Investor Place – The gambling industry is preparing for fallout from an upcoming Ben Affleck film that focuses on online gambling. The movie, Runner Runner, stars Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake. In the film, Affleck plays the role of a rich online gambling entrepreneur. Affleck’s character is chased down by Timberlake’s character, a grad student that believes he has been cheated by Affleck’s site. Gambling industry groups are preparing for the film by readying advertising and special screenings to inform people that regulated online gambling isn’t how the movie portrays it. The gambling industry is pushing to protect the image…

From Gambling 911 Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake will star in the September 2013 release of Runner, Runner, a film about an offshore Internet gambling operator (Affleck) and his student gambler (played by Timberlake). The film is directed by Brad Furman with Leonardo DiCaprio as producer. Gambling911.com had alerted its readers last summer that filming was taking place throughout San Juan, Puerto Rico with the stars regularly frequenting the Marriott Resort. Affleck runs the online gambling site, Timberlake’s character looses his Princeton tuition to the online gambling site, and the rest is history… FULL STORY