great movie, by the same guy that did boogie nights, magnolia.. John has lost all his money. He sits outside a diner in the desert when Sydney happens along, buys him coffee, then takes him to Reno and shows him how to get a free room without losing much money. Under Sydney’s fatherly tutelage, John becomes a successful small-time professional gambler, and all is well, until he falls for Clementine, a cocktail waitress and sometimes hooker
Go here to see all five parts in one playlist: www.youtube.com Native Americans- lacrosse, dice, throwing of bones interview clips of Anthony R. Pico, chairman of the Viejas Tribe. English settlers, lottery and horse racing interview clips with Prof. I. Nelson Rose and gambling historian Richard Sasuly General Washington and lottery to fund the Continental Army and Revolutionary War General Andrew Jackson’s racing horse, Thruxton , and his gambling history.
