hey, Daddy.
Hi, honey.
Hello.
Hi.
I heard something.
I heard that you and the mayor
were dancing on top of the
bar at Mystique?
That's a vicious rumor.
Only he was dancing.
Where was security?
We can't be everywhere,
now, can we?
With all the cheating going
on and everything.
I took care of it, ladies.
So you're going to be
impossible now,
is that what's happening?
Oh really?
No I don't talk smack.
I speak the truth.
Zip it.
Thank you.
This has been a
wonderful experiment.
We are going to do it
every year at the same time.
And now, bye-bye.
- Bye-bye.
- Bye-bye, ladies.
Come on, that's just childish.
You got them pictures?
Yeah, I got them right here.
You know who that guy is
over there by the table
in the suit?
Yeah, that's Larry Cardenas.
He's the muni court judge.
No. Traffic court judge.
Watch this.
Larry.
Hey, Ed, how are you?
How are you?
Larry, good to see you.
Good.
Listen, can I borrow you
for a second?
Sure. Hold my chips.
I need a little favor. See,
I got one of these red-light
camera tickets.
I saw in the paper, but Ed,
come on, you know
I can't do anything...
No, you're thinking all wrong.
I don't need that.
I know you can't be my judge
because we know each other
and all that.
What I need is an opinion,
okay?
Sure.
Great.
Can I have the pictures?
Take a look at this.
Okay.
Nice likeness at
a red-light camera.
Thank you.
Take a look at this other one.
This was taken at the very
same moment which proves
that that red-light camera...
was improperly calibrated.
It seems that there was
some kind of malfunction.
So, obviously you would
dismiss this ticket.
Actually,
I'd find you guilty.
Guilty of what?
You're not wearing your
seatbelt. That's a pretty
serious violation.
Look behind me and see if
those guys are laughing,
because...
I'm also gonna get arrested
for assault. Are they smiling?
Time to go.
Excuse me.