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--->-''SinbadLegendOfTheSevenSeas''

** In ''Series/{{CSI NY}}'', Sid, Sheldon and Adam had a side-bet about whether Lindsy was pregnant. he was and Sid won.

* Later books in the StephaniePlum series make reference to Rangeman employees having a pool going on how long any car Stephanie gets from Ranger will survive.
* In Literature/SpocksWorld, Spock and [=McCoy=] have one on the outcome of the secession vote. Spock won.

** Another CSI sees Catherine and Grissom making a bet over whether two murder victims' deaths were related or not. At the end it turns out they were both right, and Cathrine rips a bill apart and hands half of it to Gil after the very heavy conversation, this is a tension breaker when Grissom reminds her that doing that is a federal offense.

* When ''Ellen'' comes out of the closet, her friends ask her if she's sure about it, and, when she says yes, Joe pays Audrey, who then pays Ellen's cousin.

* In TheRedGreenShow episode "The Big Thing", the Lodge members have bet on how many tires are on the truck carrying the big thing.

->'''Vesperian Squad Captain''': Thirty - in gold - on Sturmovarus!
->'''Jäeger General''': [[FunetikAksent Hey keed, gimme vun hunenrt on her takink BOTH uv dem!]]
->'''Vanamonde von Mekkahn''' (Keeping book): That's the dark horse, general. One will get you five.
->'''Violetta''': What? You had that one to ''fifty''!
->'''Vanamonde von Mekkahn''': That was before Sturmovarus evened the odds. It's ANYONE'S race now.
->'''Random Jäeger''': Really? Den hy gun bet feefty on ME!
->'''Vanamonde von Mekkahn''': ...sure. Good luck.

* ''Film/{{Invictus}}: Mandela and New Zealand PM Bolger have a bet on the final match. Bolger first offers all his country's goats against all the diamonds of South Africa. Mandela chuckled and instead suggests the wager be a nice case of wine.

* Scrooge and Vegeta wager Scrooge's hat for the mysterious briefcase in ''WebAnimation/{{Ducktalez}} 7''. They lose, but Vegeta was crafty and stole the hat and the briefcase, resulting in them getting chased by the Beagle Boys.

Contrast TheBet, which is usually a more integral part of the plot (though a [[XanatosGambit particularly devious]] character might set a SideBet on [[ThrowingTheFight themselves ]]''[[ThrowingTheFight losing]]'' TheBet).

* In Literature/SpocksWorld, Spock and McCoy have one on the outcome of the secession vote. Spock won.

* Done in the [[Literature/HonorHarrington Honorverse]] novel 'At All Costs' between Queen Elizabeth and Hamish Alexander as to whether Honor would realise that she was about to become Unconquered's new CO.

** Another episode had Turk and Cox making a bet as to whether a patient would live or die in surgery. The patient lives, and Turk wins the bet. However, this gives Dr. Cox to give a nice WhatTheHellHero speech to Turk about how callous he's become to make bets on people's lives. Turk feels appropriately ashamed afterward.

** Moreso in ''Goblet of Fire'', when the twins make a winning long-shot bet on the outcome of the Quidditch World Cup. [[spoiler: And spend the entire rest of the book trying to collect their windfall, because they were paid in [[CounterfeitCash leprechaun gold]], which vanishes in a few hours.]]
*** In the film version, although the bet with Bagman is not included, Fred and George are shown loudly, publicly, and unashamedly taking bets from other students on the outcome of each Triwizard task.

* There are multitudinous examples from ''HarryPotter'' fan fiction, written by folks who prefer Harry shipping with Hermione, in which Ginny and Ron, the characters Harry and Hermione (respectively) end up with in canon, exchange money and say things like "We were wondering why it took you so long" when Harry and Hermione finally get together.

* Fred and George Weasley in film version of ''HarryPotter and the Order of the Phoenix'' bet on a Hermione vs. Ron duel.

* Fred and George Weasley in ''HarryPotter and the Order of the Phoenix'' bet on a Hermione vs. Ron duel.

* ''Film/TheAvengers'': NickFury offers to bet [[CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers]] $10 that there's still surprises left in the world for Steve. We don't see Steve accept, but after the Helicarrier takes off Steve walks onto the bridge and hands Fury a ten-dollar bill.

* The team on AnimalPlanet's series ''Tanked'' once started an office pool for how long it would take Wayde to notice that his wife Heather had gotten braces. Answer: [[spoiler:two days]].

* One episode of ''HowIMetYourMother'' has Ted finding out that Lily and Marshall have placed a long-running bet on whether Ted and will eventually give up on the idea of being with Robin and if they will end up together. Lily thinks they won't while Marshall thinks they will. At that point it seemed unlikely that they would, and Ted claimed yet again that he was over Robin, but when Lily told Marshall to pay up he said "not yet". [[ForegoneConclusion The audience already knows that they won't.]]

* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', there's a long-running pool about which corner of the LoveTriangle will end up with Agatha. We see the odds getting revised and updated as new events put one guy or the other ahead, and there are even 'long-shot' wagers about a TenchiSolution or DarkHorseVictory.