Chad Thompson once won $1,500 from the game Dragon’s Ascent, and it only cost him 10 cents to play.

The game looks like something from an arcade. Players work a joystick and a button to shoot at the dragons swarming the screen. The bigger the dragon, the bigger the payout for a kill.

Thompson, from McPherson, has played the game since it came out five years ago. He has a strategy to win, but … “That’s for me to know,” he said, “and you to find out.”