Demi Moore og Woody Harrelson spiller Diana og David Murphy, et par som er hårdt spændt for og satser på lidt held i spil på en hurtig tur til Las Vegas. Men oddsene bliver pludselig meget mere interressante da milliardæren John Gage (Robert Redford) forhøjer indsatsen til absolut økonomisk frihed. Prisen? En lidenskabelig nat med Diana. Udbyttet? En rund millon dollars. Men hvad der synes at være en hurtig og enkel løning på deres økonomiske problemer skaber flere uoverensstemmelser end parret havde regnet med da Gages overbevisende tilbud sætter tillid, kærlighed og tiltrækning på spil. Fra den roste instruktør Adrian Lyne (Farligt begær, Flashdance) kommer her en film om et fascinerende moralsk spil, et spil hvor hver deltager han sin strategi og sine spilleregler.

Advokatspiren Mike McDermott og vennen Worm er notoriske pokerspillere og ludomaner i højeste potens. Mike er et psykologisk og intelligent geni, Worm er "mekaniker", dvs. snyder sig til den gode hånd. Da Worm får efterhånden stablet en enorm gæld på benene og benene er præcis hvad det umage par må tage på nakken, for at slippe ud af gælden med livet i behold.

Turen går til Las Vegas for den efterhånden hårdt prøvede Griswold-familie. Mor Ellen udveksler flirtende blikke med loungesangeren Wayne Newton, mens far Clark satser hele familieformuen ved blackjack-bordet og oplever Siegfried og Roys tigershow på lidt for nært hold. Også sønnike, Rusty, prøver lykken ved spillebordene, når han udgiver sig for at være highrolleren Mr. Pappagiorgio.

Syv fyre laver et væddemål: Den sidste, der bliver gift, vinder alle deres fællesinvesterede penge. Syv år senere er kun Michael og Kyle ungkarle, og i mellemtiden har investeringen vokset sig stor. Michael har tabt en formue i Las Vegas og begynder derfor at lege Karsten Giftekniv for at få afsat Kyle

Lawrence og Freddie er fuskere med stort F. De lever højt på at narre stakater fra rige kvinder ved den franske Riviera. En dag bliver de bliver enige om, at området ikke er stort nok til dem begge og aftaler, at den første det kan få 50.000 dollars ud af en ung kvinde vinder retten til territoriet, mens den anden i stedet må finde nye jagtmarker. I den kamp gælder alle tricks.

Hele Gerrys (Ben Mendelsohn) liv er blevet ødelagt af hans spilleafhængighed. Han har mistet sin kone og sit barn, og nu kommer han måske til at miste stykker af sig selv, for hans aggressive lånehaj kræver, at der bliver betalt af på gælden. Men så møder Gerry pokerspilleren Curtis (Ryan Reynolds). De bliver venner og beslutter sig for at tage på en tur sammen for at score den helt store gevinst. Instruktørparret Anna Boden og Ryan Fleck stod tidligere bag It's Kind of a Funny Story og Half Nelson.

Carefree single guy Charlie Waters rooms with two lovely prostitutes, Barbara Miller and Susan Peters, and lives to gamble. Along with his glum betting buddy, Bill Denny, Charlie sets out on a gambling streak in search of the ever-elusive big payday. While Charlie and Bill have some lucky moments, they also have to contend with serious setbacks that threaten to derail their hedonistic betting binge.

For this second film in the cult comedy series Torrente takes our fat police officer from Madrid to Marbella in Spain to investigate a villain’s plot to destroy the city with a missile. This James Bond style slapstick comedy became the most successful box-office film in Spanish film history beating out only the first Torrente film.

Jack Manfred is an aspiring writer who to make ends meet, takes a job as a croupier. Jack remains an observer, knowing that everything in life is a gamble and that gamblers are born to lose. Inevitably, he gets sucked into the world of the casino which takes its toll on his relationships and the novel he is writing.

David and Linda Howard are successful yuppies from LA. When he gets a job disappointment, David convinces Linda that they should quit their jobs, liquidate their assets, and emulate the movie Easy Rider, spending the rest of their lives traveling around America...in a Winnebago.

Nogle mistænkelige dødsfald hos en række mænd i London, kaldes ud fra deres lighedspunkter for Pyjamas-mordene. Sherlock Holmes og vennen Dr. Watson er i Skotland på fisketur, men involveres i den sindige intrige

A bank clerk is drawn into the risky world of a gorgeous gambling addict.

Mary Rutledge arrives from the east, finds her fiancé dead, and goes to work at the roulette wheel of Luis Chamalis' Bella Donna, a rowdy gambling house in San Francisco in the 1850s. She falls in love with miner Jim Carmichael and takes his gold dust at the wheel. She goes after him, Chamalis goes after her with intent to harm Carmichael.

When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the casino manager, she gets hooked on gambling, to the point where she "borrows" David's expense money to pursue her addiction. This finally breaks up their marriage, but David continues trying to help her.

Heading west for his health, Colonel Lambeth takes his daughter Rill along. Lost on the desert they are saved by Pecos and Chito. The Colonel hires the two and the Lambeths soon find themselves mixed up in Pecos' trouble. Pecos has killed Sawtelle's brother and Sawtelle as head of the vigilantes is after him.

An electric shock enables Satch to predict numbers, so the Bowery Boys are off to Las Vegas to win enough money at the roulette wheels to let their landlady buy an apartment building. Witnessing his winning streak, some gangsters decide to move in and find out his "system" for beating the odds.

A young playwright spends his last cent to pay the past-due rent for the pretty dancer who's his boarding house next-door neighbor. Soon after, he winds up at a gambling club, where he wins big - just before a police raid.

Lt. Fergie Howard teams up with Lt. Beau Gilliam and Navy scientist Jason Eldridge to turn a supercomputer with missile-tracking capabilities into a tool to predict where a roulette ball will land. They dock in Venice, Italy, and begin making a killing at the casino, but their shore-to-ship signals get misinterpreted as signs of attack by Adm. Fitch, putting a serious crimp in the officers' get-rich-quick scheme.

A socialite finds herself involved in a murder trial that is prosecuted by her boyfriend.

A ring passes between a lot of different people, giving the bearer or someone close a new meaning to life. Actors, embezzlers, old ladies and cheated husbands all seem to gain temporary hope from misery and disillusionment.