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Here's the scoop:  My chick and I are staying out of the bars more lately and I thought it'd be a great time to kind of show her what the gambling world is about.  All she really knows is that sometimes I'm up and sometimes I'm down.

We just took a little trip to Metropolis, IL so she could see a casino.  I taught her how to throw dice, play blackjack, and, of course, we had to hit some slots.

So far I've got the following on my "must own" list.  Any suggestions?

Owning Mahowney
Rounders
Two For The Money
The Cincinnati Kid


 
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Let it Ride
 
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Confessions of a Campus Bookie
 
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Not must haves but:

Bookies
Big Shot - Confessions of a Campus Bookie
 
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Watched "Yonkers Joe" OnDemand not too long ago, it's all about craps and it wasn't too bad.
 
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Casino
 
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Bringing down Vegas, the movie.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by BigFrank420:

Casino

yeah -casino is the best

also The Sting

 
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I wouldnt show her Owning Mahoney. Its a great movie but it might give her some second thoughts about gambling 
 
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Oh yeah, what about "The Cooler".  Pretty good movie IMHO
 
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The Vig
 
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The gambler, Croupier, Hard Eight, Bugsy...
 
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The Seduction of Gina -Valerie Bertinelli (1984)
 
Plot summary:Gina is young, recently married and bored. On a trip to Lake Tahoe she discovers the game of blackjack. Increasingly obsessed with gambling, she keeps hoping her lucky streak will last... Written by Lars Skogan
 
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Quote Originally Posted by albeeee:

The Seduction of Gina -Valerie Bertinelli (1984)
 
Plot summary:Gina is young, recently married and bored. On a trip to Lake Tahoe she discovers the game of blackjack. Increasingly obsessed with gambling, she keeps hoping her lucky streak will last... Written by Lars Skogan



Lifetime Movies...


But good.
 
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casino royale was cool...even though the poker scenes were a bit bogus. betting those gay europeans plaques
 
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Quote Originally Posted by VegasMaxx:

The gambler, Croupier, Hard Eight, Bugsy...

 

Yep, Croupier is a must have.

 
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CASINO & LET IT RIDE
 
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Bookies
 
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Cool, thanks guys!  I've never heard of half of these, so I'm going to google them...
 
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Let It Ride looks cool - I like Richard Dreyfus and any heterosexual red-blooded American has to love Jennifer Tilly (when she's not at a poker table).  I loved her in Bound with Joe Pantoliano (from The Sopranos).
 
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White Men Can't Jump - a sickening story of a degenerate gambler (with a lot of other stuff in it).  I have just watched it the one time only, I predicted many of the things that happened (being a FORMER degenerate gambler myself).  Too close to home.
 
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The Gambler (NOT Kenny Rogers)
 
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The Deli. Great cast, very good flick.
 
Let It Ride is a must.
 
I thought Two For The Money was garbage.
 
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