Theme Ontology

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".

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StoryLevelMotivation
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.
movie: The Sting (1973) major Key to the plot was Hooker and Gondorf conning Lonnegan into betting half a million dollars in the horse races. Gondorf cheated Lonnegan at the poker table just as Lonnegan had tried to cheat him. In an ill-advised play, Hooker bet his $3000 cut of a successful con job on red at the roulette wheel and lost it all.
owgm1x03 major The story is premised on a young American gambler, named Charles, winning big at the roulette wheel in a seedy Paris gambling house.