It was one of those endless, drizzly Tuesday nights. The kind where the clock seems to be stuck in molasses, and the only entertainment is watching the raindrops race each other down the windowpane. I’d finished my work, scrolled through every social media app twice, and the silence in my apartment was starting to feel loud. That’s when I remembered an ad I’d seen, something flashy and bright. I figured, why not? A bit of mindless fun. I didn’t even get up from the couch; just grabbed my laptop. The first site I landed on was sky247 moves. The name itself had a kind of energy to it, like something was already happening.

I’m not a gambler. The last time…