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Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A Princeton graduate student, Richie, believes he has been tricked online by a fellow gambler. He travels to Costa Rica to meet Ivan Block, an online gambling tycoon. When the FBI tries to pressure Richie to help bring down Block, Richie faces his biggest gamble ever.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Down on his luck gambler Garry and his hot streak buddy Curtis hit the road for New Orleans, hunting the big payday. On riverboats and racetracks they chase women and thrills before risking it all in the wager of their lives.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
6) The house
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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.
7) PVT chat
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jack is a lonely internet gambler living in New York City. He quickly becomes fixated on Scarlet, a cam girl from San Francisco. As Jack learns more about Scarlet, he discovers her unrealized talent as a painter and begins to fall hard for her. His obsession reaches a boiling point when fantasy materializes in reality, and Jack sees Scarlet on a rainy street in NYC Chinatown. While Scarlet is hiding her whole truth, milking Jack's wallet in the process,...
8) Volunteers
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
9) The Gambler
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
On a train headed for Yuma, California, to rescue the son he never knew, high-rolling frontier gambler Brady Hawks meets Billy Montana. A self-fashioned gambling dandy, Billy is headed for San Francisco to try his hand at the poker tournament. The two become fast friends who then become a strong team when they help Jennie Reed, a lady who is being pursued by unprincipled railroad baron, Arthur Stobridge.
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the dangerous high-stakes world of illegal keno-pool gambling, veteran ace Nick is enamored of smart, tough, and charming newcomer Diana and is determined to stake her. Diana must prove herself in a man's world to win a match against DuBinion, the world's best shooter. Soon Diana and Nick find themselves in more danger than they ever imagined.
12) Smoking guns
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
On a Friday afternoon in North London, Jack decides to bet on a horse win treble which, if all three horses win, would net him and his friends a fortune.
13) 13
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A man in desperate circumstances steals an envelope containing instructions for a mysterious job that promises a potential fortune. He assumes a false identity and participates, only to find himself a numbered participant in an underworld Russian roulette competition. The stakes are high, but the payout is more than he can resist. His only collateral is his life, and however long his luck can hold. What will it take to be the last man standing?
14) Lucky you
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Pro gambler Huck Cheever meets irresistible Billie Offer. He learns to treat love the way he treats cards: trusting his heart instead of his head. Meanwhile, he scrambles to raise the $10K entry fee for the glittery, high-roller World Series of Poker, even though, or maybe because, the tournament may pit him against his estranged father.
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 489 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Bullitt: San Francisco cop Frank Bullitt is assigned to protect a mobster about to testify against his brother's crime organization. When his friend is shot and the witness is left at death's door by two hit men who seem to know exactly where the witness was hidden, Bullitt clandestinely moves the mobster while he tries to find out who is after the witness, and why it seems so easy for "them" to find him.
Papillon: Thrilling adventure of Henri Charrière's...
16) The hustler
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 135 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
New York. Ames Billiards, with high ceilings and air of hushed concentration, is a church of pool. "Fast" Eddie Felson enters as an innocent con man and leaves with a taste of what the world can do, that talent alone will only get him so far, and that a man's search for "character," that hard-to-define quality that is simultaneously elusive and essential, could last a lifetime. Having come to take on pool legend Minnesota Fats, Eddie is soundly beaten...
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