The top 20 casino film scenes were named as a poll of 2,000 Brits found that almost two-thirds (64%) wish they could shuffle cards like they do in movies – as just 4% would describe their shuffling skills as “very good”.īut now, magician Henri White has starred in a video for .uk – which commissioned the research – to teach aspiring gamblers how to be as impressive as the action they see on the big screen. Meanwhile, other gripping gambling scenes from the silver screen include Paul Newman and Robert Shaw going head-to-head in Five Card Draw in 1973 heist movie, The Sting.Īnd Zach Galifianakis counting cards in Vegas, in 2009 comedy The Hangover, took third place – coming out ahead of the scene which inspired it, from 1988 film Rain Man, in which Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise do the same thing. The tense scene from the 2006 spy film shows Bond taking on terrorist Le Chiffre (portrayed by Mads Mikkelsen), in a high-stakes tournament of Texas Hold'em. Daniel Craig's debut James Bond film, Casino Royale, has been named as having the best on-screen casino scene, according to research.
