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* ''Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries'': Episode 9 takes place on a casino in a cruise ship, as Dante is invited by the rumored gambler "King" to play poker. Dante's allies (Morrison, Lady, and Patty) tagged along because it's also a part of an investigation.
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'': The cafe establishment the heroes enter into looking for information about DIO's mansion is also a mini-casino that's run and also owned by D'Arby TheGambler where he challenges them to put their souls on the line.
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun Steel Ball Run]]'': With time short before their {{transflormation}} occurs, Johnny and Gyro resort to visiting a casino to discard all the cash they were given quickly as possible, while at the same time having to battle eleven assailants.






* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars 2}}'', the Lemons actually use an old casino in Italy as their evil lair.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars 2}}'', ''WesternAnimation/Cars2'', the Lemons actually use an old casino in Italy as their evil lair.



* The action of ''Film/BetYourLife'' starts and ends in the Tower Casino: an exclusive, members-only high-roller casino in Las Vegas. It is so that exclusive that when Chuck tries to get info on the place, he learns that many of the major players in Vegas have never even heard of it.

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* The action of ''Film/BetYourLife'' starts and ends in the Tower Casino: Casino, an exclusive, members-only high-roller casino in Las Vegas. It is so that exclusive that when Chuck tries to get info on the place, he learns that many of the major players in Vegas have never even heard of it.



* ''Film/IronMan'': When Tony Stark is given an award at a ceremony held in UsefulNotes/LasVegas, he misses accepting the award because he's busy working. And by "busy working", we mean "having some fun gambling".

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* ''Film/IronMan'': ''Film/IronMan1'': When Tony Stark is given an award at a ceremony held in UsefulNotes/LasVegas, he misses accepting the award because he's busy working. And by "busy working", we mean "having some fun gambling".



* ''Film/LooneyTunesBackInAction'': D.J. and Daffy visit Yosemite Sam's casino in Las Vegas to search for the clue D.J.'s father mentioned in his message.



* Both the original ''Film/Oceans11'' and its remake ''Film/OceansEleven'' are about schemes to rob casinos in Vegas.
** ''[[Film/OceansEleven Ocean's Thirteen]]'' features the eponymous team rigging all the games in one of these for {{revenge}}.

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* Both the original ''Film/Oceans11'' and its remake ''Film/OceansEleven'' are about schemes to rob casinos in Vegas.
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Vegas. ''[[Film/OceansEleven Ocean's Thirteen]]'' features the eponymous team rigging all the games in one of these for {{revenge}}.



* In ''Series/CriminalMinds'' Reid goes undercover, and fails to blend in, at a casino looking for an Unsub after proving his experience by being [[ProfessionalGambler banned from casinos]] in three cities.
* These pop up pretty frequently in ''Series/{{CSI}}''.

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* In ''Series/CriminalMinds'' ''Series/CriminalMinds'', Reid goes undercover, and fails to blend in, at a casino looking for an Unsub after proving his experience by being [[ProfessionalGambler banned from casinos]] in three cities.
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* [[spoiler:The first disc of]] ''VideoGame/CountdownVampires'' is set in a horror-themed casino hotel known as "The Desert Moon".

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* [[spoiler:The The first disc of]] of ''VideoGame/CountdownVampires'' is set in a horror-themed casino hotel known as "The Desert Moon".



* The ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series has several of these starting with Gizmo's casino in Junktown and The Hub's Maltese Falcon in [[VideoGame/{{Fallout 1}} the first game]]

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* The ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'' series has several of these starting with Gizmo's casino in Junktown and The Hub's Maltese Falcon in [[VideoGame/{{Fallout 1}} [[VideoGame/Fallout1 the first game]]game]].



* In ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor,'' there's the Pianta Parlor, owned by the mob.



