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== Anime & Manga ==
* The entire premise of ''[[Kaiji]]'' - The entire premise of the show revolves around this. Over the course of the show the main character bets his freedom, his life, and various body parts, in order to win money. [[Media:Kaiji-25.jpg|These fingers]] are being bet on a game of {{spoiler|drawing lots from a tissue box!}}
* ''[[Akagi]]'' - In the final story arc for the anime ''[[Akagi]]'', the hero plays an unusual version of [[Mahjong]] that uses clear tiles and where he bets his own blood instead of money.
* ''[[Spiral]]'' - There are a few Absurdly High Stakes Games throughout the series''[[Spiral]]'', but the most obvious example would be when the hero wagers that he can guess which card his opponent is holding. If he wins, he will receive crucial information, but if he loses, he will have a swarm of deadly bees released on him.
* Throughout ''[[Liar Game]]'' - Throughout the story, the stakes have never been more than money. However, the money involved ranges from hundreds of millions to billions of yen, and the losers are expected to pay back ''every'' yen they lose, with the Liar Game officials promising they will do "whatever is necessary" to collect on those debts.
** The "zero"entirety seasonof didthe thisoriginal with''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' every([[Exactly game,What mostIt Says on the Tin|"King of whichGames"]]) manga: Most of the stakes were [[Fate Worse Than Death|fates worse than death,]], ranging from losing your soul and being beaten up by toy monsters, to going blind. This would continue even after the in-universe card game became the focus of the series.▼
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' - In the [[4Kids! Entertainment|4Kids]] dub, almost every card game ends with the loser going to [[Never Say "Die"|The Shadow Realm.]] Even one-time characters like Panik will give you a flamer-thrower blast to the face.▼
** And it's little better in the original anime and the manga, especially the Battle City arc where every duel initiated by the [[Big Bad]] was on pain of death or maiming.<ref>which would probably kill you anyway via blood loss</ref>▼
▲** The "zero" season did this with every game, most of which were [[Fate Worse Than Death|fates worse than death,]] ranging from losing your soul and being beaten up by toy monsters, to going blind.
** During the Duelist Kingdom tournament, Yugi made up for a deficit in Star Chips by betting his life. He did this ''twice''. Panik even alluded to the idea that [[Serious Business|he considered Yugi's life to be worth only 1 Star Chip.]]
▲** And it's little better in the original anime and the manga, especiallyIn the Battle City arc where, every duel initiated by the [[Big Bad]] was on pain of death or maiming.<ref>which would probably kill you anyway via blood loss</ref>
* In one episode of ''[[Samurai Champloo]]'', Jin sees a man playing shogi against himself, and comments on the best strategy for the next move. The man then offers to play Jin- if Jin wins, he gets a large pouch of gold; if he loses, the man wins his life- the phrasing is ambiguous as to whether that means slavery or immediate death. [[Perpetual Poverty|Since he needs the money]], Jin accepts.▼
▲** ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' - In theThe [[4Kids! Entertainment|4Kids]] dub, of the anime ends almost every card game ends with the loser going to [[Never Say "Die"|The Shadow Realm]] instead, which... [[What Do You Mean It's for Kids?|isn't much better thinking on it]]. Even one-time characters like Panik willthreatened things givesuch youas a flamer-thrower blast to the face.
▲* In one episode of ''[[Samurai Champloo]]'', Jin sees a man playing shogi against himself, and comments on the best strategy for the next move. The man then offers to play Jin - if Jin wins, he gets a large pouch of gold; if he loses, the man wins his life-. the(The phrasing is ambiguous as to whether that means slavery or immediate death.) [[Perpetual Poverty|Since he needs the money]], Jin accepts.
* ''[[The Legend of Koizumi]]'' stakes natural resources, a fleet of F-15s, lives, and the fate of nations on [[Mahjong]].
* ''[[Gamble Fish]]'' quite often, where theyhas arecharacters usually betting large amounts of money. In one case, Tomu even bet his own finger,; he lost and immediately had it chopped off with a chainsaw.
