Theirhonor, thankGod! their dignity, their intelligence, their genius, arenot numbers which thosegamblers, heroesandconquerors, can put in the lotteryofbattles.
The notion that a former barber had won as much as seventy-seven million dollars and outlasted the mobsters charged with getting it back attracted the attention of members of the Hong Kong press, and they pursued the GodofGamblers as a minor curiosity, though he declined interviews.