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[[File:SaloonCards.jpg|right|thumb|250px|[[Seth Harper]] and the Clantons gamble over a game of [[Playing card|cards]] in the [[Last Chance Saloon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Gunfighters (TV story)|The Gunfighters]]'')]] | [[File:SaloonCards.jpg|right|thumb|250px|[[Seth Harper]] and the Clantons gamble over a game of [[Playing card|cards]] in the [[Last Chance Saloon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Gunfighters (TV story)|The Gunfighters]]'')]] | ||
'''Gambling''' was the act of wagering against odds in order to profit. This often took the form of games. | '''Gambling''' was the act of wagering against odds in order to profit. This often took the form of games. An individual wager could be known as a '''bet'''. | ||
In the [[Imperial Palace]] in [[Peking]], the [[First Doctor]] wagered on a game of [[backgammon]] with [[Kublai Khan]]. After winning half of [[Asia]], he wagered it all for [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] and lost. ([[TV]]: ''[[Assassin at Peking]]'') | In the [[Imperial Palace]] in [[Peking]], the [[First Doctor]] wagered on a game of [[backgammon]] with [[Kublai Khan]]. After winning half of [[Asia]], he wagered it all for [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] and lost. ([[TV]]: ''[[Assassin at Peking]]'') | ||
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The [[Twelfth Doctor]] gambled in Vegas, winning non-stop; he told Clara that it was simple mathematics. When taken to the owner of the casino to explain how his system worked, the Doctor explained in great detail how he always chooses the most likely probability based on all the factors of rolling dice. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Gangland (comic story)|Gangland]]'') | The [[Twelfth Doctor]] gambled in Vegas, winning non-stop; he told Clara that it was simple mathematics. When taken to the owner of the casino to explain how his system worked, the Doctor explained in great detail how he always chooses the most likely probability based on all the factors of rolling dice. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Gangland (comic story)|Gangland]]'') | ||
Several joking and rhetorical bets were placed during when [[UNIT United Kingdom|UNIT]] officers discussed the disappearace of the ''[[Guinevere One]]'' and the subsequent [[Sycorax|alien]] transmissions on an [[operations board]] on the [[UNIT website]] on [[Christmas Eve]] [[2006]]. [[Major]] [[Richard Blake (The Christmas Invasion)|Richard Blake]] bet that [[Harriet Jones|the PM]] would use the dissappearance of the ''Guinevere One'' to visit the [[Tower Ops]], [[Sergeant|Sgt]] [[A. Frederick]] bet that the ''Guinevere One'' was just [[space junk]], Sgt [[Catherine Petts]] bet on how long it would take before the aliens would start selling [[jewelry]] on their "[[television channel|TV channel]]", and Frederick put a [[tenner]] on it taking a [[week]] until [[Anthea Turner]] would get her own show on the channel. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Guinevere One (short story)|Guinevere One]]'') | |||
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Revision as of 11:01, 6 May 2022
Gambling was the act of wagering against odds in order to profit. This often took the form of games. An individual wager could be known as a bet.
In the Imperial Palace in Peking, the First Doctor wagered on a game of backgammon with Kublai Khan. After winning half of Asia, he wagered it all for the TARDIS and lost. (TV: Assassin at Peking)
In Chicago, the First Doctor gambled away the TARDIS again, this time in a game of cards with a businessman named Buchanan. He did, however, win a purple Oldsmobile 88 in another game. (PROSE: The Mother Road)
In the Last Chance Saloon, Seth Harper, Ike Clanton and Phineas Clanton wagered on a game of cards while waiting for the appearance of Doc Holliday. (TV: The Gunfighters)
In Venice, Duke Orsino gambled away Estella in a game of cards. (AUDIO: The Stones of Venice)
The Twelfth Doctor gambled in Vegas, winning non-stop; he told Clara that it was simple mathematics. When taken to the owner of the casino to explain how his system worked, the Doctor explained in great detail how he always chooses the most likely probability based on all the factors of rolling dice. (COMIC: Gangland)
Several joking and rhetorical bets were placed during when UNIT officers discussed the disappearace of the Guinevere One and the subsequent alien transmissions on an operations board on the UNIT website on Christmas Eve 2006. Major Richard Blake bet that the PM would use the dissappearance of the Guinevere One to visit the Tower Ops, Sgt A. Frederick bet that the Guinevere One was just space junk, Sgt Catherine Petts bet on how long it would take before the aliens would start selling jewelry on their "TV channel", and Frederick put a tenner on it taking a week until Anthea Turner would get her own show on the channel. (PROSE: Guinevere One)
