The Last Casino (2004)
Genre : Drama, Comedy
Runtime : 1H 32M
Director : Pierre Gill
Synopsis
A University teacher finds three bright students and decides to teach them how to count cards to make lots of money. As they learn how to play the casinos, things get tricky when the debt owing teacher informs them that their front man wants restitution for loses in about a weeks time. The three students decide to hit all the major casinos in Ontario and Quebec until discovered.
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