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* In episode 7 of ''[[Bakuon!!]]'', when the principal sees that Raimu's odds in the motorcycle race are 11-to-1, she immediately slams down a 3,000,000-yen bet (roughly $30,000).
{{quote|"Oh, look, I had some loose change in my pocket."}}
* ''[[Debby the Corsifa is Emulous]]''; the protagonist is your standard demon queen succubus who wants to enslave mortal souls and drag them to Hell, and claims to be unmatched among demons. Thus, she comes to the mortal world, encounters a youth named [[Guile Hero| Sugo Rokurou]], and demands a game (he picks the venue), saying she will kill him if he loses. Unfortunately for Debbie, she is unkilled or unlucky (or both) at any game that does not involve actual combat. The first time, Rokuro chose [[Old Maid]], and Debbie forgot that her second pair of eyes gave away her game face. After losing three times, she was [[Dragged Off to Hell]], but being a [[Sore Loser]] she comes back every chapter, only to lose at ''[[The Game of Life]]'', volleyball, ''[[Go]]''... pretty much anything Rokuro chooses, and is humiliated each time.
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* The slots-o-death machine in [[Space Quest]]. You can win a relatively paltry sum, but roll three skulls and you are toast. The only way for Roger to earn enough cash for a ticket out of Ulence Flats is by [[Save Scumming]] or (in the remake) a magnet on the bottom of the machine.
* ''Return to Zork'' has a board game called "Survivor" with really simple rules: One player controls the Wizard and the other a common peasant. The peasant can move wherever he wants, the Wizard can only move in L-formations and leaves pits when he vacates a space. The goal of the game is for the other player to be forced to move into a pit (and thus lose). You play this game twice, and the second time is ''the final boss of the game,'' with the fate of all Zork riding on the outcome.
* The very first appearance of Rottytops in ''[[Shantae]]'' has the heroine challenged to what seems to be this type of wager. Rotty challenges Shantae to a race; if Shantae wins, she'll unlock the dungeon where the Shimmerstone is located. If Rotty wins, she gets to eat Shantae's brain. However, if you lose the race [[That One Level|(and you likely will, at least once)]] Rottytops is willing to give Shantae a second chance, or even as many as she needs. And as fans of the series knows, this will be [[Running Gag|far from the last time]] Rotty makes jokes about wanting to eat Shantae but never going through with it.
== Web Comics ==
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