I live in Las Vegas. Me and my mom with Alzheimer's rented from a lady who illegally rented to us. She went to elaborate lengths to pull off her scam including inside friend at the property management company and an attorney. Higher manager found out about the scam and posted eviction notices, but she hid them from me so I couldn't go to court. Took them a month to find out. Anyway on November 1st I paid rent, which was almost all my money as I am on Social Security. About an hour later my mom dies. Another hour later they come remove my mom's dead body. Not 10 minutes after they take my mom's body the Constable comes and removes me. I had no idea this was going on. Had no idea why he was there. Just paid rent and had a lease. I go to dirty filthy nasty bed bug and disease ridden homeless shelter. In the 2 weeks I was there I caught Tiberculosis, bed bugs, lice and scabies. I was so emaciated from not eating the slop they served that wasn't fit for worms to eat that I was looking like a rotting corpse. I was filthy dirty and smelly from sitting in dumpsters during the day. I decided to go donate plasma as they paid $100 for first few times. And then went downtown on Fremont to play blackjack. I was caught at the door at Fremont casino and not allowed to enter cause I was filthy and smelly and scratching myself all over cause of the bed begs and scabies. I then went to Four Queens...several people left the table when I sat down and everyone was giving me dirty looks. The security didn't bother me though and neither did the dealers or floor men. I bought in for the $100 and played basic strategy and after 4 hours I had $1,050. I cashed out and went straight to the hospital where I was treated for scabies, lice, bed bugs and TB and was put on a feeding tube and fluids for 3 days. The social worker at the hospital found me a group home to live in for $600 a month which left me with $450 left which I was able to buy new clothes. The social worker was nice enough to go to the big and tall store on her lunch break and buy me clothes for $150. Had $300 left over. After released from hospital I treated myself to pizza and wings, Subway and Wendy's, bought few groceries and hygiene products. My mom has a $20,000 life insurance policy but it takes about 6-8 weeks to get. Called Colonial Penn a few days ago and they said I will have the check by December 13th. But the funeral home is refusing to keep her body longer than 30 days in their refrigerator and said on Friday they were going to give my mom's body to the county for them to dispose of, usually done through cremation but they won't give me her ashes which I wanted to have in a necklace around my neck. Yesterday I got my Social Security cause I get it on a prepaid card which pays a few days early. After paying rent, buying some groceries and a few things at Walmart and a few bus passes I had $160 left over. I decided to go to the El Cortez and played double deck and single deck blackjack and I could not lose a hand. Every single double and split and multi way double and split I won. Getting blackjacks back to back. 20s like crazy and even when I had 15 or 16 against a big card I turned them into 20s. Won $2,700 in about 5 hours. Unreal luck I had. Not sure if I was just lucky or my mom looking down on me or God cause I really don't believe in God. I paid another month's rent so I will always be a month ahead, went to the funeral home and paid for my mom's cremation and bought a beautiful dolphin necklace to wear her ashes around my neck which was $1,800 total and treated myself to a nice steak dinner for lunch. I know blackjack is a losing game unless you're counting but it saved my life this month and I am so happy and will be forever thankful.