Drift

Michael has now discovered you can't bet much (in big money terms) at a roulette wheel, and has been directed to the MegaBucks slot machines at the fabricated Ausus casino opened in 2019. He's pulled a $23M jackpot and been escorted to the casino's "guest house", a private club on an estate just outside the city, which has a mini-casino in it. He's juggling damage control, but has become indignant at the apparent corruption that prompted the chief of security to blithely order a guard to shoot him. His hero complex is up, and he's going to break the bank.

This allows me to get back to the roulette scene in the illicit high limit room, which he'll eventually have to flee amid a summoned tempest in the teapot.

The dialogue is improving as well.