to raise money for the church repairs all the religious residents of Springfield gathered to scamma casino by counting cards in blackjack it all started when the church was severely damaged due to Chief wiggum's Antics so the city needed money for repairs Apu offered his help and taught the parishioners how to count cards in blackjack but this wasn't easy as the players couldn't afford to get distracted from Counting no matter how tempting the distractions were since card counting isn't exactly welcomed they had to come up with clever disguises and so the Christian crew was ready they
went to the casino counted cards together and Flanders placed bets when the cards were good this way the team managed to gather the necessary amount of money but while the friends were celebrating and reving in the money Marge received a call from the security guards who had kidnapped Homer demanding their money back in exchange for his life however the money was already gone as they had given it to the builders who politely explained that they wouldn't return the payment Marge turned to God for help right in the middle of the casino her prayer drew the
attention of all the players who got distracted from their games and came over to see this strange event this disrupted the casino's operations causing it to lose profits and they were forced to release Homer everyone was about to leave but then Homer suddenly started demanding rights for blackjack players arguing that counting cards isn't illegal his demands however went unheard