We get an introduction to the Montecito (the casino where the story takes place), to the characters and their relationships, the casino slang (e.g. "whales") and so on.
While Danny tries to find out the secret of Julian Kerbis who bought many chips but hardly even gambles, Big Ed stumbles upon his cousin in the casino. He is about to marry a girl he met few days earlier.
While Danny shadows a cheater, he sees him talking with a pretty familiar face. Mary is getting acquainted with a psychic who has a scary premonition. Delinda start working in the restaurant of the Montecito.
Delinda is drugged and nearly raped. Ed decides not to call in the police and starts looking for the perpetrator with the help of Danny. Mike Cannon has doubts about the true intentions of three MIT students.
Delinda gets conned with counterfeit chips. Danny falls in love with a girl he meets at the pool. Sam and Mary are doing their utter best to help some special guests.
Well-known singer Janet Ellis is opening her tour in the Montecito. Sandra Edelman, her head of security is a very good old friend of Big Ed and she's at the casino for a special reason.
Danny and Ed are busy taking care of Mr. Zhao and his two rather popular daughters. Mary is occupied with a wedding of 24 couples, while Mike saves a woman from certain death, but she doesn't seem too happy.
The Montecito is hosting the World Poker Championship and Mike tries to help a player in trouble. Ed and Danny are busy with the disappearance of magician's wife Vera and a major security issue at the swizzle stick collectors convention.