"For a while. Then I lost everything," he said, shaking his head. "I barely escaped with what I started with. And I came... hoping to<em>win,</em>to make enough to save my business. As it is... this is enough, but just barely. I won't have much to eat for the next week." He gave a half-hearted chuckle. "My luck's been poor for years, no idea why I thought I could make it turn around here."