The Black Hole of Gambling

I once won a third prize 

in the Hong Kong Mark Six lottery, 

getting around $8,000. 

How happy I was, 

as it gave me hope that 

I could get rich by 

winning an even bigger prize 

in the future. 

Thereafter, I kept buying the Mark Six until 

I had used up all of my previous winning, 

losing every single time.

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The Alan Parson Project - 

The Turn of a Friendly Card Part I & II 

The Turn of a Friendly Card Part I 

There are unsmiling faces and 

bright plastic chains

And a wheel in perpetual motion

And they follow the races and 

pay out the gains

With no show of an outward emotion

And they think it will 

make their lives easier

For God knows up till now 

it's been hard

But the game never ends when 

your whole world depends

On the turn of a friendly card

No, the game never ends when 

your whole world depends

On the turn of a friendly card

There's a sign in the desert that 

lies to the west

Where you can't tell 

the night from the sunrise

And not all the king's horses and 

all the king's men

Have prevented the fall of the unwise

For they think it will 

make their lives easier

And God knows up till now 

it's been hard

But the game never ends when 

your whole world depends

On the turn of a friendly card

No, the game never ends 

when your whole world depends

On the turn of a friendly card

But a pilgrim must follow 

in search of a shrine

As he enters inside the cathedral

The Turn of a Friendly Card Part II 

There are unsmiling faces 

in fetters and chains
On a wheel in perpetual motion
Who belong to all races and 

answer all names
With no show of an outward emotion

And they think it will make their lives easier
But the doorway before them is barred
And the game never ends when 

your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
No the game never ends when 

your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card