A former stripper's talent with numbers lands her a job with a professional gambler who runs a sports book in Las Vegas.
Lay the Favorite is of 1 hour(s) and 34 minute(s). It is Produced By: Focus Features, Random Films, Likely Story. It was released on 2012-06-22. It has the tagline: How far can a losing shot take you? It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.
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