America's Galactic Foreign Legion - Book 1: Feeling Lucky
by Walter Knight
Satirical military space opera, #1 of 11-book series. Compulsive gambler Joey Czerinski must escape Old Earth fast to elude the bad-ass loan shark gunning for him. Desperate, he borrows funds from a shady Foreign Legion ATM, then gets shipped across space to fight a spider-like alien species. But one lucky roll of the dice could put him back in the game - if he can manage to stay alive!