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Best Gambling-Focused Anime for Casino Enthusiasts

(Last Updated On: June 2, 2023)

Do you spend your leisure time scouring the internet for the best online casinos, plus you also
love watching anime? If you’re someone who enjoys betting on casino games or even getting a
thrill out of high-stakes sports betting, you must give the following recommended anime a try.
You can even watch these anime if you are looking for new series that’s dark, thrilling, and fast-
paced – something to get your heartbeat racing.

1. Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler

Kaiji Ito moves to Japan after graduating high school and finds himself deeply
entrenched in the world of illegal gambling, vandalising, and booze. With a shady debt
collector after him, Kaiji soon faces two life-altering choices – spend 10 years paying off
his loan or board a gambling boat for one night to repay his debt and possibly make a
whole lot more.

2. Kakegurui: Compulsive Gambler

1. Hyakkaou Private Academy – Kakegurui

Kakegurui: Compulsive Gambler is set at Hyakkaou Private Academy, where the student
hierarchy in this school is not determined by academic performance or athletic ability but
rather by gambling. Enter Yumeko Jabami, a transfer student with a gambling addiction.
By counteracting the cheating methods of other gamblers, Yumeko disrupts the students’
success and status while also grabbing the attention of the Student Council, especially
its president, Kirari Momobami.

3. Mahjong Hishouden: Naki No Ryuu

This legendary anime series is one of the classics. The protagonist, Ryuu or Crying
Dragon, is a mysterious man who often plays games with gang members. He only wins
by “ron,” a move in which one needs to wait for the opponent’s tile to complete the win.
Since Ryuu only plays Mahjong against other criminals, the series provides interesting
insight into how you can outwit your opponents and succeed in similar games.

4. Legendary Gambler Tetsuya (Shoubushi Densetsu Tetsuya)

In the year 1947, the people of Shinjuku are down on their luck. With little money to buy
food or necessities, some resort to gambling in order to survive. Traveller Tetsuya
chooses to spend his time at Mahjong parlours, where he wipes the floor clean with his
adversaries. However, when Tetsuya meets the intensely skilled Boushu-san, he
realises that his skills are still lacking.

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5. Akagi

Nangou, a compulsive gambler, has wagered his life on a game of mahjong with the
mafia in order to clear his crippling debt. His life is saved when Shigeru Akagi, a young. boy, chooses to hide from the police in the gambling parlour. Nangou teaches Akagi
some rules of Mahjong, and although he is unfamiliar with the game, Akagi’s innate
gambling instinct saves Nangou’s life. In the world of Mahjong, Akagi is destined to
become a legend.

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Monika Chopra
Monika Chopra is a Mumbai-based anime writer from a wealthy background. An open lesbian, she advocates for #LGBTQ+ rights through her globally loved narratives. Her work focuses on inclusivity and the slice-of-life anime genre, finding extraordinary in the ordinary.
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