* ''[[Mirai Nikki]]'' has characters betting their diaries and lives on a simple coin game with even odds. The game gets complicated because the diaries involved can tell the future -- &mdash;including the outcome of the coin game, and destroying a diary kills its owner. [[Magnificent Bastard]] Aru Akise manages to win even though {{spoiler|he's the only one playing who can't predict the future.}}
* ''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]''--:
** The poker game Jotaro Kujo plays with Daniel J. D'arby in Part 3 ramps up the stakes to the souls of Jotaro's friends. Jotaro even puts his own on the line. {{spoiler|Jotaro wins only through magnificent bluffing, betting ''every'' soul in play on a dud hand.}} This scene appeared in the OVA adaptation.
** Later he bets souls against Terrence D'arby, ''a video gamer''. {{spoiler|He has to cheat to win that one.}}
* When Yuusuke's gang in ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' broke into Tarukani's mansion to save Yukina, Tarukani invited his friends from the Black Black Club to place bets on the outcome of the eventual fights. When Yuusuke and Kuwabara were about to fight the Toguro brothers, Sakyo waged so much on the heroes' victory Tarukani had to risk practically everything he owned in order to accept the bet. Too bad for him the Toguro brothers were actually working for Sakyo. When Toguro Team and Urameshi Team later became the finalists of a tournament, Sakyo and Koenma waged their lives in the fight that decided the tournament. It was not the first time Sakyo bets his life, but became the first time he lost. Also, during other stages of the tournament, some other people waged their wealth and lost.▼
* The [[Yu-Gi-Oh!]] ("King of Games") manga. Which part? [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|The whole thing]].
▲* When Yuusuke's gang in ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' broke into Tarukani's mansion to save Yukina, Tarukani invited his friends from the Black Black Club to place bets on the outcome of the eventual fights. When Yuusuke and Kuwabara were about to fight the Toguro brothers, Sakyo waged so much on the heroes' victory Tarukani had to risk practically everything he owned in order to accept the bet. Too bad for him the Toguro brothers were actually working for Sakyo. When Toguro Team and Urameshi Team later became the finalists of a tournament, Sakyo and Koenma waged their lives in the fight that decided the tournament. It was not the first time Sakyo bets his life but became the first time he lost. Also, during other stages of the tournament, some other people waged their wealth and lost.
* In the exhibition match in ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'' between the Deimon Devilbats and the NASA Aliens, Aliens' coach Apollo in response to an embarassing viral video sent by Devilbats captain Hiruma, furiously announced that if the Aliens doesn't win more than 10 points, they will never return to America. Hiruma in turn responded that if the Devilbats doesn't win more than 10 points, they will leave Japan. Of course, [[Loophole Abuse]] was in play when the NASA Aliens won but not by a 10 point difference. Apollo changed the name of the team to NASA Shuttles so the NASA ''Aliens'' won't be returning to America. And the Devilbats do leave Japan but Hiruma never specified that they wouldn't be returning.
* ''[[Ranma Half½]]'' -has Thethe Tendos and Ranma vs. the Gambling King, wagering parts of their house in order to win back their dojo.
* The game in ''[[One Outs]]'' is technically just baseball. However, the main character is a pitcher with a bizarre contract that grants him money for every strike, and penalized him hugely for every run he lets through. This leads to some intricate and convoluted ways of 'winning'.
* [[Badass|Kenshiro]] enters into an arm-wrestling contest in ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' that cuts the loser's arm off with a table saw. Though Kenshiro wins, he [[Take a Third Option|takes a third option]] by not cutting off the [[Mook]]'s arm... just snapping it in half.
* In ''[[One Piece|]]''One Piece'']], the Davy Back Fights is a game - consisting of various athletic events - where pirates actually wager members of their crews. Foxy (the antagonist of the arc where this is introduced) has won these games 920 times, gaining an enormous crew of just under 500 as a result, but they tend to cheat at them, a ''lot.'' Even- even more so in the anime version which was an's [[Adaptation Expansion]] of the manga arc.
 
 
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