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2) Betting game
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Jack, a star player on his soccer team, gets involved with a bookie who introduces him to illegal betting.
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An honest and unaffected collection of human experiences that deftly tackles themes of grief, loss, missed opportunities, and the pain of letting go. The stories in Michael Melgaard's poignant debut collection Pallbearing offer candid snapshots of life in a small town, where the struggle to make ends meet forces people into desperate choices. In "Little to Lose," a son confronts his mother over the crushing prison of debt created by her gambling addiction....
6) Random
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"Two weeks before his twenty-first birthday, Las Vegas native Bobby Ingersoll finds out he's inherited a crushing gambling debt from his scumbag father. The debt is owed to an even scummier bag named Fraser Ruphart who oversees his bottom-rung criminal empire from the classy-adjacent Trump International Hotel. Bobby's prospects of paying off the note, which comes due the day he turns twenty-one, are about as dim as the sign on the hotel's facade....
9) Manslaughter
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A society woman falls victim to a Burmese ivory trader (Sessue Hayakawa) who intends to brand her for his own. A visually powerful today as when it was made.
10) An earl like you
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When you gamble at love . . .
When Hugh Deveraux discovers his newly inherited earldom is bankrupt, he sets about rebuilding the family fortune—in the gaming hells of London. But the most daring wager he takes isn't at cards. A wealthy tradesman makes a tantalizing offer: marry the man's spinster daughter and Hugh's debts will be paid and his fortune made. The only catch is that she must never know about their agreement
...11) The house
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"After the town takes away their daughter's college scholarship, a couple start an illegal casino in their friend's house to make back the money"--From www.imdb.com.
13) The gambler
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"Lit professor and gambler Jim Bennett's debt causes him to borrow money from his mother and a loan shark. Further complicating his situation is his relationship with one of his students. Will Bennett risk his life for a second chance?"--From www.imdb.com.
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Sinful suitors volume 3
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To root out the card cheat responsible for her brother's death, Miss Delia Trevor spends her evenings dancing her way through high society balls, and her late nights disguised as a young man gambling her way through London's gaming hells. Then one night, handsome Warren Corry, the Marquess of Knightford, a notorious member of St. George's Club, recognizes her. When he threatens to reveal her secret, she's determined to keep him from ruining her plans,...
16) Baazi
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Hindi feature film. Madan comes from a poor family background. Unable to find employment, he takes to gambling in a big way.
17) Mikey and Nicky
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Criterion collection volume 957
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"In Philadelphia, a small-time bookie who stole mob money is in hiding and he begs a childhood friend to help him evade the hit-man who's on his trail."--www.imdb.com.
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Online betting exchanges such as Matchbook, Betfair, and Intrade are quickly becoming a speculator's paradise. This is the very same book that has been selling online since 2005 for $39 per copy, recently revised and updated. Many professional online speculators credit this book as their training manual.
In fact, they don't want you to have it. While you are sitting there a handful of betting exchange pros are going through their daily routine of...
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Baccarat has a reputation for being played by almost exclusively by high-rollers, players that don't mind risking thousands on a single hand, but modern variations have brought Baccarat out of the VIP room and onto the main floor where more people can get involved. The fact that it gives players some of the best odds of any game in the casino has drawn in more and more players, but most people treat the game as little more than a coin flip, not realizing...
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If you're looking for fast-paced excitement, just follow the cheers and jeers of players winning or losing together. The noise will lead you straight to the craps table. But new players often find craps confusing. There are so many options; what's a bettor to do? For a start, they can turn to The Craps Answer Book: How to Make One of the Best Bets in the Casino Even Better. It's the latest in John Grochowski's popular series of easy-to-understand...
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