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Ah, [[The Casino]]... a chance to triple your money, and have fun while doing it. Or go home completely broke, and have fun while doing it.
 
If the characters visit [[Viva Las Vegas|Vegas]], there will definitely be at least ONE''one'' of these, and someone will probably go home broke, either due to strange [[House Rules]] or legitimate bad luck. And every [[Vegas Montage]] will show a half-dozen or more.
 
In video games, this is ''sometimes'' a [[Minigame Zone]], but not always. Only if you can play is it's a [[Minigame Zone]]. It ''could'' be both, if you can play the games there, but have to bring down [[The Mafia]] too. See also [[Casino Park]] when it's the theme for the look of a level instead of, or as well as, a [[Minigame Zone]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In the episode of ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' where Spike meets Faye, a casino chip with a microchip in it is to be exchanged in one of these. For added fun, it takes place in a casino/space station shaped like a roulette wheel.
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== [[Film]] ==
* The film ''[[Casino]].''
* A few [[James Bond (Filmfilm)|James Bond]] films, such as ''[[Casino Royale (Film)|Casino Royale]]'' and ''[[Diamonds Are Forever (Film)|Diamonds Are Forever]].''
* In the movie ''[[Three Thousand3000 Miles to Graceland (Film)|Three Thousand Miles to Graceland]],'' there's a shootout in one of these, featuring robbers wearing Elvis outfits.
* The movie ''[[OceansOcean's Eleven|Ocean's Thirteen]]'' feature the titular team rigging all the games in one of these for revenge.
* When [[Iron Man (Filmfilm)|Tony Stark]] is given an award at a ceremony held in Las Vegas, he misses accepting the award because he's busy working. And by busy working, we mean having some fun gambling.
* Biff Tannen's Pleasure Paradise from ''[[Back to The Future Part II]]''.
* In [[Cars|''Cars 2'']], the Lemons actually use an old casino in Italy as their evil lair.
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* These pop up pretty frequently in ''[[CSI]]''.
* As well as the series ''[[Las Vegas]]''.
* The episode "Double Down" in ''[[Numb3rs]]'' revolves around card counting in a casino. Larry is revealed to be a former card counter, and he, Charlie, and Amita gamble at a casino.
* The ''[[Hustle]]'' take down a Vegas for $5 million in "Big Daddy Calling" after the owner has Albert roughed up.
 
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Pokémon]] Red'''s Game Corner, while a [[Minigame Zone]], is also the front for Team Rocket's base of operations.
* [[Theme Naming|Baccarat]] in ''[[Saga Frontier (Video Game)|SagaSaGa Frontier]]''. At least three characters go there during their quests, but none of the games can be played
* In ''[[Paper Mario: theThe Thousand Year Door (Video Game)|Paper Mario the Thousand -Year Door]],'' there's the Pianta Parlor, ''[[Getting Crap Past the Radar|owned by the mob.]]'' E Rating, indeed.
* Glittertown/Neon City in ''[[Wario Land (Video Game)|Wario Land]] Shake It'' is this kind of area, with multiple casino type areas in two levels set in an extremely obvious fictional pastiche of Las Vegas.
* The third mission in ''[[Bonanza Bros|Bonanza Bros.]]'' takes place in a casino. Depending on whether or not you're playing a [[Bowdlerized]] version, either the Casino Executives are corrupt and you're stealing evidence, you're testing an elaborate security system, or it's just a straight-up heist.
* In ''[[Action Doom 2 Urban Brawl]]'', as you're riding an elevator upwards through the corporation building and punching out everyone you meet along the way, one of the floors you come upon is a casino, complete with snazzy casino music and mini-games to play.
* ''[[Sonic Adventure (Video Game)|Sonic Adventure]]'''s third stage is casino themed, but the focus is on pinball, with Sonic as the ball. The main wagering you do is hoping to collect 100 rings in a game to avoid being dumped into the sewer, and one pinball game has a slot bonus, where one set of symbols (Dr. Eggman's face) will steal all of your rings.
* St. Martial in ''[[City of Villains]]'' is a mid-Atlantic equivalent to Vegas, and while it has dozens of neon-lit casinos lining its streets, the only one player characters can walk into at will was The Giza, a humongous golden pyramid (of course) which is the most prominent landmark in the zone.
** Smaller casinos of varying size and legality can be encountered in the course of different door missions.
 
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