01-roulette.rb

['excon', 'json'].each{|lib| require lib}

award   = (ARGV[0] || (print "Please Enter Bet Ammount: "; STDIN.gets)).to_i * 35
award   = 0 unless "13" == number = JSON.parse(Excon.get("http://roulette.engineyard.com/").body)["winning_number"]

puts "OMG WOW (#{number}), YOU SHOULD PLAY AGAIN!  You won: #{award}"

02-perlrb_roulette.rb

['excon', 'json'].each{|lib| require lib}
award = (ARGV[0] || (print "Please Enter Bet Ammount: "; STDIN.gets)).to_i * 35 if "13" == number = JSON.parse(Excon.get("http://roulette.engineyard.com/").body)["winning_number"]
puts "OMG WOW (#{number}), YOU SHOULD PLAY AGAIN!  You won: #{award || 0}"

03-with_more_perlrb.rb

['excon', 'json'].each{|lib| require lib}
puts "You won: $%d! YOU SHOULD PLAY AGAIN! OMG! (#: %d)" % [(award = (ARGV[0] || (print "Please Enter Bet Ammount: "; STDIN.gets)).to_i * 35 if("13" == number = JSON.parse(Excon.get("http://roulette.engineyard.com/").body)["winning_number"])) || 0, number]

04-without_json_bloat.rb

require 'excon'
puts "You won: $%d! YOU SHOULD PLAY AGAIN! OMG! (#: %d)" % [(award = (ARGV[0] || (print "Please Enter Bet Ammount: "; STDIN.gets)).to_i * 35 if "13" == num = Excon.get("http://roulette.engineyard.com/").body[/\d+/]) || 0, num]

05-better.rb

require 'excon'
puts "You won: $%d! YOU SHOULD PLAY AGAIN! OMG! (#: %d)" % [(award = (ARGV[0] || (print "Please Enter Bet Ammount: "; STDIN.gets)).to_i *= 35 if "13" == num = Excon.get("http://roulette.engineyard.com/").body[/\d+/]) || 0, num]

I want my gist files sorted by when they were added, for github christmas :-(

roulette.rb = attempt 1
perlrb_roulette.rb = ach! mein eyes!