Why do the men at Blades feel that it is better to humiliate Drax by beating him at the card table than to humiliate him by calling him a cheater?

Is there anything wrong with Bond defeating Drax by cheating himself?

At the end of the novel, M says the most dangerous thing the world has ever seen is a "little man with the heavy suitcase." While the story was written and takes place in the 1950's, this statement is very indicative of today's war on terror. How does this statement reflect today's era?

In the beginning of the novel, Bond says the "gain to the winners is...always less than the loss to the loser," how does this become true to Bond personally at the end of the story?

Is Drax motivated more out of revenge because of Germany's treatment during the war...