A casino is a gambling establishment that offers a variety of card and gambling games. It also provides food and beverage services to its patrons. Casinos are primarily located in large cities or tourist destinations and are open to the general public. The games available include traditional slot machines and table games such as poker, blackjack, roulette, craps, baccarat, and more.

While Goodfellas gave audiences a glimpse into mob life from the ground level, Casino takes the gangster narrative one step further by exploring the men who controlled those blue collar mobsters. It’s a fascinating look at power and corruption from a different angle, and it also showcases the depth of talent that Martin Scorsese assembled for this movie. From Robert De Niro’s attention to detail as Ace Rothstein, to Joe Pesci’s brilliant creation of Nicky, this is a movie that packs in a lot of engaging themes, and the characterizations are a joy to behold.

The film features the story of Sam “Ace” Rothstein (De Niro), an expert Jewish American gambler who is recruited by the Chicago Outfit to oversee day-to-day operations at the Tangiers Casino in Las Vegas. He soon becomes involved with a streetwise chip hustler named Ginger McKenna (Stone) and must balance his mafia ties with the growing success of his business. Scorsese helms this film with the energy and pacing he’s known for, while he adds little moments of genius like Ace ordering the casino cooks to put exactly a certain number of blueberries in every muffin, or the airborne feds circling a golf course and getting crucial evidence from a low-level hood who kept meticulous records.