Across Europe, sports betting sites are preying on the vulnerable and trying to lure them into addiction. Gambling addiction has become an emergency, a major public health issue across the globe. In many countries, gambling companies are still unregulated. This documentary exposes the ugly truth behind this predatory industry. We hear the personal stories of people whose lives have been ruined by sports betting, like Raphael who lost €750,000 in 36 hours.
Across Europe, sports betting sites are preying on the vulnerable and trying to lure them into addiction. Gambling addiction has become an emergency, a major public health issue across the globe. In many countries, gambling companies are still unregulated. This documentary exposes the ugly truth behind this predatory industry. We hear the personal stories of people whose lives have been ruined by sports betting, like Raphael who lost €750,000 in 36 hours.
A telephone repairman in Los Angeles uses his knowledge of electronics to help a bookie set up a betting operation. After the bookie is murdered, the greedy technician takes over his business. He ruthlessly climbs his way to the top of the local crime syndicate, but then gangsters from a big East Coast mob show up wanting a piece of his action.
A former college athlete joins forces with a sports consultant to handicap football games for high-rolling gamblers.
An average kind of guy who has a slight problem with gambling goes to the track, and mystically, it seems as though he can't lose, no matter how he bets; and he has an incredible day.
Years after serving time for betting on games he officiated, former NBA referee Tim Donaghy revisits the scandal that shook up the league.
Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.
This drama centers on Hank Chinaski, the fictional alter-ego of "Factotum" author Charles Bukowski, who wanders around Los Angeles, CA trying to live off jobs which don't interfere with his primary interest, which is writing. Along the way, he fends off the distractions offered by women, drinking and gambling.
Carefree single guy Charlie Waters rooms with two lovely prostitutes, Barbara Miller and Susan Peters, and lives to gamble. Along with his glum betting buddy, Bill Denny, Charlie sets out on a gambling streak in search of the ever-elusive big payday. While Charlie and Bill have some lucky moments, they also have to contend with serious setbacks that threaten to derail their hedonistic betting binge.
New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling addiction that threatens to destroy him.
A charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.
Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.