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Mr. and Mrs. Gambler is a 2012 Hong Kong romantic comedy film written, produced and directed by Wong Jing (王晶) and starring Chapman To Man-chak (杜汶澤) and Fiona Sit Hoi-kei (薛凱琪).

Manfred Shu (Chapman) and Flora Cheung (Fiona) are compulsive gamblers who can gamble on anything 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They meet at a casino in Macau, where they both suffer heavy losses and are held hostage by loan sharks. During their hostage ordeal, they start to have passion for each other. When they meet in Hong Kong again, they finally fall in love and decide to get married. After they marry, their luck turns, and they make great progress in both their career and relationship. They soon give birth to their daughter. With the assistance of a charming producer, Michelle Siu (胡然 Michelle Hu Ran), Manfred gets the chance to take a leading role in a new movie. The Casino Boss, Sam Wong (伍允龙 Philip Ng Wan-lung), invites Flora to work for him to chase away the con men. In fact, Michelle and Sam are ex-lovers. Both of them are now attracted by Manfred and Flora’s unique characters and go for them in full strength. Manfred and Flora cannot resist the temptation and decide to get divorced. However, both of them would like to obtain their daughter’s custody rights.