The film was followed by two sequels, No Risk, No Gain (1990) and Casino Raiders II (1991), which have unrelated plots.Ĭrab Chan ( Andy Lau) and Sam Law ( Alan Tam) are a pair of renowned professional gamblers who are best friends. It was released one week after Fatal Bet, another film by Heung based on the same true story but filmed in English with different actors in the lead roles. It belonged to the early part of the 1989-1996 period, a period when gambling-themed films were dominating the Hong Kong movie scene. Casino Raiders is a 1989 Hong Kong action drama film written and directed by Jimmy Heung and Wong Jing and starring Andy Lau, Alan Tam, Idy Chan and Rosamund Kwan.