Floating Advantage is a medical condition caused by accumulation of the rare (on Earth) element iridium, which is used in the processes of manufacturing playing cards. Just as mercury concentrations in the bloodstream of nineteenth century hat makers caused clinical insanity (as in "mad as a hatter"), these iridium concentrations eventually cause a form of dementia peculiar to the casino environment.
Casino employees begin to believe that any patron winning two wagers consecutively has joined a secret cult of cross-roading grifters, and that everyone is out to get them. In advanced cases, sufferers have been known to install hidden cameras to spy on the general public and have engaged teams of private detectives to gather dossiers on their alleged secret �enemies�.
Casino patrons begin to believe that the odds inherent in casino games can be altered by the practices of numerology, and that everyone is out to get them. In advanced cases sufferers have been known to seek each other out in clandestine �news groups� that share information electronically regarding the plans and actions of their suspected mutual �enemies�.
There is no known cure, or as medical practitioners say euphemistically, �treatment is symptomatic�.
Save yourselves while you can.
