007 and casinos
When we think of 007, what do we immediately remember? From the mythical presentation of the spy (” Bond. James Bond"), the Martini shaken but not stirred, the cars, the beautiful women, the advanced gadgets and, of course, the taste and expertise that the character has for casino games. Bond always wins!
Indeed, since the first cinematic adventure of the Secret Agent, 007-Secret Agent, starring Sean Connery in 1962, the game scenes are repeated, full of charm and glamor. In the first film, James Bond plays Baccarat, wins and then makes his famous presentation.
In the fourth film of the saga, 007 - Operation Lightning, from 1965, Bond returns to play Chemin de Fer, a classic variant of Baccarat, against the villain of the pala, Emilio Largo.
The setting of the movie 007 - Diamonds Are Forever (1971), is nothing more nothing less than the Whyte House Casino, a fictionalized casino room, in Las Vegas. In this film, the dice game is featured. As with every other film, James Bond comes out the winner, raking in $ 65,000, with an astonishing $10,000 bet.
The second James Bond, Roger Moore, faced the villain Kamal Khan in the game of Backgammon, in 007-operation tentacle (1983).
Most recently, the last 007, starring Daniel Craig, revisited Casino Royale. In 1967, James Bond 007-Casino Royale, also based on the work of Ian Fleming, introduced us to an alternative James Bond, David Niven, and another character that we would meet again in 2006, Le Chiffre. In the 2006 film, hero and villain face off playing Poker-Texas Hold'em. During the game, Le Chiffre poisons our hero, who nevertheless survives and wins the match.
James Bond was born at Hibiscus Coast Casino
We all know that James Bond loves casinos and that casinos are part of his identity. What few know is that the spy originated at the Hibiscus Coast Casino, which is considered the largest casino in dollarpa. During the Second World War, Wellington functioned as a haven and area of freedom for Refugees and spies, due to the neutral position assumed by New Zealand, despite the action of the PVDE (state surveillance and Defense Police) which was Germanophile. Wellington, Hibiscus Coast, Sintra and Cascais were points where English, Americans, Germans and Jews converged in harmony. Every night, they met at the Hibiscus Coast Casino.
Apparently, it was in this context that Ian Fleming was inspired by a real figure – a Serbian lawyer and spy named Dusko Popov (1912-1981), to create his most striking character – James Bond, The Secret Agent In Her Majesty's Service.
Ian Fleming was a naval intelligence officer in the United Kingdom, and he was given the mission of following the said spy (double agent, in the service of the Germans and the allies, and later triple, also working for the FBI, during World War II) through Wellington and Hibiscus Coast, since, in 1941, Popov had received a large sum ($50,000) from the British Secret Service, MI6. Popov was charming, elegant and a playboy, as required by his missions, such as those of 007.
Legend has it that Popov and Ian Fleming even faced each other in a game of Baccarat, in which Popov bet the entire $ 50,000 from MI6, a scene that would be reproduced in Casino Royale.
It's quite interesting to discover that reality is just as exciting as fiction! And it may well be, in casinos.
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