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Best Betting Scenes: Bill Russell Goes Rogue on ‘Miami Vice’

Brett Smiley by Brett Smiley
March 7, 2018
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Best Betting Scenes: Bill Russell Goes Rogue on 'Miami Vice'

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As a change of pace fromΒ legal sports bettingΒ legislationΒ and because we’re about sports betting culture, too, SportsHandle is presenting a 20-part series onΒ TheΒ Best Sports Betting ScenesΒ in Television and Movies.Β There’s a lot of high-quality movies centered on gambling, including on horse racing and poker (β€œLet It Ride” and β€œRounders”). All quality gambling scenes, whether strictly sports betting or not, the focus of the film or a short aside, will be included/considered.Β 


Once upon a time, Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell appeared in an episode called “The Fix” on the popular TV show “Miami Vice,” playing corrupt Judge Roger Ferguson. And Judge Ferguson has a gambling problem, and a lot of debts. Obviously not a good situation to be in.

Things get worse. The 6-foot-9 Ferguson catches the attention of Crockett and Tubbs when he issue a low bail to a dealer they had busted. And then the mobsters, whom he owes a lot of money, coerce Russell’s character into digging out by having his son, a star forward at Florida International University, throw a basketball game. Who plays this basketball star? Eventual fellow NBA Hall-of-Famer Bernard King! King was 29 at the time and a member of the New York Knicks. And who plays one of the bad guys? Eventual “Seinfeld” star Michael Richards, aka Kramer. What a crew. I don’t want to give anything else away:

So, Russell/Ferguson took two lives. Not a pretty picture and apparently not a great line of work for Russell: it’s the last acting credit of a total seven in his career.

If you have a suggestions for a great sports betting/gambling scene in movies or television, please send it toΒ [email protected]Β or Tweet us atΒ @sports_handle.Β If it’s not already on the rundown, we’ll be happy to give a shoutout. And if you’re on Facebook (often but not always a cesspool),Β give us a like.


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Brett Smiley is editor-in-chief and co-founder of Sports Handle, which joined forces with the US Bets team in November 2018. He focuses on the sports betting industry and legislation. He's a recreational sports bettor and DFS player himself, focusing on the NFL. In a past life, Smiley practiced commercial litigation in New York City and previously wrote for FOX Sports and SI.com. He lives in New Jersey with his family.

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