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Internet gambling and the expansion of casinos beyond the Nevada State Line have put a financial strain on racetracks. Johnny Luck, Hong Mian triad big shot, and his beautiful blonde ex-jockey protege, Jesse James, are always on the lookout for ways to expand the triad's gambling operation. Back in the fifties and sixties, Jai Alai was a big deal in Florida. Gamblers would fill the frontons and drop thousands of dollars betting on Basque athletics competing in a sport that was so dangerous it was referred to as the Ballet of Bullets and The Game Is Dodging Death. Johnny Luck sees the potential…mehr

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Internet gambling and the expansion of casinos beyond the Nevada State Line have put a financial strain on racetracks. Johnny Luck, Hong Mian triad big shot, and his beautiful blonde ex-jockey protege, Jesse James, are always on the lookout for ways to expand the triad's gambling operation. Back in the fifties and sixties, Jai Alai was a big deal in Florida. Gamblers would fill the frontons and drop thousands of dollars betting on Basque athletics competing in a sport that was so dangerous it was referred to as the Ballet of Bullets and The Game Is Dodging Death. Johnny Luck sees the potential revenue that could be produced by resurrecting the all but dead blood sport. The question is, how to make it popular again? Jesse has the answer. Television. People will bet on anything; they will also watch anything, as witnessed by the plethora of cooking shows that feature ordinary people competing for who can fry the best egg. If there's a competition, people will bet on who will win. But where there is money, there is corruption; enter the Miami Bettor's Club, run by old Hong Main rivals Tommy The King Kong and Marco Antonia Suarez, nicknamed El Astronauta. In the end, the Ballet of Bullets becomes all too real for the people fighting for control of the gambling revenue generated by the International Jai Alai League.
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Jerry Bader is Senior Partner at MRPwebmedia.com a small media production company that specializes in Web video, audio, music, and sound design. He is responsible for developing concepts for clients' video campaigns, writing the scripts, and managing the production process. Over the years he's written over a hundred articles on marketing, and he's self-published three marketing e-books and a couple of free e-magazines. Currently he has turned his attention to writing a number of Neo Noir Hybrid Graphic Novels and story concepts with the goal of turning them into television series or feature films. There are currently eight screenplays in The Method series. The Method Graphic Novel has been chosen by Blurb to be used has an example of what can be done with cross-platform multimedia book publishing and was featured at Comic-Con. He has also written a novel, The Fixer that is being published by Rebel Seed Entertainment. The Fixer is based on the true-life story of a colorful horse racing character. He is also working with Film Producer, Laura Cross of Rebel Seed Entertainment to turn The Fixer into a Limited Television Series. For more information: http://www.rebelseedentertainment.com/project-thefixer/.