blackjack

And there was the casino, where he played blackjack — after losing $1,000 at the baccarat table — because he preferred the lower-stakes game.

But unlike blackjack, global markets are affected by all kinds of forces — climate change, politics and policies and pandemics are a few.

He congratulated me, his amusement evident, and let me teach him blackjack while we waited.

"It's pure gambling. Election betting can forecast the future no better than gambling whether or not you'll get 21 in blackjack," said Cantrell Dumas, director of derivatives policy at Better Markets.

The shindig at first seemed like any other Hispanic chamber of commerce event, with people handing me business cards like dealers at a blackjack table.