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  • One starts gambling for a joke, out of curiosity, as a little challenge to fortune. One goes on, pricked to the quick by delusions, excited by vague desires that grow. Woe to you if you win anything - an AMBO, a small TERNO! It is all up with you, for your chance of winning seems certain. ... It is the devil's money going back to hell.

    Matilde Serao (2017). “The Land of Cockayne (Matilde Serao) (Literary Thoughts Edition)”, p.304, epubli