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[[File:Gamblers.jpg|thumb|350px|A gambler's heaven and a gambler's hell.]]
{{quote|''You can't lose if you don't play.''
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At the less extreme end, the character will stick to small bets and simply enjoys the game. In some cases they may even be able to make a profit from their gambling. At the more extreme end, the character is fully addicted and quite capable of ruining their own finances, lives and those of the people around them. Perhaps more common in older works and literature, when people [[Older Than Television|had to make their own entertainment]] and card games were a much more common social activity.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Kaiji from ''[[Kaiji]]'' is also suffering from this after the end of the first season.He still hadn't learned his lesson.
* Tsunade from ''[[Naruto]]'' fits it quite nicely. It's later revealed she inherited her love of gambling from her grandfather Hashirama Senju.
* In ''[[Pokémon Special]]'', we have Gold and the gaming corner in GSC (hints are towards it being an habit; [[Crowning Moment of Funny|and his Togepi "inherits" it]]), and then the [[Compressed Vice]] version with Platinum Berlitz and the game corner at Sinnoh years later during the DP arc.
* Eisuke Kitamura in ''[[Stepping on Roses]]'' (aka ''Hadashi De Bara Wo Fume''), much to the chagrin of the protagonist, his sister Sumi. This combined with his habit of [[I'm Taking Her Home with Me|constantly bringing orphaned children]] home with him has the family up to their ears in debt at the beginning of the series.
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* Little Nell's grandfather in [[Charles Dickens]]'s ''[[The Old Curiosity Shop]]'' believes that his gambling is an investment in Nell's future that's bound to pay off and provide for her once he dies. He borrows from Quilp to sustain his habit, leading to the loss of the eponymous shop when Quilp realises his problem and forecloses on the loans. His constant relapses, and Nell's attempts to keep him from temptation, lead to their exile from London and inability to settle in one place for most of the rest of the book.
* In [[Robert E. Howard]]'s "[[Man Eaters of Zamboula|Shadows in Zamboula]]", [[Conan the Barbarian]] claims to be this, that he hired his room in advance to avoid losing the money to do so at the gambling table.
* ''[[Harry Potter and
* Morley Dotes from the ''[[Garrett P.I.]]'' novels was this trope in the early part of the series, which is why he so often had to assist Garrett on a case to pay off his debts.
* Nozdryov from ''[[Dead Souls]]''.
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* The victim of the ''[[Cold Case]]'' episode ''The River''. He got so heavily addicted to gambling on card games that he became financially ruined in spite of working as a rather well-paid surgeon.
* One episode of ''[[The Golden Girls]]'' has Dorothy being this, upsetting Sophia. According to Sophia, Dorothy had been this once before, which got her deep in debt. And she wasn't the only one. From Sophia's account, Salvador, Sophia's late husband, "was a gambler right up to his dying days."
* Toby from ''[[Switched at Birth (TV series)|Switched at Birth]]'' is a teenaged version.
* Pearl Forrester from ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' has a weakness for gambling, particularly slot machines. It even comes into play in one episode when Mike challenges her to a [[Shell Game]] and ends up winning his choice of the movie that he and the 'bots will watch. He picks ''[[Hamlet]]'', but ends up getting [[Be Careful What You Wish For|more than he expected]].
* ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' episode "The Fever" featuring a man who abhors gambling travels to Las Vegas with his wife (who won a contest) and is forced by a drunk to put a dollar token into a slot machine, and winds up winning some money. Despite his efforts to run away from the slots, he hears the slot machine literally calling his name, and winds up addicted to the point where he thinks it's alive, and [[Karmic Twist Ending|he might be right.]]
* Gerry in ''[[Luck]]''. He's a whiz at horseracing, but a terrible poker player, blowing all of his track winnings on cards.
* Max Holden on ''[[One Life to Live]]'', who within a few short months, went from a blissful newlywed to someone who nearly destroyed his business, his friendship with his partner, and his marriage with his rapidly developed addiction.
* Detective Ed Green on ''[[Law
* One of the [[Un Subs]] on [[Criminal Minds]] was a hopeless gambler who kills a [[Loan Shark]] and subsequently has great luck in the casino. When his lucky streak ends he kills another person and his luck seemingly returns. This convinces him that he has a super power that makes him lucky if he kills someone he knows.
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