Quote from: cryptomaniac_xxx on May 24, 2025, 06:41:14 AM

I saw this thread Gambling in Pop Culture and I remember one movie in particular, starring John Malcovich and Matt Damon. And it makes me wonder about those underground gambling rings. And also when I was growing up watching movies locally, there will always this plot twist that there is a illegal gambling den and it will be raided by the hero of the movie and then those running it says it is being protected by high officials of the government.

And so have you heard of it like in your country?

I also dig one story about it here:

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Eugene Trincher ran a high-stakes illegal poker game in New York City from 2010 through April 2013. At these games, the pots frequently reached tens of thousands of dollars or more. The operators of these poker games, including Eugene Trincher, collected percentages of the pots known as "rakes." Each of the poker games employed at least five or more people to assist with the operation of the poker games, payments of debts, and collection of debts.

https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/newyork/press-releases/2013/defendants-plead-guilty-in-manhattan-federal-court-to-participating-in-racketeering-conspiracy-with-russian-american-organized-crime-enterprise-operating-international-sportsbook-and-to-participating-in-a-gambling-ring

Or have you played in this kind of underground gambling den before?

Now thats quite interesting. Its like a little elite club. Hush hush secret spot vibes. I dig it. Reminds me of that one movie with will ferrel more recent its called like the house always wins or something stupid like that. Anyways, how cool would it be to just park in this like off chute spot and walk over a street through a shopping plaza go into some secret pathways and bam you're in like this stellar secret spot that hardly anyone knows about it and if you do know about it you're cool. That would be fun. I don't know how you get to be a part of those lol.