Jonathan April 8, 2024 16:49:15
The vast majority of movie goers don't care about the card games being played in Casino Royale. It's just a plot device after all. However, gaming experts might winch at some of the writer's decisions they ask James Bond to perform. Playing Texad Hold'em has a real dozy at the end.
Jonathan December 11, 2023 22:35:08
Thanks in part to a long history, as well as the movies of Hollywood, casino roulette remains one of the most commonly thought about games when anyone is speaking about gambling at the casino. This is also in thanks to it being concieved as a rich person's pastime. The casinos have clevery bought together wealth with implied sophistication in order to create a game eveyone finds alluring.
Jonathan December 11, 2023 20:22:23
Part of the shlick of being 007, the cool and sauve secret agent, is a life consisting of a mix of mystery and luxury. So its only fitting that Bond should frequent the world's most glamourous casinos. In movie-land, being able to play and win cards or roulette is seen as a skill rather than games of luck. It's all part of the mystique of the handsome leading man and also helps drive the narrative of Bond being a winner of all things.
Jonathan October 18, 2023 12:25:54
Depending on your point of view, cruise ships are either floating palaces or floating prisons. Either way, the passengers can't get off when they want. So it's the perfect place for a casino. All the top luxury cruise liners allow gambling on board once they reach international waters.
Jonathan September 18, 2023 17:09:30
By its very nature, gambling consists of huge highs and lows, coupled with the random nature of winning or losing. Therefore this activitity lends itself to both movies and literature very well. There have een countless films and books written on the subject. This has led to many famous quotes forming in the public's mind.
Jonathan August 2, 2023 21:33:35
In an age where everything revolves around the visual image, books have taken a secon place when it comes to wriiten media. Yet still the vast majority of movies begin their lives as best-selling books. In many ways, we prefer books as they let the reader's imagination construct a visual story, as opposed to a movie which is just the vision of the director. The same goes for movies about gambling and the world of casino games.
Nich Moore April 22, 2020 15:21:47
With a Walther PPK, a perfectly tailored tux and a seemingly bottomless line of credit James Bond makes a splash. That no spy draws this much attention to themselves apparently just not important to audiences. There might have been other movies featuring espionage in casinos but Bond stole this show. As Bet365 is the best of the online betting sites in the UK, so James Bond is the be all and end all of cinema spies. His casinos scenes are legend and have become a default public perception.
Parandzem December 23, 2019 17:14:48
There are lots of casino movies. We collected the best of them for all preferences -the classics and some new fun must watch movies.
Nich Moore May 15, 2015 06:00:19
As the real-world casino sector starts to feed on itself like a delirious vampire we look at what their premises might be used for when they go broke As US gambling laws continue to slowly become more suitable for the 21st century and online betting sites like Bet365 bestride the globe I continue my search […]
Defying old stereotypes, the success of female poker pros has promoted female interest in the game. Not only is poker is one of the gambling industry’s most popular games, it is also one of its most mythologized. From films like Casino Royale to Rounders and Maverick, we are filled with images of suit-clad tough guys […]
Derek Sebastian May 7, 2012 16:21:24
A Mexican casino set on fire by dernaged gangsters results in 52 people dead. Now, the monsters get convicted.
Nick M. January 24, 2011 08:17:02
On January 17, over 300 tourists and locals were gambling at the Casino Royale in the ritzy exclusive area of San Jeronimo Monterrey, Mexico as a platoon of heavily armed and
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