How would I remove the space in `<span id="balance">1 268</span>` and make it an `int`

Code:

```
    Balance_afterWinORLoseBet.replace(" ", "")
    Balance_afterWinORLoseBet = int(balance_new.text) #Makes new var, turns it into int.

if "10.1" in countdown_timer.text: #
    Balance_afterPlaceBet.replace(" ", "")
    Balance_afterPlaceBet = int(balance_old.text) #Makes new var, turns it into int.

```

`Error`:

> 
> Balance\_afterWinORLoseBet = int(balance\_new.text) #Makes new var, turns it into int.
>  ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '1 268'
> 
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