In the streets of New York, there is a public underground of gamblers and “hustlers” that earn their meager income through cutthroat games of chess. These so-called “chess hustlers” ride a fine line of practicing illegal gambling in public areas like Central Park and providing vast amounts of knowledge to
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Blackjack is a rather simple game when observing from afar. All you have to do is try to get your cards to add up as close to 21 as possible, without exceeding that number. What people from afar fail to realize is how much more is involved to be successful
Imagine dedicating your entire young life to being the best baseball player that you can be, just to end up getting banned from baseball for life. Imagine throwing away a world series title just to make some extra spending money. Can you imagine that? As hard as I find it
When you think of Vegas, one pseudonym pops into your mind; Sin City. Las Vegas, Nevada is the pinnacle of legalized progressive thought shoved together into a city in the middle of the desert. One could do basically whatever they want and as the saying goes, “what happens in Vegas,
The film 21 illustrates a significant overlap between art and crime. Inspired by the true story of card counters at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the gifted MIT student, Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess), uses creativity and performance art to scam the gambling system in Las Vegas, and earn hundreds of thousands