* In ''VisualNovel/{{Superhuman}}'', you, Alice and Michael have to go to a casino to play a poker gamer and win an unspecified prize.
* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
** ''VideoGame/SuperMario64 DS'': All of Luigi's Mini-games occur within a casino with him acting as the dealer and handling the cards.
** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'': Hotel Delfino has a casino in the basement, having a vast amount of slot machines while being overrun with Boos.
** In ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor,'' there's the Pianta Parlor owned by the mob, where Mario can play games to earn tokens and exchange them for items.
** Glittertown/Neon City in ''VideoGame/WarioLandShakeIt'' is this kind of area, with multiple casino type areas in two levels set in an extremely obvious fictional pastiche of Las Vegas especially given that you go through a couple desert levels first.



* Glittertown/Neon City in ''VideoGame/WarioLand 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 especially given that you go through a couple desert levels first.



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* In ''VisualNovel/{{Superhuman}}'', you, Alice and Michael have to go to a casino to play a poker gamer and win an unspecified prize.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AlfredJKwak'': Dolf takes a pot of gold to Moreno, a stand-in for Monaco and its Monte Carlo casino.
* ''WesternAnimation/CraigOfTheCreek'' has The Baby Casino. Run by a baby who acts as TheDon, and with regular childish games and pastimes, such as TabletopGame/TicTacToe, treated as high stakes games that the kids bet on.



* ''WesternAnimation/CraigOfTheCreek'' has The Baby Casino. Run by a baby who acts as TheDon, and with regular childish games and pastimes, such as TabletopGame/TicTacToe, treated as high stakes games that the kids bet on.
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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, due to the glitz snd glamor of the establishment and the presence of well-dressed high-rollers like the MillionairePlayboy and the {{Socialite}}, probably have fun while doing it.

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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, due to the glitz snd and glamor of the establishment and the presence of well-dressed high-rollers like the MillionairePlayboy and the {{Socialite}}, probably have fun while doing it.
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* ''Series/LasVegas'' is set in one.

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* ''Series/LasVegas'' is set in one.a fictional casino on the Las Vegas Strip, the Montecito.
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If the characters visit UsefulNotes/LasVegas, there will definitely be at least ONE of these, and someone will probably go home broke, either due to strange HouseRules, TheCon run by TheSyndicate or legitimate bad luck, but hey, VivaLasVegas Other American locales where you'll likely find a casino include Atlantic City, UsefulNotes/NewJersey, as well as TheRez (for which see the NativeAmericanCasino trope). If the story takes place in UsefulNotes/{{Europe}}, substitute [[UsefulNotes/{{Monaco}} Monte Carlo]] for Las Vegas; if in UsefulNotes/{{Asia}}, UsefulNotes/{{Macau}} is the go-to place.

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If the characters visit UsefulNotes/LasVegas, there will definitely be at least ONE of these, and someone will probably go home broke, either due to strange HouseRules, TheCon run by TheSyndicate or legitimate bad luck, but hey, VivaLasVegas Other American locales where you'll likely find a casino include Atlantic City, UsefulNotes/NewJersey, as well as TheRez and land owned by indigenous people (for which see the NativeAmericanCasino trope). If the story takes place in UsefulNotes/{{Europe}}, substitute [[UsefulNotes/{{Monaco}} Monte Carlo]] for Las Vegas; if in UsefulNotes/{{Asia}}, UsefulNotes/{{Macau}} is the go-to place.



* The action of ''Film/GunsGirlsAndGambling'' starts at The Chief's casino on TheRez, when the Apache war mask is stolen from his office.

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* The action of ''Film/GunsGirlsAndGambling'' starts at The Chief's casino on TheRez, NativeAmericanCasino, when the Apache war mask is stolen from his office.
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* In ''Literature/RiverOfTeeth'', SmallTownTyrant Travers runs an entire chain of casino boats on the Harriet, including pleasure barges where his guests can rest from losing all their money.

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* In ''Literature/RiverOfTeeth'', SmallTownTyrant Travers runs an entire chain of casino boats on the Harriet, including pleasure barges where his guests can rest from losing all their money.and spend whatever money they didn't lose at the tables. Card sharps or customers who cause trouble end up getting thrown by Travers' goons into the lake [[AngryAngryHippos to be eaten by feral hippos]].
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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, due to the glitz snd glamor of the establishment and the presence of well-dressed high-rollers like the MillionairePlayboy and TheSocialite, probably have fun while doing it.

