Gambling Tropes

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Tropes related to gambling and gamblers, the bets made, the games bet on and places where gambling occurs.

Related to, but distinct from, Bargain Tropes. Bargain Tropes are for dealings, contracts, and general agreements; Gambling Tropes are for gambles, bets, where bets occur, and betting games.

See also: Money Tropes.

Tropes

• Absurdly High-Stakes Game
• All or Nothing
• Best Out of Infinity
• The Bet
• Betting Mini-Game
• Bizarre Gambling Winnings
• Canines Gambling in a Card Game: An homage to a classic painting.
• Card Sharp
• The Casino
• Casino Episode
• Casino Park
• Chess with Death: If you win, you live on. Try not to lose.
• Clothes-Eating Wager: "If I lose this bet, I'll eat my hat!"
• Deadly Game of Chance: Betting your very life on a game.
• Dead Man's Hand
• Death Dealer: Weaponized cards.
• Descent into Addiction: Gambling can be very addictive.
• Fixing the Game
• Gacha Games: Games where you unlock characters by random draw.
• The Gambler
• Gambler Groupies
• Gambler's Fallacy: The belief that a series of losses means a win is coming soon.
• The Gambling Addict
• Gambling Brawl
• Gambling Ruins Lives
• Gameplay Randomization
• Ghost Leg Lottery
• Heads or Tails?: Flipping a coin to decide something.
• Heads, Tails, Edge: The secret third option to a coin flip: the coin lands on its side.
• Humiliating Wager
• Hustling the Mark
• Illegal Gambling Den
• Loot Boxes: Purchasable boxes in video games that grant a random assortment of items.
• Lost Him in a Card Game
• Lottery of Doom
• Made to Win a Bet
• The Magic Poker Equation
• Native American Casino
• Never Win the Lottery
• No Poker Face
• Paranormal Gambling Advantage: Using superpowers to get ahead at gambling.
• Pascal's Wager: Approaches the question of whether or not to believe in God in the form of a bet.
• Playing Card Motifs
• Professional Gambler
• Rigged Prize Game: A game where the prizes aren't as winnable as advertised.
• Side Bet
• Strip Poker
• Trapped by Gambling Debts
• Two-Headed Coin: Don't pick tails.
• Viva Las Vegas!
• Wager Slave
• Wheel of Decisions
• Workplace Betting Pool