Saturday, November 29, 2025

Gambling movies


  1. The Pelayos (also known as Winning Streak) is a 2012 Spanish heist film based on the true story of a family that used a legal method to win large sums of money at casinos around the world. The movie follows the family patriarch, Gonzalo, and his son Iván as they discover that roulette wheels are not perfectly balanced, allowing them to create a system for predicting winning numbers. The family then recruits a crew to exploit these imperfections, leading to a life of adventure and international casino heists, but also drawing the attention of casino security and authorities. 

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winning_Streak_(film)
    https://www.primevideo.com/detail/The-Pelayos/0QEA4B6RGRI2VYJXYIUICQXS4R

  2. The movie "21" (2008) is an American heist drama about six MIT students who use card counting to win millions of dollars playing blackjack in Las Vegas. Directed by Robert Luketic, it stars Jim Sturgess as the student who gets recruited by his professor, played by Kevin Spacey. The film is based on the real-life events of the MIT Blackjack Team, chronicled in the book Bringing Down the House by Ben Mezrich.  

    https://www.netflix.com/title/70084788


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