kicked out in casino for winning roulette

His desk is covered in several layers of dust and papers scribbled with formulas and numbers - their degree of yellowing is a like a scale that reflects the strata of his life as a gambler.

His white beard and hair are disheveled, his reading glasses hang from his neck. It's mid-afternoon on a Tuesday in March, and the gambler is dressed in cords and checkered shirt. García-Pelayo leans back on his office chair, watching the screen with the remote in his hand. If his studies prove conclusive, he will program it on his computer, under 'Favorite loses first set' so it automatically launches. García-Pelayo then explains that he is in the process of creating a new formula for tennis bets based on the theory that if the pre-match favorite favorite loses the first set, he or she will win the second. In the match between Fernando Verdasco and Juan Martín del Potro, he should bet against the Argentinean tennis player winning more than four games against the Spaniard. Just then, his cellphone vibrates: it's a text from another tipster. The 450 euros that he has put down on the jockey in the green-striped shirt is part of a 'private investment fund' which relies on tipsters and earns him a 30-percent annual return. Gonzalo García-Pelayo's winning racehorse is named Going Wrong, and bets are 12 to 1 just before the race at the tracks in Cheltenham, UK. A scene from The Pelayos, with the actors Lluís Homar and Daniel Brühl seated at the table.

Kicked out in casino for winning roulette