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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.''
|'''Marla Daniels''', ''[[The Wire]]''}}
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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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* Toby from ''[[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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