Owning Mahowny (2003)

[iamwhatiseem]

Considered one of the more accurate "true story depictions" ever made.
A story of a man who is arguably the most addicted person to gambling that has ever walked the earth.
But he, himself, was broke. He had no money to speak of.
Yet he gambled and lost $10,000,000s in only one year.
How he did it, as described in his own words explaining to Detectives "I had an incredible string of lucky circumstances".
At one point, the man actually beat Las Vegas in one of the biggest wins ever - $9 million up.
He lost in all in 8 hours.

 

[Zavulon]

Nice movie. Watched it once. Something about a person, who didn't know when he needs to stop, and when just gather money or cut the loses. Looks like the modern America, just raising and raising the stakes in the international game.
But, of course, gambling with money is much more safe and adequate than gambling with human lifes.