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* 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.
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* 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.
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