What is the meaning of the quote, and why it stands out?

Is the following statement true or false? the topic sentence of a paragraph should indicate what the paragraph is going to be about. false true

Understand that amassed in paragraph 3 means

You're playing the slots and "win" twenty-five bucks! you're stoked. during the past ten weeks, you've won another fifty bucks. but you've dropped two bucks in the slot machines every day for ten weeks