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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, due to the glitz snd glamor of the establishment and the presence of well-dressed high-rollers like the MillionairePlayboy and TheSocialite, the {{Socialite}}, probably have fun while doing it.

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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.

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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, due to the glitz snd glamor of the establishment and the presence of well-dressed high-rollers like the MillionairePlayboy and TheSocialite, probably have fun while doing it.


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A crooked gambler planning TheCon and a CaperCrew planning a heist will be drawn to casinos as their target, as millions in cash flow through them. But thieves of all types should be cautious, as casinos gave sophisticated security and monitoring systems and they have guards everywhere.
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If the characters visit UsefulNotes/LasVegas, there will definitely be at least ONE of these, and someone will probably go home broke, either due to strange HouseRules or legitimate bad luck, but hey, VivaLasVegas Other American locales where you'll likely find a casino include Atlantic City, UsefulNotes/NewJersey, as well as TheRez (for which see the NativeAmericanCasino trope). If the story takes place in UsefulNotes/{{Europe}}, substitute [[UsefulNotes/{{Monaco}} Monte Carlo]] for Las Vegas; if in UsefulNotes/{{Asia}}, UsefulNotes/{{Macau}} is the go-to place.

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If the characters visit UsefulNotes/LasVegas, there will definitely be at least ONE of these, and someone will probably go home broke, either due to strange HouseRules HouseRules, TheCon run by TheSyndicate or legitimate bad luck, but hey, VivaLasVegas Other American locales where you'll likely find a casino include Atlantic City, UsefulNotes/NewJersey, as well as TheRez (for which see the NativeAmericanCasino trope). If the story takes place in UsefulNotes/{{Europe}}, substitute [[UsefulNotes/{{Monaco}} Monte Carlo]] for Las Vegas; if in UsefulNotes/{{Asia}}, UsefulNotes/{{Macau}} is the go-to place.

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* In ''VisualNovel/{{Superhuman}}'', you, Alice and Michael have to go to a casino to play a poker gamer and win an unspecified prize.


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* In ''VisualNovel/{{Superhuman}} You, Alice and Michael have to go to a casino to play a poker gamer and win an unspecified prize.

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* In ''VisualNovel/{{Superhuman}} You, ''VisualNovel/{{Superhuman}}'', you, Alice and Michael have to go to a casino to play a poker gamer and win an unspecified prize.
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* In ''VisualNovel/{{Superhuman}} You, Alice and Michael have to go to a casino to play a poker gamer and win an unspecified prize.
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* ''Literature/TheSupervillainySaga'' book ''Literature/TalesOfSupervillainyCindysSeven'': The Dragon King's casino is located on its own private island with a massive statue of its owner wrapped around it. They are a literal dragon so its quite impressive. It is also where his [[spoiler: actually her]] enormous horde is located.
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* ''Fanfic/CheckmateAnlaShok'': The Capitol sponsors a bar for gambling on the Hunger Games. This costs the government a fortune when Johanna wins the Hunger Games after 1/4th of the Capitol bet on her at 10-1 odds, and President Snow is a very SoreLoser.
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If the characters visit UsefulNotes/LasVegas, there will definitely be at least ONE of these, and someone will probably go home broke, either due to strange HouseRules or legitimate bad luck, but hey, VivaLasVegas Other American locales include Atlantic City, UsefulNotes/NewJersey, as well as TheRez (for which see the NativeAmericanCasino trope). If the story takes place in UsefulNotes/{{Europe}}, substitute [[UsefulNotes/{{Monaco}} Monte Carlo]] for Las Vegas; if in UsefulNotes/{{Asia}}, UsefulNotes/{{Macau}} is the go-to place.

