A rivalry between two gamblers that included underhand methods which turned deadly over the development of a casino on an undeveloped island, leaving one blind and his wife committing suicide. That is until 18 years later, the young boy who became an orphan has grown into an adult with a happy-go-lucky attitude with no original intentions to follow in the footsteps of his father who was forced to go blind all those years ago.
At the other side, the only surviving child of the man who emerged victorious 18 years before had no idea of her original identity, where she has always been the eldest of three and a father who has a gambling habit. She is a policewoman herself, cracking down on illegal gambling dens around the island. But unbeknownst to her, it was due to the predictions of a fortune teller who said that she will never get to see her 30th birthday if she still remains with her family.
Time and again she will run into him, and things took a drastic turn when the woman he was originally engaged to be married with was abducted on the day of the wedding, and it led him to the casino which was run by his father's rival. The bet to take over the casino would have serious consequences not only for him, and the policeman who found him all drunk on the day of his wedding.
When the first season first aired in 1993, it was ground-breaking for the fact that this is still the only television drama series to date made in Singapore with gambling as a main theme, during a time when casinos were non-existent in the country. But it uses the plot of how the actions of two known gamblers would have serious consequences for their descendants over the never-ending grudge and bloodshed along the way. The popularity led to two more seasons, and while it is known that the second season also had scenes filmed on location in Las Vegas and San Francisco and the third and final season having scenes done in Australia especially in Sydney to make it have a more international feel to the drama series as it progresses, the third season started to move away from the original storyline when magic is also involved.
This reviewer was part of the last generation who recalled Singapore having no casino at all, or even two casinos for that matter, as casinos were only to be seen on television and in films. And the same generation (like this reviewer again) who used to want to imitate the gambling tricks like it used to be all the rage when this was first aired in 1993. It was actually very convincing, even with the added special effects especially seen in the later seasons.
There was a reason when I was to be of age when it was first aired, watching the drama series was what always made me look forward to after school. It was precisely the world I never thought would become a reality being taken into a world where casinos are a common sight. Since then, the entire three seasons has been re-released on Netflix's Singapore service (which I had watched in).
At the other side, the only surviving child of the man who emerged victorious 18 years before had no idea of her original identity, where she has always been the eldest of three and a father who has a gambling habit. She is a policewoman herself, cracking down on illegal gambling dens around the island. But unbeknownst to her, it was due to the predictions of a fortune teller who said that she will never get to see her 30th birthday if she still remains with her family.
Time and again she will run into him, and things took a drastic turn when the woman he was originally engaged to be married with was abducted on the day of the wedding, and it led him to the casino which was run by his father's rival. The bet to take over the casino would have serious consequences not only for him, and the policeman who found him all drunk on the day of his wedding.
When the first season first aired in 1993, it was ground-breaking for the fact that this is still the only television drama series to date made in Singapore with gambling as a main theme, during a time when casinos were non-existent in the country. But it uses the plot of how the actions of two known gamblers would have serious consequences for their descendants over the never-ending grudge and bloodshed along the way. The popularity led to two more seasons, and while it is known that the second season also had scenes filmed on location in Las Vegas and San Francisco and the third and final season having scenes done in Australia especially in Sydney to make it have a more international feel to the drama series as it progresses, the third season started to move away from the original storyline when magic is also involved.
This reviewer was part of the last generation who recalled Singapore having no casino at all, or even two casinos for that matter, as casinos were only to be seen on television and in films. And the same generation (like this reviewer again) who used to want to imitate the gambling tricks like it used to be all the rage when this was first aired in 1993. It was actually very convincing, even with the added special effects especially seen in the later seasons.
There was a reason when I was to be of age when it was first aired, watching the drama series was what always made me look forward to after school. It was precisely the world I never thought would become a reality being taken into a world where casinos are a common sight. Since then, the entire three seasons has been re-released on Netflix's Singapore service (which I had watched in).
