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* In "[[The Cambist and Lord Iron]]", Lord Iron entangles Olaf in one of these.
* In a ''[[Doctor Who Expanded Universe]]'' short story, [[Bernice Summerfield]] accidentally acquires a ticket to "the big game", and happily plays until she notices the look of horror on the face of the guy who lost all his chips. It's at that point that it occurs to her to ask what the stakes are, and is told "Exactly what you think they are."
* In the ''Discworld'' novels, people often challenge Death to various games of skill to wager for their lives. The only one to ever win was {{spoiler|Granny Weatherwax}} because Death let the person win ... {{spoiler|because she wasn't playing for '''her''' life, but that of an infant}}.
* In [[Keith Laumer]]'s short story "The Hoob Melon Crisis":
{{quote|"You and this Groaci functionary played cards for a planet?" Earlyworm said, attempting a 509-C (Stunned Incredulity) which bore an unfortunate resemblance to a look of utter bafflement.<br/>
"Not quite," [[Retief]] said. "You don't play Drift with cards."<br/>
"Dice, then, sir! You diced away a virgin world, a bright star in the diadem of Terran dreams of enlightened economic empire."<br/>
Retief shook his head. "Flith lost," he said.}}
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