
Runner Runner
Everyone gambles.
They may call it something else,
like the stock market, or real estate.
But make no mistake.
If you're risking something,
you're gambling.
And if you're gambling...
Hey.
...then I'm the guy you want to see.
Do you ever follow up a mistake
with another wretched mistake?
I hate the expression "I hear you. "
Because what it usually means
is, "I'm ignoring you. "
But, Professor Hornstein, I hear you.
It's just that I was planning
on taking my wife skiing in Vermont
on break, and now...
And now, the online sports book
has your money.
The poker site has some of it, too.
I was hoping, perhaps,
you could get it back for me.
I can't get you back what I don't have.
I gave you a coupon
for discounted play on the site.
You used it. Lost. That's it.
You got all the answers, don't you?
Of course you do.
Okay.
Professor, you ever heard
of Rush Street Capital?
- Yeah.
- I worked there.
One year away from becoming a Portfolio
Manager and a seven-figure bonus
when the meltdown happened
and the firm blew up.
But I learned two things from it.
Hard work alone
doesn't protect your downside
What do
college campuses have in common
with Las Vegas and Atlantic City?
Gambling is now so prevalent
among college students,
it's creating serious problems
with few easy answers.
Worldwide, online gambling
has reached epidemic proportions.
Four years
ago, the big Nevada casinos
thought of online gaming
as the competition.
Now, they're realizing
that with their brand name recognition,
they can maybe
get a big piece of the online action.
With
access to high-stakes gambling
teenagers are the latest group
to fall into the gambling web.
With
reports of revenue in excess
of thirty billion dollars a year.
Anyone
with access to the internet
can gamble away their life savings
without stepping foot out of their home.
Department
of Justice has indicted
the top 3 major offshore
online poker sites.
Players are
convinced that a cheater
can somehow see his opponent's hand.
Department
that Ivan Block has become a major
target of federal investigation
and continues to operate outside
federal jurisdiction in Costa Rica.
With no
legal recourse whatsoever.
At Princeton,
you're either bred for it
or you bleed for it.
And I can't seem to stop bleeding.
My general concern, Mr. Furst,
is that you are
promoting gambling on campus.
My more pressing concern,
the one expressed to me
by Mr. Arnaud's father
is that you are encouraging Paul to gamble.
You told your dad that, Paul?
It's his credit card.
The point is, Mr. Furst,
Mr. Arnaud did not send his boy
3,500 miles from home
on the road to perdition.
You are supposed to be
earning your Masters of Finance
and serving as
a graduate teaching assistant.
Instead, you are running
some kind of virtual casino.
Gambling is forbidden on campus.
Bookmaking is forbidden on campus.
And if you don't change your tune,
you're going to be
forbidden on campus as well.
Now, if you'll excuse us,
I'll finish with Mr. Furst alone.
Paul. Thanks, man.
Looked at your transcripts.
Spoke to your professors.
Even read some of your papers.
You have a real gift.
I want you to make this place proud.
But you've got your hands
in your fellow students' pockets.
I've never stolen anything from anyone.
Dean, I'm not eligible for financial aid
because my past income is too high.
But that money is basically gone.
I owe $21,000 tuition, due next week.
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