Every time someone takes a gamble on the living machine, the orange audience displaces themselves to see how that ends. Playing three times costs a euro. The men turn their hands until the music stops and then pull a piece of fruit. Anyone who runs the same fruit three times wins the pot.

“We did this for the first time last year,” says one of the friends. “You could really sweep us at the end of the day. That will happen again today, but it is so funny and fun to do and get very nice reactions. So perhaps again next year.”

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