Going for Broke

Going for Broke (2003)

She played her life away ... one coin at a time.

With the innocent dropping of a few coins into a video poker machine, Laura Bancroft's world is about to change forever. Inspired by true events, Going for Broke is the compelling, hard-hitting story of one woman's overwhelming addiction to gambling.

Date of release
2003-07-14
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (8)
Runtime
1h 28m
Genres
Drama, TV Movie
Director
Graeme Campbell

Casting

Interesting facts

Going for Broke is a 2003 Canadian-American made-for-television drama film directed by Graeme Campbell and starring Delta Burke, Elliot Page, Matthew Harbour, Francis X. McCarthy and Gerald McRaney. It is based on the true story of former Juvenile Diabetes Foundation charity director Gina Garcia, who from 1993 to 1997 fraudulently issued cheques from the charity to herself in order to funnel money into her bank account for her compulsive gambling addiction, after which she was arrested, resulting in legislation that required that casinos and other gaming establishments in the state of Nevada have a telephone number posted for gambling addiction services.

Production

Although set in Reno, Nevada, Going For Broke was shot entirely in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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