The casino industry is a fascinating one. It is full of people with an insatiable desire to win, but it is also a business that generates billions of dollars in profit. This is the story of a small group of mobster-backed casino owners who run Vegas\u2019 most popular casinos. Their power and prestige are based on their ability to manipulate the odds in order to make money. It is an insidious way of making money, but it works.<\/p>\n
To keep their patrons gambling longer, casinos offer them comps like free spectacular entertainment, reduced-fare transportation, hotel rooms and more. In addition, they encourage players to drink heavily, which clouds their sense of time and money spent at the tables. It also reduces their ability to rationally evaluate the odds of winning, and it increases their confidence in their own ability to beat the house.<\/p>\n
Casino is a brilliant film that shows us how this system works, and it highlights the many betrayals that come with the years when these men change and want different things from life. Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci are in top form as always, but Sharon Stone is the star of this movie.<\/p>\n