| Michael Hui is a well-known HK personality from the 1970s who is best known for his TV sitcom work. He also appeared in a few Shaw Brothers comedies in the early 1970's including this film, The Warlord, Scandal and Sinful Confessions. "Games Gamblers Play" was his first film and was a huge success at the box office.
In his book Hong Kong – The Extra Dimensions – Stephen Teo considers this film to be one of the more important films of the 1970's for a few reasons.
One is that this is the first teaming up of two of the Hui Brothers – Ricky was to follow in a later film - and their style of buddy comedy was to become vastly popular for the next ten years.
Secondly, Hui was the first local star of his generation to become a big success. He brought with him a fresh attitude of innovation and irreverence.
Finally, Hui's success brought back Cantonese as a viable cinema language. With the Mandarin focus of the Shaw films and much of TV being done in Mandarin, Cantonese had fallen into disfavor. Hui loved using the Cantonese language for comedic effect. | 
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