I used to think gambling was just a numbers game—until I realized it was a cultural performance. As a half-Irish, half-Black tech storyteller raised in Chicago’s neon-lit alleys, I saw how 'luck' is just code dressed in桑巴 rhythms and algorithmic chaos. This isn’t about winning. It’s about who you become when the RNG whispers back. I quit my corporate gig not because I lost—but because I finally heard the music beneath the machine.