Casino Royale

Cover of "Casino Royale" first James Bond novel by Ian Fleming. There is the Nine of Hearts, with whichBond wins the game, but also has the meaning of fortune, love and victory.

Soldiers Karma

An etching by the famous Swiss artist Urs Graf. "All my money lost with gambling" is written upon the sword of this 16th century mercenary.

The Cincinnati Kid

Poster of the famous movies of 1965 with Steve McQueen as Cincinnati Kid. Maybe the best known poker film ever.

Bombers Luck

B-29 Nose Art. A four leaf-clover, two dices and a the mandatory pin-up. Nothing can go wrong with that.

Immigrants Leisure

Italians gambling in Columbia Hall. A newspaper illustration of 1873.

Tric Trac Players

Les joueurs de tric-trac by the French Le Nain Brothers. I haven’t any idea, what’s “tric trac”, but it looks like a kind of backgammon.

Mad Joker

A cover illustration of Mad Magazine. There is no doubt that the central card could only be the Joker.

Super Chess

Super Chess by the Swiss painter Paul Klee. Modern interpretation of the subject.

100 Bullets

Cover of the comic book series written by Brian Azzarello and illustrated by Eduardo Risso.
Sure that's here the deadly Ace of Spades.

Pin Up Chess

Your move (1964) by the American artist Gil Elvgren. A sexy pin up playing with a chess piece; I don’t think that Elvgren suggested that she’s really able to play chess.
The artist uses here only one of the numerous chess metaphors.