"Rivals" is an episode of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the eleventh episode of the second season.
Quick Overview: A con artist opens a new bar that competes with Quark's.
The episode begins with Odo placing El-Aurian Martus Mazur in a holding cell after accusing him of swindling aboard Deep Space Nine. While in his cell, Martus acquires a gambling device that alters the laws of probability after his cellmate, an old man named...
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"Rivals" is an episode of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the eleventh episode of the second season.
Quick Overview: A con artist opens a new bar that competes with Quark's.
The episode begins with Odo placing El-Aurian Martus Mazur in a holding cell after accusing him of swindling aboard Deep Space Nine. While in his cell, Martus acquires a gambling device that alters the laws of probability after his cellmate, an old man named Cos, dies. Because of his change in luck, he is released from confinement after the elderly couple he conned decides not to press charges.
With his new and intriguing device, he sets up a bar and casino that ends up drawing business away from Quark. However, the device soon turns on him and he himself is conned into losing a large sum of money. In addition, the couple he swindled out of money changes their mind and presses charges against him. To prevent more tampering with natural probability, Sisko and Dax destroy the device.
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