While dice shooting is about Lady Luck and Blackjack involves sly card counting and splitting aces, poker is a psychological battle with the bluff as the ultimate mind game. The difference between a winning Texas Hold’em hand and a bad beat is often the ‘tells’ - give-away shrugs, sighs, and shaky hands. SPYSCAPE goes all-in with our 10 top tips to help you decipher your rival’s body language.
Has it really been 20 years since Danny (George Clooney), Rusty (Brad Pitt), and Linus (Matt Damon) conjured up their outrageous plan to pull off a $160m ‘job’ at the Bellagio? In a salute to Ocean’s Eleven (2001), SPYSCAPE ranks the top casino heist films of all time.
SPYSCAPE doubles down with our pick of the top gambling scenes in movies from The Hangover to Molly’s Game, Rounders, Swingers and much more. Will they win it all or lose on the turn of the river? Take a seat in the VIP lounge and let us entertain you.
SPYSCAPE’s spies-and-mob-ties tour of Las Vegas guides you through the city of lights, showgirls, and casinos built from the ground up by mafia crime lords. Sip a martini at the iconic Flamingo hotel (featured in Elvis’ Viva Las Vegas) or explore the strip where 007 (Sean Connery) and Diamonds are Forever smuggler Tiffany Case zipped around in her red, 1971 Ford Mustang. But remember: What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.
If you miss the private jet to Monte Carlo or Macau, you can always recreate the magic at home, where the house always wins. SPYSCAPE has curated a unique collection of casino and espionage-themed board games - perfect for parties or presents. And yes. We’ve been expecting you.
In Guys and Dolls, Marlon Brando pleads with Lady Luck to not "wander all over the room and blow on some other guy's dice". Gamblers, it seems, have their own colorful language from rainbows to railbirds, tokes, and trips. So if you want to be a whale you’ll need to know all the angles.
