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* Season 6 of ''VideoGame/NoelTheMortalFate'' has this as the premise in order to take out Russell’s money supply. It comes complete with playable slot machines, card games, being able to play as the other characters (save for Caron as he is taking over the cameras), and even some sidequests for the player to follow.
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* Subverted with the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime and most ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' adaptations. The casinos are AdaptedOut in adaptations.

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* ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'': Subverted with "The Song of Jigglypuff" episode. The city that Ash and friends visit is a stand-in for Las Vegas, complete with casinos inside. But the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime and most ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' adaptations. The casinos are AdaptedOut in adaptations.merely background props to highlight that nobody has been sleeping at all. Instead, the episode focuses on Jigglypuff and its attempt to get someone to listen [[MagicMusic its song all the way through]], with the casino city only serving as Jigglypuff's final audience due to [[TemptingFate its reputation of never sleeping]].
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* In the episode "Casino, Cards, and Chaos" of ''Machinima/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers'', Mario heads to a casino in desperate need for money. He doesn't do well on his own, but when he learns that Luigi has an innate power to win every game, Mario abuses Luigi's power and gets rich.

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* In the episode "Casino, Cards, and Chaos" of ''Machinima/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers'', ''WebAnimation/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers'', Mario heads to a casino in desperate need for money. He doesn't do well on his own, but when he learns that Luigi has an innate power to win every game, Mario abuses Luigi's power and gets rich.
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* ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'': Issue #0 of the second volume features Viceworld, a world-sized casino and pleasure complex catering to people across the multiverse. Viceworld is owned by [[MeaningfulName Madorra Chance]] orders an invasion of the Authority's planet so people can bet on who will win.

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* ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'': Issue #0 of the second third volume features Viceworld, a world-sized casino and pleasure complex catering to people across the multiverse. Viceworld is owned by [[MeaningfulName Madorra Chance]] orders an invasion of the Authority's planet so people can bet on who will win.
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* ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'': Issue #0 of the second volume features Viceworld, a world-sized casino and pleasure complex catering to people across the multiverse. Viceworld is owned by [[MeaningfulName Madorra Chance]] orders an invasion of the Authority's planet so people can bet on who will win.
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* ''WebVideo/TheCarpetbagger'': Subverted. Jacob did [[https://youtu.be/NS4fBLuqRJY a video]] on the Circus Circus hotel-casino in Las Vegas, but he focused more on the arcade area than the casino itself.
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* ''Podcast/JustRollWithItShow'' has one in the form of the Blue Royale Casino, a floating island with a giant casino on top of it. It is later discovered that the casino traps whoever comes inside of it, freezing them in time.
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* There was a second revival of ''Series/{{Maverick}}'' from the early 1980s called ''Bret Maverick'', including a two-part episode called "Faith, Hope, and Clarity" which involves the title character directing a sting to help the townsfolk get their land back from a guy that cheated them out of their land titles. The MassiveMultiplayerScam involves the townsfolk setting up a casino on the second floor of the local saloon, including knocking out walls between bedrooms to make a larger space.

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* There was a second revival of ''Series/{{Maverick}}'' from the early 1980s called ''Bret Maverick'', including a two-part episode called "Faith, Hope, and Clarity" which involves the title character directing a sting to help the townsfolk get their land back from a guy that cheated them out of their land titles. The MassiveMultiplayerScam TheCon involves the townsfolk setting up a casino on the second floor of the local saloon, including knocking out walls between bedrooms to make a larger space.

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* ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'': "The Stripping", which doubles as a BrokeEpisode.



* ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'': "The Stripping", which doubles as a BrokeEpisode.



* ''Series/BlakesSeven''. In "Gambit" while Blake is searching [[ViceCity Freedom City]] for a MacGuffin, Avon and Vila decide to use MagicalComputer Orac to win at the casino owned by the local crime boss.
* Quite common on ''Series/{{CSI}}'', naturally, given that the series is set in Las Vegas. Usually the plots involved someone being found dead in a casino or stuff done by corrupt casino owners like, to a point, Catherine’s dad.



