Sentences with phrase «as a gambling addict»

Establishing Richie's father (Heard, Justice League: The New Frontier) as another gambling addict is a tell that he's going to get into trouble that is going to compromise Richie's freedom of will.

«Saint John of Las Vegas»: Comedy starring Steve Buscemi as a gambling addict who flees Las Vegas in an effort to clean up his life.

In «Mississippi Grind,» Ben Mendelsohn stars as a gambling addict who doesn't know when to cash his chips in and call it a day, and Ryan Reynolds is a flighty traveler who likes to gamble for fun and doesn't care about winning or losing.

Not exact matches

Drugs, cigarettes, and alcohol are the most commonly considered addiction, but it's also possible (and almost as dangerous) to become addicted to gambling or sex.

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There are some fascinating theories to be explored as to why some people become so addicted to gambling.

And although there have been frequent stories in the media about women who are gambling addicts, men are more than twice as likely as women to be problem gamblers.

Like an addict with a gambling problem, it took my a long time to admit to having these issues, but now that I have owned up to them and begun addressing them, as well as seeing the results, I feel I will be able to continue to improve.

The gambling addict has a rightfully bitter ex-wife, a job as a real estate agent that he's no good at, and he owes money to everybody.

The film is fairly paint - by - numbers and mostly predictable, but a standout performance from Shannon as the drunk, gambling - addicted father of a high school basketball star and an impressive turn from the always - welcome, always - gorgeous Carla Gugino will help position Wolves for a decently widespread theatrical release, though it probably won't have much staying power.

Wahlberg plays college professor Jim Bennett, a gambling addict who begins the film by blowing a small fortune as if it were nothing.

Croupier (Hen's Tooth, Blu - ray, DVD), the 1998 film that helped elevate the career of Clive Owen, is a low - key drama with Owen as a would - be writer and a gambling addict in denial who takes a high paying job at a casino.

As a former gambling addict, Michel channels his obsessive nature into getting to the bottom of the complex network of drug lords, discovering that corruption exists at the top and around him.

Jean Dujardin, who picked up an Oscar as the charismatic lead in that other period piece, «The Artist,» is Pierre Michel, a police magistrate and possible former gambling addict, devoted to the junkies he leans on for information on the juvenile squad.

Many novices become addicted to trading, and subsequently, start treating their trading as just another form of gambling.

People who didn't even know they were gambling addicts buy and buy as well, past their means and what they can afford because they can't help themselves.

Further, the video game industry as a whole and the age ratings don't take into account whether games have gambling of this sort, which the report says is «particularly problematic for minors and gambling addicts.»

As reported by Agence France - Presse, Didier Jambart claims he used up his family's savings and resorted to stealing after becoming addicted to Internet gambling, and that he also became sexually compulsive, engaging in cross-dressing, exposing himself online and participating in risky sexual encounters that culminated in being raped.