<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishJohn Law, Mskoti, mfadhili, na mchezaji wa kamari, akiwa amekimbia kutoka Uingereza baada ya mapigano yenye kuua, aliona uwezekano wa kuendeleza eneo hilo la mabwawa lililo mbali kuwa paradiso.  <response>: John Law, a Scotsman, financier, and high-rolling gambler, on the run from England after a fatal duel, saw the possibility of promoting this distant marshland as a paradise. 