An expert poker player and a man who feels at home in a casino, Alexis enjoys the thrill he gets from gambling. But what for Alexis is a pleasurable past time and part of a career, is a habit that ruined his father. This personal contact with the disease of addiction is what prompted Alexis to explore the tipping point that turns the odd flutter into something darker and more dangerous.
In this hard hitting documentary Alexis asks why people can't place one bet and then walk away,When some men and women are compelled to lose their shirt, their house and their families on a losing streak.Traveling around British to Las Vegas and to Athens, Greece, Alexis meets gambling addicts, experts and members of his own family to try and understand what makes gambling for some a compulsion that can end in ruin.
Gambling Addiction and Me : The Real Hustler will be shown at The Rochester Recovery Film Festival on Saturday September 13,2014 at Monroe Community College at 2:00pm and will be followed by Q &A about the film.
Tickets are available now with discount weekend passes for only $30.00 available until August 30,2014
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