Something is at stake. You can win or lose big time. The blood is rushing, the nerves are intense, and some drops of sweat might show up on the forehead. Gambling is for sure a great scenery for great movies. The ‘win it or lose it’-scenarios can really put characters at their emotional edge which again and again have generated great drama in the theatres.

So, to honor the memorable gambling scenes, we have selected some great movies involving sports betting.

Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, and Robert De Niro are playing some of the leading roles in this modern classic of a romantic comedy-drama. The movie has especially been praised for its excellent acting, which really comes to its best in the scenes involving gambling.

Robert De Niro is playing Patrizio Solitano Sr. and wishes to open a restaurant. Therefore, he bets almost all of his money on the Philadelphia Eagles to win a football game. No spoilers here, but we can reveal that it’s going to create some great drama in his family.

Pulp Fiction (1994)

The iconic Palme d’Or winner that secured Quentin Tarantino his legendary cult status already after his second movie is also a story. Bruce Willis plays Butch Coolidge, a boxer participating in a fixed game with the instructions from the gangster boss Marsellus: “In the fifth, your ass goes down”. Events don’t turn out that way, and this is the start of a hunt between Marsellus’ hitmen and Butch.

 

Two for the Money (2005)

 

One of the best insights into the life of a sports bettor is this movie starring Matthew McConaughey and Al Pacino. McConaughey plays Brandon Lang, a football player who has to retire his career in college football and instead shows a great talent in predicting the results of sports games. Quickly a lot of money is getting involved with Lang’s talent for betting.

Bookies (2003)

This German comedy is focusing on the bookmakers’ experience of betting. Three guys from college decide to head together and establish a little bookmaker business. Their illegal business is not to everyone’s satisfaction when they enter a competitive market. And it all ends in a ‘win it or lose it all’-bet at one big match.

Conclusion

There’s a good amount of fiction in these movies. These ‘all or nothing’-bets are more a dramatized concepts from movies and books rather than real-life experiences. Most players will set themselves a gambling budget and spread their bets on multiple matches to minimize the risk of losing it all at one game.

Sports betting today should also be made at legal, authorized bookmakers. To get an overview of the different authorized bookmakers you can visit a betting guide like www.betflorida.com. Here you can find all the necessary information about the best bookmakers and their different bonuses.