Runner Runner Hits Buttons that is hot on Sides of Gambling Fence
The American Gaming Association (AGA) has ruffled some feathers by running political ads in regards to the new internet poker film Runner Runner
Movie Stars of films nowadays frequently know in front of time that most types of merchandising and interviews are part of the job. They understand that entertainment reporters will ask them all types of nosey questions about their latest paramour, a scandalous outfit, or a run in because of the paparazzi. But what Runner Runner stars Justin Timberlake and Ben Affleck both undoubtedly seasoned into the ways of Hollywood right now probably did not anticipate were the heated feelings their movie about a wicked internet poker operator, pre-Black Friday, plus the broke student conned by his website would evoke.
Federal Regulations Still Vague
In the current tense climate with some states creating their very own regulatory climate, but nearly all of America still sitting in regulatory limbo they position the film’s message as a ‘cautionary tale,’ and one that federal legislators should take heed of while they wait to see if and when the federal government will finally act the American Gaming Association (which represents the interests of many of the casino industry’s major players) has pulled out all their guns, buying ads throughout social media where.
But the film- which just opened nationwide is perhaps not supposed to make any such statement, say the screenwriters, whom simply thought the similar-to-real-life-but-slightly-embellished tale of a 20-something gambler, played by Timberlake, and his evil offshore poker site nemesis-become-crime-boss, played by Affleck, would make a pretty juicy story. Continue reading “Runner Runner Hits Buttons that is hot on Sides of Gambling Fence”