Gambling Addict: Difference between revisions

== [[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.

* 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.

* 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.

* 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]]''.