Sam "Ace" Rothstein, the consummate bookie who can change the odds merely by placing a bet, has risen through the ranks of the Midwestern mob to be picked by the bosses to front their entree into Vegas. Ace lives and breathes the odds. He eventually doubles the mob''s take and changes the rules of how the casinos are run.

But he can''t control the odds when it comes to Ginger McKenna, the chip-hustling vamp who charms Ace and becomes his wife. His infatuation with Ginger turns to obsession as she rises with him to the upper crust of society, then turns to the bottle and pills for consolation in her gilded cage.

The third member of this triangle of greed and obsession is Nicky Santoro, Ace''s best friend and fellow graduate of the city streets. Together, they run the perfect operation, with Ace in charge and Nicky providing the muscle. But as Nicky expands his interests and each man gains power, their lives become entangled in a story of hot tempers, obstinacy, money, love and deception.

Directed by
Martin Scorsese

Cast
Robert De Niro - Sam "Ace" Rothstein
Sharon Stone - Ginger McKenna
Joe Pesci - Nicky Santoro
James Woods - Lester Diamond
Don Rickles - Billy Sherbert
Alan King - Andy Stone
Kevin Pollack - Phillip Green
L Q Jones - Pat Webb
Dick Smothers - Senator
Frank Vincent - Frank Marino
John Bloom - Don Ward
Pasquale Cajano - Remo Gaggi

Production Co.
DeFina/Cappa Films

Produced by
Barbara De Fina
Joseph Reidy

Studio
Universal Pictures

Writer
Nicholas Pileggi
Martin Scorsese

Music
Bobby Mackston