Going for Broke (2003)

Directed by

Graeme Campbell

Genre

drama film

Country

United States, Canada

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman runs a charity for juvenile diabetes but secretly takes money to pay for her gambling problem. When the fraud is discovered, she faces arrest and the fallout affects those around her.

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What happens

Going for Broke is a 2003 Canadian-American made-for-television drama film directed by Graeme Campbell and starring Delta Burke, Elliot Page, Matthew Harbour, Francis X. McCarthy and Gerald McRaney. It is based on the true story of former Juvenile Diabetes Foundation charity director Gina Garcia, who from 1993 to 1997 fraudulently issued cheques from the charity to herself in order to funnel money into her bank account for her compulsive gambling addiction, after which she was arrested, resulting in legislation that required that casinos and other gaming establishments in the state of Nevada have a telephone number posted for gambling addiction services. The film was also notable for being one of Canadian Page's early American acting roles, before mainstream success in films such as Juno, Hard Candy and The Tracey Fragments. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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