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You can watch The Gambler (2014) for free on Kanopy, rent on Apple TV+, or buy on Apple TV+.

Literature professor Jim Bennett leads a secret life as a high-stakes gambler. Always a risk-taker, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Staying one step ahead, he pits his creditor against the operator of an illicit gambling ring while garnering the attention of Frank, a paternalistic loan shark. As his relationship with a student deepens, Bennett must risk everything for a second chance.

Neon-soaked anxiety pulses through every desperate bet and whispered threat. This claustrophobic spiral follows a professor whose reckless addiction turns his own life into the ultimate piece of collateral.

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