According to the ALDF, Vick's operation «housed and trained over 50 pit bull dogs, staged dog fights, killed dogs and ran a high
stakes gambling ring with purses up to $ 26,000.»
Aaron Sorkin's directorial debut tells the fiendishly complicated story of how a very smart 26 - year - old named Molly Bloom (Chastain) came to operate a high -
stakes gambling ring that pulled in Hollywood celebrities, Wall Street billionaires and Russian mobsters — a recipe not only for a very expensive disaster but also for a sensationally entertaining movie that maintains a tight grip on the audience over nearly 2 1/2 hours.
Not exact matches
But a high
stakes underground
gambling ring comes with plenty of danger, which finds Molly in more than her share of legal trouble.