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Lay the Favorite (2012)

Lay the Favorite (2012)

R 94 minutes EN Drama , Comedy
How far can a losing shot take you?
A former stripper's talent with numbers lands her a job with a professional gambler who runs a sports book in Las Vegas.
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Production companies: Focus Features, Random Films, Likely Story
Production countries: United Kingdom, United States of America
Budget: $26,350,000
Revenue: $1,576,687

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R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian 21 or older. The parent/guardian is required to stay with the child under 17 through the entire movie, even if the parent gives the child/teenager permission to see the film alone. These films may contain strong profanity, graphic sexuality, nudity, strong violence, horror, gore, and strong drug use. A movie rated R for profanity often has more severe or frequent language than the PG-13 rating would permit. An R-rated movie may have more blood, gore, drug use, nudity, or graphic sexuality than a PG-13 movie would admit.)

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