While watching the evening stage performance, Maria bemoans that she has missed out on life, having been sheltered by the ballet. Despite being anxious to earn more winnings, Chuck agrees to accompany Maria to dinner, after she pleads to spend time alone with him.

When Chuck, in his excitement, kisses Maria, she is immediately smitten with the rancher. Maria is bewildered when they win the jackpot two times in row and agrees to a game at a casino roulette table, where they win repeatedly. Later, after hours of losing at the gambling tables, Chuck goes to Maria's room, where he shares his belief that she is his good-luck charm and begs her to test his theory on a slot machine. Seri Hatvany, having seen Chuck, tells Maria that romantic love motivated her during her dancing career, but Maria insists that her only love is dancing. Returning to her room, Maria calls her manager, Pierre, to break the Las Vegas engagement, but learns she must fulfill it. When Chuck once again wins a slot machine jackpot as he takes Maria's hand, he attributes his winning streak to her. Insulted that she is forced to perform her 'high art' in a chaotic hotel, Maria haughtily refuses her share of Chuck's profits, but later apologizes for her behavior. One day in the casino, as temperamental prima ballerina Maria Corvier storms out of her rehearsal in the Copa Room, Chuck grabs her hand for good luck during his game of roulette and consequently wins.

Each year, rancher Chuck Rodwell returns to the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada where he hopes to make a fortune using that year's profits to gamble, despite years of losses at the casino's tables.

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