“Set in Sin City, story revolves around two people who discover they’ve gotten married following a night of debauchery, with one of them winning a huge jackpot after playing the other’s quarter. Unhappy pair try to undermine each other and get their hands on the money — falling in love along the way. Written by Marisa_Gabriella”

• Director: Tom Vaughan
• Release Date: 9 May 2008 (USA)
• Run Time: USA:99 min | 101 min (extended edition)
• Country: USA
• Genre: Comedy , Romance
• MPAA: Rated PG-13 for some sexual and crude content, and language,including a drug reference.

Tagline: Get Lucky.

Goofs: Factual errors: Joy throws dices that are opaque. Opaque dice are never used in casinos.

“Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent, student at M.I.T. in Boston who strives to succeed. Wanting a scholarship to transfer to Harvard School of Medicine with the desire to become a doctor, Ben learns that he cannot afford the $300,000 for the four to five years of schooling as he comes from a poor, working-class background. But one evening, Ben is introduced by his unorthodox math professor Micky Rosa into a small but secretive club of five. Students Jill, Choi, Kianna, and Fisher, who are being trained by Professor Rosa of the skill of card counting at blackjack. Intrigued by the desire to make money, Ben joins his new friends on secret weekend trips to Las Vegas where, using their skills of code talk and hand signals, they have Ben make hundreds of thousands of dollars in winning blackjack at casino after casino. Ben only wants to make enough money for the tuition to Harvard and then back out. But as fellow card counter, Jill Taylor, predicts, Ben becomes corrupted by greed and his arrogance at winning which lets his feelings get in the way, and it also puts Professor Rosa, as well as the group, on the radar of a brutal casino security enforcer, named Cole Williams, who holds a personal grudge of some kind against Rosa which threatens to undo everything the students have learned and earned. Written by matt-282″

• Director: Robert Luketic
• Release Date: 28 March 2008 (USA)
• Run Time: 123 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Drama
• MPAA: Rated PG-13 for some violence, and sexual content including partial nudity.

Tagline: Inspired by the true story of five students who changed the game forever.

Trivia: Cameo: [Gustaf Skarsgård]Long-haired man working for Cole Williams. He can be seen chasing Ben in the final run out of the casino.

Goofs: Crew or equipment visible: When Ben leaves the Hard Rock Hotel after their first night in Vegas, the shadow of the Cameraman and Camera on the dolly are visible on the hotel front and security guards in the background.

“The unluckiest man in Vegas – a guy whose bad luck is contagious – is used by the last of the old time mob run casinos to kill high rollers’ action. That is, until he falls in love with a cocktail waitress and gets “lady luck,” which throws the situation into reverse. Things turn nasty when the casino director tries to break up the romance. Written by Anonymous”

• Director: Wayne Kramer
• Release Date: 27 February 2004 (Turkey)
• Run Time: 101 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Drama , Romance , Comedy
• MPAA: Rated R for strong sexuality, violence, language and some drug use. (edited version)

Tagline: When your life depends on losing… the last thing you need is lady luck.

Trivia: The movie is based near Fremont street, which is now known as the Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas. It’s the original Las Vegas casino area before the strip was developed. Only the aerial exterior shots were filmed in Las Vegas. The majority of the location shots were all filmed in Reno, Nevada.

Goofs: Continuity: Natalie’s hair changes several times between shots when telling Bernie about her ‘Little Joe.’

“It was an ingenious enough plan: rob the Riviera Casino’s count room during an Elvis impersonator convention. But Thomas Murphy decided to keep all the money for himself and shot all his partners, including recently-freed ex-con Michael Zane. With $3.2 million at stake, the Marshals Service closing in, and single mom Cybil Waingrow and her son Jesse constantly confounding things, Michael must track down Murphy. Written by Jeff Cross {blackjac_1998@yahoo.com}”

• Director: Demian Lichtenstein
• Release Date: 23 February 2001 (USA)
• Run Time: 125 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Action , Comedy , Crime , Thriller
• MPAA: Rated R for strong violence, sexuality and language.

Tagline: Crime Is King.

Trivia: During filming in Vancouver, Kurt Russell (Michael Zane) visited the nearby set of "Stargate SG-1" (1997) and met the cast. Russell starred as Colonel Jack O’Neil in the original Stargate (1994). His role was adopted by Richard Dean Anderson in the spin-off series and the character’s name was changed slightly (to Colonel Jack O’Neill).

Goofs: Crew or equipment visible: Reflected in Murphy’s sunglasses as he is riding in the stolen van.

“The Griswolds head off for Las Vegas, as Clark got an extra bonus for developing a food preservative. In the city of fortune, the family ties are once again tested by forces of nature: Ellen finds herself tempted by Wayne Newton, Clark manages to lose all the money the Griswolds own, Rusty, not being 21 years of age yet, hits a lucky streak as Mr. Pappagiorgio and Audrey teams up with Cousin Eddie’s daughter Vickie to dance at very interesting night clubs. Also, the Griswolds nearly cause the breaking of Hoover Dam, Clark meets some of Siegfried and Roy’s white tigers up close and Cousin Eddie, who now owns some land right out of Las Vegas, gladly offers his helping hand. But the feeling of love and family will bring them all back together again, be it richer or poorer than before – what does money matter anyway? Written by Julian Reischl {julianreischl@mac.com}”

• Director: Stephen Kessler
• Release Date: 14 February 1997 (USA)
• Run Time: 93 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Comedy
• MPAA: Rated PG for sensuality, language and thematic elements.

Tagline: This time the Griswolds are on a roll.

Trivia: The only film in the National Lampoon’s Vacation series not to be written by John Hughes.

Goofs: Continuity: When Eddie takes Clark to the “different kind of casino” there is a $20 bill on the war table. Then as they approach the table it disappears and then Clark lays the same $20 bill on the table.