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* HospitalHotie: Eva is an attractive nurse employee.

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* HospitalHotie: HospitalHottie: Eva is an attractive nurse employee.

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* FoodEnd: [[spoiler:The film ends with Gene making it to dinner with Eva's family.]]

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* DisappearedDad:
** Eddie and Ron's father died before the movie's start.
** The father of Eva's daughter ran off on them.
* FoodEnd: [[spoiler:The film ends with Gene Eddie making it to dinner with Eva's family.]]]]
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Eddie is an on-and-off recovering gambling addict who is often losing a substantial amount of money; Ron is the boss of his company while also a devoted FamilyMan.



* HappilyEverAfter: [[spoiler:Gene is able to pay off his debts and gets the girl.]]
* HereWeGoAgain: [[spoiler:Gene is so heavily addicted to gambling that even his ''sponsor'' is setting him up with games by the end of the movie. He hasn't changed at all and will almost certainly end up in debt again.]]

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* HappilyEverAfter: [[spoiler:Gene [[spoiler:Eddie is able to pay off his debts and gets the girl.]]
* HereWeGoAgain: [[spoiler:Gene [[spoiler:Eddie is so heavily addicted to gambling that even his ''sponsor'' is setting him up with games by the end of the movie. He hasn't changed at all and will almost certainly end up in debt again.]]



* HospitalHotie: Eva is an attractive nurse employee.
* MeaningfulName: Ron and Eddie's father was nicknamed "Chips" because he would always yell for them when out gambling.
* MissingMom: Ron and Eddie mention their father but their mother is never spoken of.
* MultigenerationalHousehold: Eva lives with her daughter and mother.



* PapaWolf: [[spoiler:After losing roughly $50,000 from the gambling game Gene sent him to, Eddie was about to run away until he got a message from Eva's daughter, he goes right back in to win back the money.]]



* RaceAgainstTheClock: Gene needs to get back the money he lost within six months. [[spoiler:His time frame is later reduced to eight ''days''.]]

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* RaceAgainstTheClock: Gene Eddie needs to get back the money he lost within six months. [[spoiler:His time frame is later reduced to eight ''days''.]]]]
* SpicyLatina: Downplayed. Eva is an attractive woman of Hispanic descent but doesn't dress in anything too provocative.
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* GamblersFallacy: Invoked multiple times by Eddie, frequently claiming that he's on a "streak".
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* FoodEnd: [[spoiker:The film ends with Gene making it to dinner with Eva's family.]]

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* FoodEnd: [[spoiker:The [[spoiler:The film ends with Gene making it to dinner with Eva's family.]]
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* FoodEnd: [[spoiker:The film ends with Gene making it to dinner with Eva's family.]]


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* HappilyEverAfter: [[spoiler:Gene is able to pay off his debts and gets the girl.]]
* HereWeGoAgain: [[spoiler:Gene is so heavily addicted to gambling that even his ''sponsor'' is setting him up with games by the end of the movie. He hasn't changed at all and will almost certainly end up in debt again.]]


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Also features a minor role with Creator/KeeganMichaelKey playing Gene, Eddie's sponsor at a gambling addiction group.



* HollywoodHeartAttack: Subverted. [[spoiler:Eddie]] suffers a heart attack, and it's long and drawn out, and he doesn't even realize it's happening for over a minute.

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* HollywoodHeartAttack: Subverted. [[spoiler:Eddie]] suffers a heart attack, and it's attack. It's long and drawn out, and he doesn't even realize it's happening for over a minute.minute.
* OffTheWagon: For six weeks, Eddie is clear of gambling, has a steady job, and seems to be recovering. [[spoiler:Then the person who he owes money to calls and informs him he's going to be collecting much earlier than expected.]]



* TrappedByGamblingDebts: The film's plot. Eddie uses money that isn't his to gamble and ends up way deeper in debt.

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* TheSponsor: Gene.
* TrappedByGamblingDebts: The film's plot. Eddie uses money that isn't his to gamble and ends up way deeper in debt.debt.
* TropaholicsAnonymous: Eddie attends a gambling addiction group.
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''Win It All'' is a RomanticComedy Creator/{{Netflix}} original film. Starring Creator/JakeJohnson as Eddie, it follows him as he tries to pull himself up out of a gambling debt he's racked up so that he can keep the relationship with his girlfriend, Eva (Creator/AislinnDerbez), alive.

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!!This film contains examples of:

* TheGamblingAddict: The film's main focus is Eddie, a gambling addict, trying to clear his debts.
* HollywoodHeartAttack: Subverted. [[spoiler:Eddie]] suffers a heart attack, and it's long and drawn out, and he doesn't even realize it's happening for over a minute.
* ProfessionalGambler: Eddie, prior to the film, refuses to get a real job and instead lives doing odd jobs and gambling it all.
* TrappedByGamblingDebts: The film's plot. Eddie uses money that isn't his to gamble and ends up way deeper in debt.

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