Cajun Casino Gambling

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McCain is a high-stakes craps player who loves the pure, adrenalin-pumping, rush of the game. Obama is an exceedingly low-stakes poker player who sizes up his odds methodically and rarely loses money.

It’s a great insight into the two personalities. And there’s an even better scoop a little further down. While I knew most of the details of Obama’s poker-playing, I had no idea McCain was such a hard-core gambler:

In the past decade, [McCain] has played on Mississippi riverboats, on Indian land, in Caribbean craps pits and along the length of the Las Vegas Strip. Back in 2005 he joined a group of journalists at a magazine-industry conference in Puerto Rico, offering betting strategy on request. “Enjoying craps opens up a window on a central thread constant in John’s life,” says John Weaver, McCain’s former chief strategist, who followed him to many a casino. “Taking a chance, playing against the odds.” Aides say McCain tends to play for a few thousand dollars at a time and avoids taking markers, or loans, from the casinos, which he has helped regulate in Congress. “He never, ever plays on the house,” says Mark Salter, a McCain adviser. The goal, say several people familiar with his habit, is never financial. He loves the thrill of winning and the camaraderie at the table.

Only recently have McCain’s aides urged him to pull back from the pastime. In the heat of the G.O.P. primary fight last spring, he announced on a visit to the Vegas Strip that he was going to the casino floor. When his aides stopped him, fearing a public relations disaster, McCain suggested that they ask the casino to take a craps table to a private room, a high-roller privilege McCain had indulged in before. His aides, with alarm bells ringing, refused again, according to two accounts of the discussion.

“He clearly knows that this is on the borderline of what is acceptable for him to be doing,” says a Republican who has watched McCain play. “And he just sort of revels in it.” [emphasis added].

A few thousand dollars at a time?* Wow. That’s more than borderline unseemly, I’d say–easily several hundred thousand dollars over a period of 5-10 years if McCain plays regularly. It’s certainly a far cry from the $1-ante games Obama played in Springfield.

At the end of the piece, a former Obama colleague, refering to Obama’s contemplative gambling style, tells Time, “If he runs his presidency the way he plays poker, I’ll sleep good at night.” I think the converse is true of McCain–I’d sleep pretty poorly if he were to run his presidency the way he plays craps. (And I think the odds are high that he would. He certainly seems to run his campaign that way…)

*Of course, if by “a few thousand dollars at a time” Scherer and Weisskopf mean “a few thousand dollars a roll,” then we’re potentially talking millions of dollars over a period of several years, not hundreds of thousands. We’d be in real pathological territory–nothing particularly borderline about it.
http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_stump/archive/2008/07/06/john-mccain-s-gambling-problem.aspx

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God of Gamblers – “Chow Yun-Fat” “Andy Lau” Uncensored Trailer ?? “Wong Jing” Charles Heung “Joey Wong” “Sharla Cheung” “Ng Man-Tat” “Lung Fong” “Michiko Nishiwaki” amnesia gambler gambling dice Hong Kong action comedy drama film Violent gun fights Las Vegas to gamble trailer preview teaser Heroic Bloodshed Intense hardcore ballistic Max Payne Stranglehold shootouts Cinematography Peter Pau
God of Gamblers (traditional Chinese: ??; simplified Chinese: ??; pinyin: D?shén; lit. God of Gambling) is a 1989 Hong Kong action comedy-drama film written and directed by Wong Jing, and featuring an ensemble cast.
Chow Yun-Fat plays Ko Chun, an extremely talented gambler who can guess how the dice will turn out by listening to them rattle in a cup. On the eve of a big confrontation with a famous Singaporean gambler, Ko walks into a trap set by Knife, an avid but a so-so gambler (Andy Lau), meant for an Indian servant. Struck on the head, Ko suffers from amnesia and regresses to a child-like state. Knife, not knowing who Ko is, takes him in and gives him a name, Chocolate, since Ko now has an over-obsessive love for chocolate. As soon as he recognizes Ko’s talents begins to exploit his abilities. This invites further trouble and trauma for Ko leading up to a big finale. Ko’s bodyguard Dragon arrives after tracking him down to protect him from thugs who tried to kill him. After a fierce gun-battle in which Ko killed all his enemies, he became horrified and ran out into the street where he was struck by a vehicle. Moments later at the hospital, Knife came to visit him only to learn Ko have no memory of him and was thrown out by security to his dismay. Meanwhile, Ko Chun’s driver helps the Singaporean gambler by giving him glasses that can see dots on cards (which tells him if it’s a King, Queen, Jack,or Ace). During the big showdown, Ko Chun loses 2 rounds and during the last round, fools the Singaporean gambler thus winning all of the money. Then, the Singaporean gambler is sent to jail because he misunderstandingly shot Ko Chun’s driver. In the end, Ko Chun remembers Knife and takes him to Las Vegas to gamble.

[edit] Cast

* Chow Yun-Fat as (??/??)Ko Chun(The God of Gamblers) / Chocolate
* Andy Lau as (???)Michael Chan/Knife/Dagger
* Charles Heung as (??)Lung Wu/Dragon
* Joey Wong as (?)Jane/Jen
* Sharla Cheung as Janet
* Ng Man-Tat as (???) Brother Shing
* Lung Fong as (??)Ko Yee
* Michiko Nishiwaki
* Wong Jing (cameo)

[edit] Sequels, spin-offs and parodies

The success of the film spawned many parodies and spin-offs such as All for the Winner starring Stephen Chow. Several more comedy-driven sequels also starring Stephen Chow were released, as well as a sequel where Chow Yun-Fat reprises his role as Ko Chun.

God of Gamblers series:

* God of Gamblers (1989)
* God of Gamblers II (1991) – This film continues where the original God of Gamblers storyline left off. This time, Andy Lau’s character teams up with Stephen Chow’s character from All for the Winner. Chow Yun-Fat did not return for this film, but his God of Gambler character did show up for a brief cameo appearance using archive footage.
* God of Gamblers III: Back To Shanghai (1991) – The film is the sequel to God of Gamblers II. Only several characters from God of Gamblers II returned for this sequel.
* God of Gamblers Returns (1994) – Also released under the name God of Gamblers 2 (but not God of Gamblers II) this is the ‘true’ sequel to the original God of Gamblers film, with Chow Yun-Fat back to reprise his role as the God of Gamblers.
* God of Gamblers 3: The Early Stage (1996) – A markedly unsuccessful prequel of the original God of Gamblers, starring Leon Lai as Ko Chun. It may be assumed that this is a reboot to the God of Gamblers series because of the inconsistencies with the previously established story of God of Gamblers e.g. Ko Chun and his bodyguard, meet for the very first time in the first film and therefore should not know each other in this prequel.

Spin-offs:

* All for the Winner (1990) – Stephen Chow is the Saint of Gamblers in this popular God of Gamblers parody.
* Fist of Fury 1991 (1991) – Stephen Chow’s Saint of Gamblers character does a brief cameo appearance at the start of this film.
* The Top Bet (1991) – This is a spin-off of All for the Winner, with only several characters from the original reprising their role. Stephen Chow did, however, make a cameo appearance in this spin-off. The film stars Anita Mui and Carol Cheng.
* Fight Back to School 3 (1993) – Stephen Chow’s character visits Mr. Hung, the ‘King of Gamblers’ from All for the Winner to gain some gambling tips.
* Saint of Gamblers (1996) – A spin-off of the All for the Winner series, with only Ng Man-Tat reprising his role.

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Two Kentucky women tell their stories of how gambling impacted their families.

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