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If Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn had come of age by the end of the twentieth century looking for an all-American adventure, they probably would've headed for Vegas. However, they'd have been hard-pressed to be on a wilder ride than the one taken by Tom Breitling and Tim Poster to the very best of the famed Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino. Call them the chances Few. Breitling is a child who lives next door if you grow up in Burnsville, Minnesota. He never saw 100 dollar bill or The Godfather until he went to college. Poster comes from a family group of oddsmakers who reach for the Doritos on sports Sundays and scream for the point spread. He was whistling Sinatra and booking games at his Las Vegas senior high school. Their unlikely friendship began in school over an eight-dollar veal parmigiana sandwich that led to a partnership in a hotel reservation business. You start with a desk, a chair, a pillow, and a telephone, Tim and Tom grew an organization that they sold through the dot.com boom for $105 million. This allows Tim to pursue his childhood dream of owning a casino and taking back the glory days of Vegas. When Tim ups the odds and raises the limits to give gamblers the best game around, a craps player nicknamed "Mr. Royalty," who's using one of the latest winning streaks ever sold, heads for the Nugget. When he starts to consider Tom and Tim for millions, the relationship is put to the test. But Tim refuses to cool off on the odds or the high limits, telling his partner, "From the ballsy proposition here. It's gonna be considered a roller coaster drive. But we don't have a public company to answer to. It's just you and me." When Mr. Royalty rolls twenty-two consecutive passes and rakes in a mountain of chips, he takes Tim and Tom to the brink. They need to figure out a way to hold up the House. Just as they do, the roller coaster ride really gets rolling-and the ride becomes crazier than they'd ever truly imagined.
