An American football player whose career is cut short by injury becomes the protege of a power player in the world of sports gambling because of his knack for predicting winners. For a time the former sportsman enjoys the life of a high-roller, but when his touch begins to falter his mentor starts to turn on him and the pair engage in a fraught game of con and counter-con. Drama, with Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey, Rene Russo and Armand Assante.

A former college athlete joins forces with a sports consultant to handicap football games for high-rolling gamblers.