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13	Whenever a guy is gambling, you can tell he's winning because there are sexy ladies on either side of him -- and the turning of his luck is easily conveyed via a few disapproving glances from the ladies. [[GoldDigger When they leave, you know what's happened.]]
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15	These girls may be dressed like tramps, showgirls, or even classy ladies, but they are ''always'' good-looking and seem to materialize out of nowhere.
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21	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
22	* [[GenderInvertedTrope Gender inverted]] in ''Manga/{{Kakegurui}}'': TheGamblingAddict Yumeko Jabami can almost always be seen with her fairly attractive male classmate Ryouta Suzui by her side.
23	* Elvis from ''Anime/RioRainbowGate'' has a group of girls impressed by his AwesomenessByAnalysis skills. When he loses to Rio at the end of the episode, the girls leave him behind.
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27	* In ''Comicbook/JLA1997'' #33, Bruce Wayne [[spoiler: (actually a White Martian who ''thinks'' he's Bruce Wayne)]] is at a baccarat table in a French casino, with a cluster of gambler groupies behind him. He explains that the goal is to get nine ... and that's ''also'' how you play baccarat.
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31	* ''Film/BetYourLife'': When Sonny starts winning at the craps table, two beautiful women attach themselves either side of him. They later lure him up to the penthouse. However, they are actually plants for Joseph who slip tracking devices into his clothes.
32	* In the "Let's Face the Music and Dance" sequence in ''Film/FollowTheFleet,'' Creator/FredAstaire's character is surrounded by several groupies as he gambles. They quickly snub him when he loses all his money.
33	* In ''Film/GetShorty'', the character Leo is a schlub who faked his death and fled to Vegas with insurance money. While there, he becomes an extraordinarily lucky gambler and is surrounded by these.
34	* ''Film/AHardDaysNight'': At the ''Le Cercle'' club, Paul's Grandfather has a gorgeous woman who attaches herself to him during the evening. Fittingly, she's played by Creator/MargaretNolan, who appeared as Dink in ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}''.
35	* Seen in the first ''Film/IronMan'' movie, when Tony is playing craps (instead of accepting an award, like he was supposed to be).
36	* A common sight in the casino scenes of the Film/JamesBond films:
37	** ''Film/DiamondsAreForever''. A man is gambling at a Las Vegas casino with a beautiful woman named Plenty O'Toole (Creator/LanaWood) at his side. Unfortunately, he loses all his money, so she dumps him and latches on to Bond.
38	** ''Film/{{Casino Royale\|2006}}'': Bond encourages Vesper (Creator/EvaGreen) to play this role as a distraction for the other players at the high stakes Casino Royale poker tournament.
39	* ''Film/{{Jungle}}'': When Yossi has the fantasy of being in a casino, he is flanked by beautiful women: one dressed as a showgirl and one as a socialite.
40	* When Finn and Rose go to meet Maz Kanata's contact on the casino planet of Canto Bight in ''Film/TheLastJedi'', a man who is most likely him is shown at a table, flanked by two beautiful women.
41	* Happens in ''Film/RushHour'' when Chris Tucker's character is gambling.
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44	[[folder:Literature]]
45	* Subverted in a ''Literature/PhoenixForce'' novel. David Carter picks up such a woman while gambling, but she ends up walking off in a snit because he prefers to keep gambling away his winnings instead of [[NotDistractedByTheSexy going off with her]]. Then he gets the AvengersAssemble call, throws in all his money and loses that too.
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49	* Reid picks up one of these in ''Series/CriminalMinds'' as he plays video poker in a casino. He shocks her by walking away from his machine and giving her his two thousand dollar winnings when she says something that causes him to realize how to solve the case.
50	** In another episode, the killer is a compulsive gambler who believes his luck improves when he kills someone. He gains one of these after his first murder. After his luck fades and she abandons him, he kills her to get another boost.
51	* In ''Series/{{CSI}}'', two bodies of the week were women of this kind. [[spoiler:They were running a con to steal the bankcards and PIN of winning gamblers by hanging all over them at appropriate moments.]]
52	* ''Series/Danger5:'' In "Hitler's Golden Murder Palace" Jackson has two classy girls sitting besides him when he's playing. He wins so much at the casino that he gets Hitler's attention, who challenges him to a one-on-one match.
53	* In ''Series/{{Greg the Bunny}}'', Warren the Ape and Greg attract arm candy at the blackjack table after Warren learns Greg is a card counter.
54	* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': Quark's bar has gorgeous women running the Dabo table (basically roulette InSpace) to distract suckers -- er, customers [[DistractedByTheSexy with the sexy]]. [[Characters/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineQuarksBar Leeta]] is the most prominent one, starting off as MsFanservice before eventually getting a fair amount of CharacterDevelopment.
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58	* ''Webcomic/LoveAndCapes'' - Psi-Clone gets a pair of these when he [[http://loveandcapes.com/lnc/?p=406 impersonates Mark in Las Vegas]].
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62	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Bart has an ImagineSpot in the episode ''Round Springfield'', where he receives five hundred dollars and imagines him spending it in a casino, where he is, of course, surrounded by attractive women. In his imagination he loses, however, causing everybody to leave him instantly. Yet, despite this DownerEnding Bart still finds this idea ''cool''.
63	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': During the episode ''Into Fat Air'', Stewie has a similar ImagineSpot being accompanied by a pair of ChorusGirls as he gambles in Las Vegas.
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