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The '''gambling device''' was a purple, hand-held [[sphere|spherical]] [[gambling]] [[toy]] covered by angles and curves, as if fashioned from exotic seashells. The gambling device fundamentally altered the [[laws of probability]] so that those who won would experience good luck, and those who lost would experience bad luck. |
The '''gambling device''' was a purple, hand-held [[sphere|spherical]] [[gambling]] [[toy]] covered by angles and curves, as if fashioned from exotic seashells. The gambling device fundamentally altered the [[laws of probability]] so that those who won would experience good luck, and those who lost would experience bad luck. |
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A person plays the device by pressing a key located on the surface – winning was signified by glowing accompanied by a humming sound, losing by a whistling sound only. It was not known how to turn the device off, and its power source was assumed to be internal. |
A person plays the device by pressing a key located on the surface – winning was signified by glowing accompanied by a humming sound, losing by a whistling sound only. It was not known how to turn the device off, and its power source was assumed to be internal. |
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Revision as of 14:37, 11 March 2010
Martus Mazur holding the original gambling device
The gambling device was a purple, hand-held spherical gambling toy covered by angles and curves, as if fashioned from exotic seashells. The gambling device fundamentally altered the laws of probability so that those who won would experience good luck, and those who lost would experience bad luck.
One of the large gambling devices located in Club Martus
A person plays the device by pressing a key located on the surface – winning was signified by glowing accompanied by a humming sound, losing by a whistling sound only. It was not known how to turn the device off, and its power source was assumed to be internal.
In 2370, Cos brought the gambling device to Deep Space 9 where it was acquired by Martus Mazur after Cos's death. After Quark offered to purchase the device for use in his casino, Martus realized that the device could bring him profit. He replicated several larger versions of the device and opened a competing casino, "Club Martus", across the Promenade from Quark's. Whereas the original device only affected the user, these large-scale devices affected seemingly the entire station, resulting in a plethora of bizarre coincidences and improbable accidents. It was only after Lt. Dax discovered an easily traceable side effect - high percentages of otherwise-equal neutrino rotations - that they were discovered to be the cause. Sisko then destroyed them all via phaser fire. (DS9: "Rivals")