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.
Nich Moore April 22, 2020 15:41:49
The prohibition era is an endless fascination for Hollywood. Perhaps it is the traumatic implications that draws them back time and time again. A lack of alcohol is an anathema to most moviemakers. Their portrayal of this era then is awash with backroom casinos, police raids and gangsters. Gambling merely exploiting another moral vice for entertainment. Online betting sites in the US like Bovada are today far more open of their affairs, so let us pry open this can of film.
Nich Moore January 26, 2016 18:05:06
Already caught in the headlight strength glare of skeptical media attention following the revelations and denials concerning past wrong-doing, the one thing the Australian Open didn’t need was a Tennis match fixing scandal, but apparently not everyone got the memo and that’s precisely what has caught the headlines. Classic. Tennis Match Fixing Down Under • […]
Frederick H. August 7, 2015 10:36:15
The Sting is based on the real life exploits of Fred and Charley Gondorff. The Sting is a film based on the book “The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man” written by David Maurer. Released in 1973, the film stars Paul Newman and Robert Redford as two con men who try to cross […]
Toni June 24, 2015 10:41:30
The film was the prequel to “The Color of Money” starring Tom Cruise. The Hustler, based on the Walter Tevis novel of the same title, is a lurid tale about a young person who wants to be the best so badly, that he gives up everything to accomplish it. Hailed as a classic, the film […]
Nich Moore May 14, 2015 07:26:14
Online gambling’s superiority over the high street bookmaker isn’t just limited to accessibility, variety and simplicity, but also includes health and safety Gambling has, rather lamentably, always attracted a quantity of crime. Everything from simple muggings up to, and including, the sort of convoluted caper that makes for an entertaining movie plot. However whilst it’s […]
Nich Moore May 14, 2015 07:26:14
Online gambling’s superiority over the high street bookmaker isn’t just limited to accessibility, variety and simplicity, but also includes health and safety Gambling has, rather lamentably, always attracted a quantity of crime. Everything from simple muggings up to, and including, the sort of convoluted caper that makes for an entertaining movie plot. However whilst it’s […]
Nich Moore January 21, 2015 07:22:06
We take a look at the Swedish Hockey League and focus in on one of Friday’s games that sees Brynas up against the Vaxjo Lakers I will have to admit my own attitudes to hockey are somewhat jaundiced by a traumatic school days instance that left me, temporarily, with a squeaky voice and a new […]
Nich Moore July 23, 2014 15:22:25
Boxing has been around a while now, just a few hundred years, and we take a closer look at the sport as a whole With Saturday’s bout between Tyson Fury and Dereck Chisora already set to give the tabloid press a seizure from so much knee-jerk pearl clutching, we here at Gaming Zion are going […]
