The tavern is NOT about luck, luck is a random occurrence. the chance of coming down next to the main prize 9999 out of 10000 is not random, and therefore 'luck' is not involved but bad programming or people with contempt for their customers who think it will encourage people as they 'nearly' got it last time. so it may be many things, but not luck. It has obviously been programmed to pay out 1 in so many times - the number probably being increasd for every server, whic is fine, its your game, we buy it or don't. but the positioning of the other cards is an insult to our intelligence