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If the characters visit UsefulNotes/LasVegas, there will definitely be at least ONE of these, and someone will probably go home broke, either due to strange HouseRules or legitimate bad luck, but hey, VivaLasVegas Other American locales where you'll likely find a casino include Atlantic City, UsefulNotes/NewJersey, as well as TheRez (for which see the NativeAmericanCasino trope). If the story takes place in UsefulNotes/{{Europe}}, substitute [[UsefulNotes/{{Monaco}} Monte Carlo]] for Las Vegas; if in UsefulNotes/{{Asia}}, UsefulNotes/{{Macau}} is the go-to place.
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If the characters visit UsefulNotes/LasVegas, there will definitely be at least ONE of these, and someone will probably go home broke, either due to strange HouseRules or legitimate bad luck, but hey, VivaLasVegas If the story takes place in UsefulNotes/{{Europe}}, substitute [[UsefulNotes/{{Monaco}} Monte Carlo]] for Las Vegas; if in UsefulNotes/{{Asia}}, UsefulNotes/{{Macau}} is the go-to place.

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If the characters visit UsefulNotes/LasVegas, there will definitely be at least ONE of these, and someone will probably go home broke, either due to strange HouseRules or legitimate bad luck, but hey, VivaLasVegas Other American locales include Atlantic City, UsefulNotes/NewJersey, as well as TheRez (for which see the NativeAmericanCasino trope). If the story takes place in UsefulNotes/{{Europe}}, substitute [[UsefulNotes/{{Monaco}} Monte Carlo]] for Las Vegas; if in UsefulNotes/{{Asia}}, UsefulNotes/{{Macau}} is the go-to place.
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* ''Series/YoungSheldon'': In "Pish Posh and a Secret Back Room", Connie tells Dale that she's lost a lot of money to casinos over a lifetime of gambling. By running a casino out of a laundromat, she can now "be the House" and be a winner, since the House always wins. Unfortunately for her, running a casino out of a laundromat comes with a lot of the same problems that beset regular laundromats.
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* ''Videogame/DiscworldNoir'' has the Saturnalia Casino, one of the key locations for getting information. There's a roulette wheel and a card table playing "truncheon" (i.e. blackjack, but with the full Caroc deck).
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* ''WesternAnimation/CraigOfTheCreek'' has The Baby Casino. Run by a baby who acts as TheDon, and with regular childish games and pastimes, such as tic-tac-toe, treated as high stakes games that the kids bet on.

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* ''WesternAnimation/CraigOfTheCreek'' has The Baby Casino. Run by a baby who acts as TheDon, and with regular childish games and pastimes, such as tic-tac-toe, TabletopGame/TicTacToe, treated as high stakes games that the kids bet on.
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* In the episode of ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' 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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* In the episode of ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' where Spike meets Faye, episode "[[Recap/CowboyBebopSession3HonkyTonkWoman Honky Tonk Woman]]", 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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* ''Series/ColdCase'': In "The Hitchhiker", the team reopens the 1997 murder of Matthew Mills, a 20-year-old hitchhiker killed on his way back to Philadelphia after winning big in Atlantic City, and the episode features multiple flashbacks showing what happened in thhe casino.
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* ''VideoGame/Borderlands3'' DLC "Moxxi's Heist of the Handsome Jackpot" takes place on the titular Handsome Jackpot, a SpaceStation casino resort that was run by Handsome Jack until his death at the end of VideoGame/Borderlands2.

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* ''VideoGame/Borderlands3'' DLC "Moxxi's Heist of the Handsome Jackpot" takes place on the titular Handsome Jackpot, a SpaceStation casino resort that was run by Handsome Jack until his death at the end of VideoGame/Borderlands2.
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* WesternAnimation/CraigOfTheCreek has The Baby Casino. Run by a baby who acts as TheDon, and with regular childish games and pastimes, such as tic-tac-toe, treated as high stakes games that the kids bet on.

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* WesternAnimation/CraigOfTheCreek ''WesternAnimation/CraigOfTheCreek'' has The Baby Casino. Run by a baby who acts as TheDon, and with regular childish games and pastimes, such as tic-tac-toe, treated as high stakes games that the kids bet on.
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* In ''Literature/RiverOfTeeth'', CorruptHick Travers runs an entire chain of casino boats on the Harriet, including pleasure barges where his guests can rest from losing all their money.

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* In ''Literature/RiverOfTeeth'', CorruptHick SmallTownTyrant Travers runs an entire chain of casino boats on the Harriet, including pleasure barges where his guests can rest from losing all their money.

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