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Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
When retiree Jerry Selbee discovers a mathematical loophole in the Massachusetts lottery, he and his wife Marge go on an exciting multi-million dollar winning spree to revive their small Michigan town. But when a selfish college student cheats the system, Jerry must find a way to make the game fair for all.
3) Rounders
Pub. Date
[1999?]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young man who is a reformed gambler returns to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.
4) The house
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Scott and Kate Johansen's daughter gets into her top-pick college, it's a dream come true, until her full-ride scholarship falls through. Desperate for cash, they risk it all to open a Vegas-style casino in their friend Frank's house, accidentally becoming dangerous suburban crime lords in the process.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When one of their own, Reuben Tishkoff, partners and builds a casino and hotel with known casino owner Willy Banks in Las Vegas, the last thing he ever wanted was to get cut out of the deal by the loathsome Banks. Banks' even goes so far as to finding amusement in Tishkoff's misfortune when the double crossing lands Reuben in the hospital because of a heart attack. However, Danny and his crew won't stand for Banks and what he's done to a friend. Uniting...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Joy is dumped by her boyfriend and her friends recommend she take a vacation to Las Vegas to get him out of her mind. After Jack gets fired by his dad from the family business, he ends up in Vegas too. After a night of drinking, the two wake up the following morning to discover they have gotten married. One of them wins a $3 million jackpot - using the quarter of the other. Both want to end the marriage and keep the money. The unhappy pair tries to...
8) Volunteers
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Lawrence Bourne III escapes the bookies to whom he owes $28,000 by swapping places with a friend and going to Thailand with the Peace Corps.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
B.J.'s luck runs out when his partner loses half of their ranch to con man Shea. The gambler and B.J. quickly become rivals and feud over everything, including the beautiful Liz Calhoun. But when the ranch is threatened by bandits, the two must work together or risk losing everything.
11) The hustler
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
An amoral, arrogant pool hustler who haunts backroom pool halls gets a real chance at fame when he faces the legendary Minnesota Fats in a personal competition.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
When Col. Rimfire announces at the Looney Club his belief that cats are the most intelligent animals, Granny, hoping to raise enough money to save a nearby children's park, makes a wager that her Tweety can fly around the world in 80 days, collecting the pawprints of 80 cats in the process. Sylvester, still hoping to make Tweety his personal snack, is incensed at the thought of some other cat getting the little bird first and vows to follow Tweety...
13) The house
Language
English
Formats
Description
After Scott and Kate Johansen lose their daughter's college fund, they become desperate to earn it back so she can pursue her dream of attending a university. With the help of their neighbor Frank, they decide to start an illegal casino in his house.
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A collection of law-dodging characters in London are brought together by coincidence when a streetwise young man loses half-a-million pounds in a card game. He has a week to get together the money or face losing some fingers. Desperate, he and his friends decide to rip off a gang who are planning to ripp off a bunch of ganja farmers. Simple. Except the drug dealers want their money back, as do the theives, and now there are three sets of criminals...
15) Flutter
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Chancer John lives for playing the odds - and he's always willing to take a calculated risk. But when he meets the mysterious and beautiful female bookie Stan, he discovers there's much more to gambling than just greyhounds and horses. Lured by her huge payoffs, John finds himself sucked into a surreal and dangerous word ruled by money, power and control. The question is how far will John go for the ultimate last big win?
16) The Dead Pool
Language
English
Description
"Dirty" Harry Callahan investigates a betting pool where the participants try to guess which celebrities will be killed next. Harry finds out that his name is on the list.
17) The condemned: 2
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"After a failed mission to capture the leader of a deadly gambling ring, bounty hunter Will Tanner becomes the hunted, a human target in a game in which contestants must kill or be killed. As high rollers bet on who will survive, Will, his dad, and members of Will's team wage an all-out war against the game's mastermind." --Container.
20) Gutshot straight
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When a gambler named Jack is down on his luck, he makes a deal with a slick-talking, wealthy man in Las Vegas to make some quick money in order to repay his debts. When the deal turns deadly, Jack must learn to play smarter in order to get ahead of the game.
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