His company is on the verge of bankruptcy. Smith come back to Las Vegas feeling sad. At that time Las Vegas was known as the capital of casinos. He had only $5,000 when he entered a casino with a depressed mind. His destiny was revealed. He earned about $27,000 with in a week.
Stories like this is what makes people that are also in desperate need for money try their luck on gambling. Not everyone is lucky like Smith and also not greedy like him. There are people that spends all of their money, become bankrupt and still won't earn anything. There are also others who are able to earn decent amount of money from gambling but they just lose it again because of their greediness to earn more from it.