Märksõna Gambling

Franky on teemantide varas, kes peab toimetama tohutu tüki oma ülemusele Avi, kuid teel on Borisil kiusatus panustada illegaalsele poksimatšile. Tegelikult on see lõks teda röövida, nii et kui Avi teada saab, palkab ta Tonyt Franky ja teemandi leidmiseks. Franky kurb saatus avastatakse peagi ning puuduva pärli küttimine ja hõivamine viib kõik hullumeelsesse mängu, mis võib kontrolli alt väljuda, kus petmine, väljapressimine ja pettused on veriselt segatud koerte, teemantide, poksijate ja mitmesuguste relvadega kaootiline must lõunasöök.

Hollywood. 1920ndate lõpp. Lähenemas on revolutsioon nimega helifilm. Pärast seda pole unelmate linnas miski enam nii nagu varem. Üleöö kerkivad esile uued staarid ning mitmed aastaid säranud tähed langevad unustusehõlma. Aga nad ei kavatse lahkuda vastupanuta.

Tõestisündinud lool põhinev film, mis jutustab 70-ndate alguse kasiinoärist. Sam Rothstein on mängur, kelle käes kõik justkui kullaks muutub. Itaallastest kasiinoomanikud otsustavad tema panna ühte allakäinud mängupõrgut juhatama. Julgestuseks antakse karmikäelisele Sam'ile väike ning temperamentne Nicky Santoro. Koos Santoroga, aga, tulevad kaasa ka probleemid, mis ei valmista rõõmu ei juhatusele ega ka Sam'ile.

Howard Ratner on "kunagi-olnud" edukas New Yorgi kalliskivide kaupmees, kelle hasartmängude sõltuvus on paisanud tema karjääri ja pereelu täielikku kaosesse, ning tagatipuks jätnud ta ülepeakaela võlgadesse. Kuid tunneli lõpus hakkab lõpuks ometi paistma ka valgus, kui ta saab enda omandusse haruldase Etioopa lihvimata vääriskivi, millest ta loodab üüratu summa eest vabaneda. Ent mida lähemale ta oma elu suurimale tehingule jõuab, seda enam hakkab ta mõistma, et kõikidel tema tegudel on ka omad tagajärjed.

Redmond Barry, kena iiri noormees on otsutanud endale hankida rikka aadliku elu. Selleks osaleb ta Seitsmeaastase sõjas, jookseb inglaste armeest preislate poole üle ja saab ameti spioonina. Seejärel asub Barry rajama endale teed rikkuse ja kõrge sotsiaalse positsiooni nimel, selleks valetades, võrgutades ja duelle pidades. Lõpuks abiellub ta krahvinna Lyndoniga, võtab endale nimeks Barry Lyndon ja asub Inglismaale elama. Kuid Barry iseloom viib ta uhkest elust üha eemale, nii mitmegi katastroofini.

The story of the early days of Deadwood, South Dakota; woven around actual historic events with most of the main characters based on real people. Deadwood starts as a gold mining camp and gradually turns from a lawless wild-west community into an organized wild-west civilized town. The story focuses on the real-life characters Seth Bullock and Al Swearengen.

Kaiji Itou is a good-for-nothing loiterer who spends his days drinking beer and stealing hubcaps—that is, until he ends up being tricked by his former co-worker. Unable to suddenly repay his friend's huge debt all by himself, Kaiji is offered a shady deal to participate in an illegal underground gamble on a cruise ship. This turns out to be nothing more than the beginning of his new life of hell—thrown headlong into a life-threatening roller coaster of mind games, cheating, and deceit.

This sweeping saga chronicles the hopes and dreams of a Korean immigrant family across four generations as they leave their homeland in an indomitable quest to survive and thrive.

Bored with life and considering the real world to be just a “crappy game,” savvy sibling shut-ins Sora and Shiro have withdrawn into their own fantasy world filled with video games. However, one day they find themselves summoned to another world by a boy who calls himself “God,” their abilities are about to be put to the ultimate test! Now not only their fates — but the fate of all of humanity — will be decided by a series of games that may just be the hardest these super-geniuses have ever faced!

Mr. Lucky is a CBS adventure/drama television series that aired from October 24, 1959, to June 18, 1960, with repeats until September 3. Blake Edwards developed the program as a retooling of his Willie Dante character from Four Star Playhouse, where the role was played by studio boss Dick Powell. In the 1960–1961 season, Howard Duff assumed the role of Willie Dante in the NBC adventure/drama series Dante. Mr. Edwards directed and co-wrote the first episode of Mr. Lucky, and the credits of the first eighteen episodes included "Entire production supervised by Blake Edwards." Jack Arnold produced the show and directed fifteen of the thirty-four episodes. Henry Mancini's smooth theme music for the show reached Number 21 in the US singles charts. He released two successful LP's based on the show, Mr. Lucky and Mr. Lucky Goes Latin.

