Rigged dabo wheel at Quark's

[Frisco Del Rosario]

I was surprised to learn from "Move Along Home" (S1E10) that the dabo wheel at Quark's can be rigged by the operator.

Quark might be an avaricious, deceitful, misogynistic little troll, but at heart, he's basically a good fellow, and I think cheating is beneath him. The house edge at games like roulette and dabo is great enough that casinos welcome the occasional good run by a customer — it's great advertising. Eventually, the house edge pays the house.

 

[Tosk]

Quark was cheating customers even before we met him. Kira even tells him in the pilot that things have to change and that he can't cheat all his customers any more.

He even cops to it (in a business sense, at least) a few years later.

"Okay, I cheated you. I cheat everyone. It's business. You see what you can get away with, and you've got to figure the other guy's doing the same to you."

 

[antinoos]

Quark might be an avaricious, deceitful, misogynistic little troll, but at heart, he's basically a good fellow

How can you be at heart a good fellow, when you are an avaricious, deceitful, misogynistic little troll?
Aren't you at heart avaricious, deceitful, misogynistic?
You can't just erase major parts of his character and not count them when assessing his "heart".

 

[Kor]

Quark's avarice, deceitfulness and misogyny were normal traits of his culture (before the later reforms started). From a Ferengi point of view, he probably would have been considered quite virtuous, though perhaps not avaricious enough, since he was content to run a bar on the frontier for many years instead of grabbing for bigger business opportunities.

Kor

 

[XCV330]

I was surprised to learn from "Move Along Home" (S1E10) that the dabo wheel at Quark's can be rigged by the operator.

Quark might be an avaricious, deceitful, misogynistic little troll, but at heart, he's basically a good fellow, and I think cheating is beneath him. The house edge at games like roulette and dabo is great enough that casinos welcome the occasional good run by a customer — it's great advertising. Eventually, the house edge pays the house.

Quark is a devout follower of the Rules of Aquisition.

R.o.A. pre and post-Zek Heresy:


27 There's nothing more dangerous than an honest businessman.

100 When it's good for business, tell the truth.

181 Not even dishonesty can tarnish the shine of profit.

192 Never cheat a Klingon unless you can get away with it.

So Quark is scripturally sound, running a rigged table.

 

[Frisco Del Rosario]

Quark is a devout follower of the Rules of Acquisition.

But my feeling about the rigged dabo wheel was based in knowing he sold provisions to Bajoran refugees at cost. There's a basic goodness in Quark that could supersede the Rules of Acquisition, and I thought that would include relying on the dabo wheel to confer no more than the house edge.

I think it runs in the family. Nog is an annoying twerp like all the other youngsters in Trek shows, but he's an annoying twerp who aspired to more than the pursuit of latinum.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Quark doesn’t want to actually hurt or kill anyone, but beyond that he has no limitations for how he gets paid.

He would lie cheat and steal from anyone for a bar of latinum, just his “Good heart” prevents him from killing them to do it.

 

[kkt]

I assume that once we were a little farther into Season 1 after "Move Along Home" that the wheel was made honest. Sisko would not allow dishonest games, and Odo would enforce that rule.

 

[Discofan]

I think every culture has its blind spots that it doesn't consider to be bad traits even though they appear that way to most every other culture. It's particularly true on our planets. Some horrible things for some, are considered normal and a non-issue for others.