Sentences with phrase «gambling dens»

And it's only about 30 minutes from the high - stakes gambling dens of Monte Carlo, made famous in James Bond films.

Historically, political parties had their origins in gambling dens — they were a ruse put together by adventurers.

This is the America you see from the road, a series of interchangeable diners, juke joints and generic gambling dens.

Molly teaches herself about Texas hold»em and the vices of rich men, and then saunters around her high - end gambling den like a unimpressed demigoddess in designer stilettos.

He's an incorrigible gambler and a con man on first - name terms with the wrong kind of people — vicious debt collectors and bouncers in underground gambling dens.

Although opening with a smoky gambling den and an enigmatic woman on the periphery (Isabelle Adjani), Hill quickly switches lanes away from the recognisable landscape of film noir and heads for cheap motels, abandoned warehouses and nearly deserted streets.

Otherwise Gerry is rather endearing, a dorky, superstitious sad sack who forms an easy bond with happy - go - lucky fellow gambler Curtis (Ryan Reynolds), as they together tour casinos and gambling dens along the Mississippi river looking to make their fortune.

Though Kokaku may be lazy, he has no compassion for the wicked, often sneaking into gambling dens and pavilions to beat up the baddies!

As he pursues her through the sleek and seamy gambling dens of Las Vegas, shadowed by Sonny's sadistic son, «Junior,» and assisted by unexpected and reluctant allies, Robert learns more about his ex-wife than he ever did during their marriage.

«The most important thing is customer protection, to ensure players are playing something that's fair, that the odds are going to be known to them, and the rates of outcome will be consistent — and that's the problem with gambling dens.

She conjured up the roiling, riotous art camp that was East 10th Street in the 1950s, her home before this one; the leaky, cold - water lofts that she, Mr. Resnick, Franz Kline, Willem de Kooning and other members of the New York School colonized; the endless coffee fueling the endless, passionate debates; the feuds and factions; and the constant, hilarious presence of the F.B.I., trawling for the operators of the Mafia gambling dens the artists unwittingly shared space with.

When my grandmother bought me a little plastic roulette wheel (ah, the toys they thought were «appropriate» back then) he'd rub his hands together with glee at how «lucky» I was and wonder how he could sneak me into an illegal gambling den to make our fortune.

There are also many that thought of the cryptocurrency market as a speculative bubble, a gambling den of sorts where investors can make a killing or lose everything.

It was in any case Europe's great pleasure capital, with a flourishing high culture» literature, theater, art» and, on the wicked end of the spectrum, an abundance of high «class brothels, gambling dens, casinos, and race tracks.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is resisting Gov. Cuomo's push for a constitutional amendment to legalize casinos — unless the measure spells out the exact locations of the gambling dens, insiders say.

Lando hangs out in a gambling den for a good chunk of the film, a setting that also allows for a showcase of the film's many cool, new alien designs.

There's a ton of things to do on the side from random stunts to joining fight clubs, karaoke bars, gambling dens, attending cockfights and betting on them, maintaining relationships with a few potential girlfriends and then there are the stores where you can buy accessories, clothes or even vehicles.

Modern London's art history starts with William Hogarth, who in the Georgian age dwelt on mad houses and gambling dens, brothels and workhouses.

He painted their nightclubs, pool halls, gambling dens and church revival meetings.