Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie (2002) on Netflix
Benny Silman leaves Brooklyn for Arizona State, where his mathematical gift and the proximity of Las Vegas turn him into a campus bookie. A Chicago stockbroker proposes playing the point spread.
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Benny Silman, a Brooklyn kid, enrolls at Arizona State University to study economics and finds the coursework easy given his head for numbers. The proximity of Las Vegas draws him to sports betting. He first works for a bookie named Troy, then sets up on his own with a circle of student clients. A friend's older brother, the Chicago stockbroker Joe Jr., suggests a way to beat the spread with help from a college basketball player, Stevin 'Hedake' Smith. A local drug lord, Big Red, wants in as a second investor, and Benny keeps that arrangement from Joe Jr. Callie, a rancher's daughter from Carolina, tells him not to waste his talent.
