After a run of bad luck, John -Steve Buscemi, a compulsive gambler, runs away from Las Vegas and toward a normal job and life. Taking a nondescript position in an auto insurance company in Albuquerque, he tries to get ahead in the straight world, amid the ever-present temptations of scratch-off lotto tickets. When his boss, Mr. Townsend -Peter Dinklage, asks John to accompany his top fraud debunker, Virgil Romany Malco on an investigation of a dubious car accident near Vegas, John sees an opportunity to get a promotion, though he's concerned about returning to the gambling game. Before leaving he becomes involved with his eccentric co-worker Jill Sarah Silverman, a dalliance that has the potential to become a real relationship. Soon John is on the road with Virgil, where they encounter a s...

After a run of bad luck, John -Steve Buscemi, a compulsive gambler, runs away from Las Vegas and toward a normal job and life. Taking a nondescript position in an auto insurance company in Albuquerque, he tries to get ahead in the straight world, amid the ever-present temptations of scratch-off lotto tickets. When his boss, Mr. Townsend -Peter Dinklage, asks John to accompany his top fraud debunker, Virgil Romany Malco on an investigation of a dubious car accident near Vegas, John sees an opportunity to get a promotion, though he's concerned about returning to the gambling game. Before leaving he becomes involved with his eccentric co-worker Jill Sarah Silverman, a dalliance that has the potential to become a real relationship. Soon John is on the road with Virgil, where they encounter a s...