There is a place after death that’s neither heaven nor hell. A bar that serves you one chance to win. You cannot leave until the game is over, and when it is, your life may be too.

Run by a corrupt and sadistic school council, the “system” at Hyakkaou is based on gambling, with losers who cannot cover their debts being demeaned by their peers and forced to serve their debtholders. And if that’s not terrifying enough, some games can result in losing an eye, one’s fingernails, or even their life! But the system is shocked when transfer student Yumeko Jabami arrives. Dark, mysterious and attractive, she’s a wildcard who plays for the thrill of it…

At a private school where gambling determines social status, a skillful new student with a mysterious past is shaking things up — and betting on revenge.

Fourland Kingdom is an island nation in the North Atlantic. In this country, there are 52 X-Playing Cards, considered the origin of playing cards. A card with a unique supernatural ability can gift its abilities to a qualified person: the player. One day, the X-Playing Cards in government's custody were spread all over Fourland leading to troubles caused by the supernatural abilities of the players with cards across the country. The king secretly assigns Pinochle, one of the top corporations of the nation, to a mission, to collect the cards that are causing all the chaos in the country.

Kimimaro works two jobs to make ends meet. He could go from pauper to prince in a parallel world called the Financial District—if he’ll invest his future as collateral in a dangerous game. Winning gets you more wealth, but losing could erase you from existence. When the destructive forces at play compel Kimimaro to confront the most powerful player, can he save the real world from total collapse?

The Duchess of Duke Street is a British television period drama created and written by John Hawkesworth, loosely based on the real-life career of Rosa Lewis, and produced by the BBC and Time-Life Television Productions for BBC One. The programme ran for two series from 1976 to 1977. In Victorian London, Louisa Leyton works her way up from servant to renowned cook to proprietress of the upper-class Bentinck Hotel in Duke Street, St James's.

Nangou is a compulsive gambler who has accumulated debt over three million yen. In a last ditch attempt to clear his record, he decides to wager his life on a game of mahjong with the mafia. Unfortunately, as the game progresses, Nangou only moves further from the prize and closer to death. When all hope seems lost, the game parlor is suddenly intruded upon by Shigeru Akagi, a young boy on the run from the police. Desperate to turn the game around, Nangou hands the game over to Akagi after teaching him a few of the rules. The mafia can only smirk as Akagi sits down to play. However, they soon come to learn that Akagi is a natural born gambler. An imposing figure who does not fear death. One who is destined to become a legend.

A rising-star restaurateur is forced into New York's criminal underworld when his chaotic brother returns to town with loan sharks on his trail.

When a judicial apprentice goes behind bars while on an undercover job, he plays the hand he’s dealt to survive prison and get his payback.

A drama set in the world of horse racing focusing on lives of owners, jockeys, trainers and gamblers who are all tied to the same horse track.

An action-packed Las Vegas thriller about a former military operative turned security expert who is drawn into a high-stakes game where an organization of wealthy individuals gamble on his ability to stop some of the biggest crimes imaginable from playing out. Can he take them down from the inside and get revenge for the death of his wife, or is it true what they say: the House always wins.

Not a lot of people know that one of the most talented and ruthless Mahjong players in the city is a young high school boy. Kei is a teenager of few words, but his observation skills, unwavering will and experience in the game allows him to survive in a world full of powerful, rich and dangerous characters. Kei is currently hiding a girl named Amina who has entered the country illegally and protecting her from being deported. He spends his days sleeping through class and his nights playing high stakes Mahjong, waiting for when a worthy opponent arrives.

Chai Foon-Cheung has not won a single game since his defeat in the World Poker Championship twenty years ago. It is the bad luck he has had all these years that has earned him a job in the casino. Ironically, the man who hires him is one of his then competitors Kiu Ching-Cho.

Children from influential families in politics and businesses attend the Hyakkaou Private Academy. There, the hierarchy of the students are classified by a series of games. Students that win the games are on the ruling side and the students who lose become slaves. One day, a mysterious girl, Yumeko Jabami (Minami Hamabe), is transferred to Hyakkaou Private Academy. She looks pure and pretty, but she is actually a compulsive gambler and seeks out the thrill of taking calculated risks.

Set on Stonewalker First Nation, nestled comfortably beside an affluent beach community in Southern Manitoba.