gambling theme
A character takes pleasure in engaging in games of chance with money or other valuables at stake.
Examples
The Providers, a trio of disembodied brains, had a gambling problem to say the least in tos2x17 "The Gamesters of Triskelion".
80 total · 1 choice · 14 major · 65 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| tz2002e1x27 | choice | Jonah is gambling at poker throughout much of the story. |
| ahp3x35 | major | The transatlantic cruise goers were amusing themselves on the voyage by taking part in a betting pool on how many miles the ship would travel each day. |
| ahp5x15 | major | The story concerned the propriety of a young gambler to bet his little finger against Carlos' convertible. |
| ahp6x22 | major | The story concerns horse player Sheridan, who tempts Father Amion into gambling with his life's savings. |
| ahp6x28 | major | Mr. Fine was running an underground casino. A young gambler shit himself dead after losing big at Mr. Fine's underground casino. |
| ds91x10 | major | The Wadi delegates were eager to to gamble with their gemstones at the dabo wheel in Quark's bar. |
| movie: Around the World in 80 Days (1956) | major | Phileas Fogg made a £20,000 wager with four fellow members of his gentleman's club, the Reform Club, that he could circumnavigate the globe within 80 days. |
| movie: Quintet (1979) | major | People were obsessed with gambling on the game Quintet. While it had its historical origins as a common board game, it had devolved into a game where game pieces were human beings that had to fight to the death for survival. |
| rbt1985e6x04 | major | The story concerns a friendly bet between Douglas, an American writer, and an Irish barkeep on a local Irish tradition called "anthem sprinting". Douglas wagered a first edition of "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" by James Joyce against the barkeep's autographed playbill from the opening night of Sean O'Casey's play "The Plough and the Stars". |
| talesoftheunexpected1x01 | major | The old man Rawlsden enjoyed his morbid gambling with body parts at stake. |