Lay the Favorite (2012)
A former stripper's talent with numbers lands her a job with a professional gambler who runs a sports book in Las Vegas.
Top billed cast
Rebecca HallBeth Raymer
Bruce WillisDink Heimowitz
Catherine Zeta-JonesTulip Heimowitz
Joshua JacksonJeremy
Laura PreponHolly
Frank GrilloFrankie
Wayne PéréScott
John Carroll LynchDave Greenberg
Vince VaughnRosie
Corbin BernsenJerry
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