* ''Series/TheGlades'': In "Honey", Jim Longworth's latest case sends him to the famed Native American-owned Blues Rock Casino, a high-end gambling establishment filled with millions of dollars of rock 'n' roll memorabilia. When the head of the casino, a tribal elder, crashes through a skylight and lands on a roulette table, Longworth must figure out who is behind her mysterious death. Was it suicide or foul play? Jim's first hurdle is getting the smart and sexy Josie Tigertail, a tribal police officer, to allow the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to run point on the investigation.



* ''Series/{{Hustle}}'': In "Big Daddy Calling", while on a holiday in Las Vegas, Albert is recognised by an old friend, the head of security at a major casino. Although satisfied that Albert isn't scamming the hotel the owner - Joey Maranzano, son of a famous mafia boss - decides to teach Albert a lesson anyway, taking a baseball bat to his hand. The team decide to get their revenge by stealing $5 million on display behind an aquarium in the hotel lobby.



* In the ''Series/{{Scorpion}}'' episode "Shorthanded", a Las Vegas casino hires the Scorpion team to locate a flaw in its security--and then gets robbed while our heroes are still on the premises. When some of the missing money is planted in Walter's hotel room, he's arrested and the rest of the team falls under suspicion, so they set out to [[ClearMyName prove Walter (and themselves) innocent]].



* In the ''Series/{{Scorpion}}'' episode "Shorthanded", a Las Vegas casino hires the Scorpion team to locate a flaw in its security--and then gets robbed while our heroes are still on the premises. When some of the missing money is planted in Walter's hotel room, he's arrested and the rest of the team falls under suspicion, so they set out to [[ClearMyName prove Walter (and themselves) innocent]].
* Quite common on ''Series/{{CSI}}'', naturally, given that the series is set in Las Vegas. Usually the plots involved someone being found dead in a casino or stuff done by corrupt casino owners like, to a point, Catherine’s dad.
* ''Series/BlakesSeven''. In "Gambit" while Blake is searching [[ViceCity Freedom City]] for a MacGuffin, Avon and Vila decide to use MagicalComputer Orac to win at the casino owned by the local crime boss.



* The ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' episode "The House of Lucky Gander!" takes place in a casino in the city of [[UsefulNotes/{{Macau}} Macaw]], where the Duck family visits their BornLucky relative Gladstone Gander. [[spoiler: The place is run by an evil spirit who holds Gladstone prisoner and feeds on his good luck.]]



* ''WesternAnimation/FudencioESeusAmigos'': In the episode "Cassino", Conrado's phone bill reaches 50,000 bucks after loads of people visit his house just to listen to jokes through the phone. He decides to get the money at a casino, because his friend Popoto is somehow able to guess any number, making him win every time. The employees start suspecting it and decide to take Popoto away; Conrado wins again by remembering when someone told him what number to guess if he ever visits a casino. However, the police arrives, finds out it is an illegal casino, and arrests Conrado; when he's at jail, he can't call his dad from home because the phone line was cut.



* The ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' episode "The House of Lucky Gander!" takes place in a casino in the city of [[UsefulNotes/{{Macau}} Macaw]], where the Duck family visits their BornLucky relative Gladstone Gander. [[spoiler: The place is run by an evil spirit who holds Gladstone prisoner and feeds on his good luck.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/FudencioESeusAmigos'': In the episode "Cassino", Conrado's phone bill reaches 50,000 bucks after loads of people visit his house just to listen to jokes through the phone. He decides to get the money at a casino, because his friend Popoto is somehow able to guess any number, making him win every time. The employees start suspecting it and decide to take Popoto away; Conrado wins again by remembering when someone told him what number to guess if he ever visits a casino. However, the police arrives, finds out it is an illegal casino, and arrests Conrado; when he's at jail, he can't call his dad from home because the phone line was cut.

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