Kulo nyaka, ifilimu edume emhlabeni wonke "iCasino" igubhe iminyaka engu-12. Naphezu kokuthandwa kwayo okukhulu, le filimu isalokhu ifihla ngemuva kwesakhiwo sayo imfihlo eminingi. Ngakho-ke, kude nabalandeli abaningi befilimu bayazi ukuthi umdwebo weqhawe likaRobert de Niro Sam Rodstein, wayeyikosi yangempela yama-sweepstakes yama-70s, uFrank Rosenthal, obizwa ngegama elithi "The Lefty." Lesi sici sokuthiwa yi-polukriminalny sitholwe enkantolo, senqaba ukuphendula umbuzo, kwesokunxele noma kwesokudla.
Isazi sezemidlalo esaziwayo uFrank Rosenthal naye ushadile nomuntu oshonile ngokushona ngokweqile emgodini wehhotela eligijima. Ngesinye isikhathi, le ndoda enekhono kakhulu ngezindinganiso zakhe yaba umphathi wezinkinobho ezine ezinkulu kunazo zonke eLas Vegas, esebenza ngaphansi kwe-mafia yaseChicago. Futhi yonke inzuzo ukuthi amatafula kanye nemishini esetshenziswayo yanikezwa ngempela yadluliselwa phezulu kweqembu lobugebengu. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, "onkulunkulu" babeqaphele kakhulu ngo Rosenthal, bewazisa kakhulu amakhono akhe avelele.
Kule ifilimu, izenzakalo eziningi zithathwe empilweni yangempela, kuhlanganise nokuhlambalaza okuhlukumezayo ngokumelene nabancintisana, ukuphakama nokuhlaselwa kwabalingiswa abakhulu. Okuyiqiniso ukuthi i-casino ingasebenza ngaphandle kwelayisense ngesikhathi iKhomishini Yezokugembula ihlolisisa ukusetshenziswa komnikazi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kuze kube manje eLas Vegas, abaqondisi abaqokwayo bezindawo zokudlala banama-frontmen anedumela elihle. Futhi zonke izindaba ziqhutshwa ngabamabhizinisi abanesikhathi esidlulile, eziningi zazo ezihlobene nemindeni emikhulu yaseMelika.
Ngokuhlukile, kufanele kuqashelwe ukuthi ngemva nje kokukhishwa kwe-movie, kuma-casino amaningi e-Nevada kwakuyi-checks mass. Amaphoyisa aqala amacala angaphezu kweshumi nambili ahlobene nokuphanga nezinhlelo zokukhwabanisa embonini yendawo yokudlala. Kulesi senzakalo, abanikazi abaningi be-casino babonise ukunganeliseki kwabo ngokudalulwa okungaqondile embukisweni olandelayo we-Scorsese "cuisine" wezwe lokuthakazelisa.
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kwakunjani, ifilimu "iCasino" isalokhu imele ngokucacile imboni yefilimu "mafia", okuyinto ngaso sonke isikhathi idonsa umbukeli ngemigqa yemigqa emangalisayo futhi idlala imishini ye-slot. Ngemuva kokugubha umfana wakhe oneminyaka engu-12 ubudala, le filimu iyaqhubeka nokuqoqa izilaleli eziningi zabalandeli be-gangster uhlobo, oluphinde lusebentise isidlo esiphundu kakhulu, olunezintandokazi zokudlala abadlali abakhulu.