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* ''Series/{{Manimal}}'': In "Breath of the Dragon" whilst investigating a gangster operating out of China Town who runs a series of rigged card games, Dr. Jonathan Chase joins in one game and manages to use his heightened senses to count the cards, allowing him to beat the racket. The visor allows him to look at people's cards while playing poker, but he always looks away to avoid cheating.

* ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'': In a bet with Watto, Qui-Gon Jinn uses the Force to make a die roll the result he wants. To be fair, the game was already rigged in Watto's favor.

* ''VideoGame/CardCityNights2'': One thing Psychic Phenom can say is how she has to try not to cheat:
--> I like the card game, but I have to try really hard not to accidentally cheat. I can see my opponent's entire deck and hand after all. Not to brag or anything.

* One issue of ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' establishes that many casinos employ low-level psychics to scan customers and make sure they don't have powers. One casino rigs their major poker tournaments by hiring a psychic who can read other player's minds to see their cards. Fortunately, Daredevil is [[DisabilityImmunity immune]] because he [[HandicappedBadass can't see his cards]], and plays by using his SuperSenses to read when other people are bluffing, in another example of this trope. Unfortunately, to maintain his cover, he can't let the psychic know that he's blind, and he ends up fighting the psychic in a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind.

** ''Spectacular Spider-Man'' volume 2, issue #21 shows Peter using his SpiderSense to win in an annual superhero poker game for charity.

** ''ComicBook/TheChameleonConspiracy'': Jamie Tolentino has been using the Clairvoyant computer to win games at The Palace. He made sure to lose just enough games so as not to draw attention to himself and reveal his advantage. Unfortunately, the computer has been running low on power, and Jamie's very real losses have resulted in him being in debt to Chance, who knows about the Clairvoyant.
* In ''ComicBook/WolverineAndTheXMenMarvelComics'', the Jean Grey School needs some quick funds to keep the school running, so Logan forces the telepathic Quentin Quire accompany him to what's basically an intergalactic Las Vegas. Such a place safeguards against cheating by using a telepath detecting, [[ReadingsBlewUpTheScale who soiled itself before dying]] when it detected Quentin, who is [[PowerLevels Omega-level]].

** One cartoon has Wolverine asking Professor X how he can afford all the Franchise/XMen's equipment. Professor X replies, "Let's just say they don't let me into Vegas anymore."