Casino King

"You want to play Poker with me, the Casino King? Kid, you're playing with fire..." — The Casino King to Killua, in "Progress"

Casino King
Kanji	カジノ()王(おう)()()()()()()()()
Rōmaji	Kajino-ō
Statistics
Primary Ability	Gambling
Located in	Dorias, Greed Island
Debut
Manga Debut	Chapter 151

The Casino King (カジノ()王(おう)()()()()()()()(), Kajino-ō) is a non-player character (NPC) of the Greed Island game, who gambles with players that dare challenge him in Dorias.

Appearance

The Casino King wears his hair in a massive pompadour style haircut and dresses in a plain dress-shirt, pants, and shoes.

Personality

The Casino King is adamant with his gambling skills, yet when beaten he becomes flaccid.

Plot

Greed Island arc

In the casino area at Dorias, Killua challenges the Casino King to a game of Poker. The latter disparages Killua for challenging him, however, thanks to a successful roll on the Risky Dice, Killua beats the Casino King with a "Broadway Straight" thereby winning the "Fledgling Gambler" card.

Trivia

• The Casino King is most likely a reference to Mahjong Hishō-den: Naki no Ryū's protagonist—Ryuu or Crying Dragon.

Anime and Manga Differences

• The Casino King does not appear in the 2011 anime adaptation and seems to have been replaced by a poker dealer in the 1999 anime adaptation.