Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji
Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji

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Both of these mangas have a considerable amount of gambling involves and putting your life on the line to either go deeply in debt or walk out a millionaire... They also contain alot of physiological warfare which will doubts all of your senses.  

both have gambling. both the main character know the fact that there is no easy money but still the are tempted to gamble. both the main character needs huge sum of money. 

Since the biggest strength of Btooom is seeing how characters deals with a series of rules and limitations in a competition for their lives, exploiting their possibilities and forming dubious alliances, one of the best representatives of that concept is Kaiji. While it's gambling instead of blowing up; the strategies, twists and characters are much more detailed and original. No fan service but at least the art doesn't hurt the story. 

Be it debts that have to be payed as in Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji, or a grudge to be relieved in the form of a game as in Dangan Ronpa: Kirigiri - the reward for success is ample, and the risk in the case of failure is enough to make gravediggers dance euphorically! For they will have a lot of work. Psychological manipulation, deception, reasoning, and foresight - neither world will allow a winner who is unacquainted with these qualities. The games will take place in a supervised area, and leaving it could prove... impossible, but! Don't mind that and and just play already! There's a lot of prize money to win! read more 

Both of these series feature a character who is put into a bad situation and needs to become a better gambler to overcome the issues they've been faced with. Both of them have life or death stakes to these gambles. 

Characters can stake their own lives on gambling matters. Both main characters show to possess peerless intellect, although that does not mean the outcome has always been decided from the start. *Deaths are often very emotional. 

Dangerous games that pit people against each other and are created to trick the players into falling, which can have a quite fatal result, all just so the mastermind behind it can watch those people struggle. 

Protagonist that gets introduced to the underground, criminal side of the society, where his task is to make gambles that involve ridiculous sums of money. Both series have lot of well written mind games and Gin to Kin also feels a bit like Kaiji prototype, with not only the protagonist being similar, but also for example the prototype of Hyoudou can be observed. 

Both are wilfully ridiculous and over-the-top macho silliness revolving around seemingly idiotic protagonists who both have an excellent knack for gambits. 

Both series deal with the underworld of Japan. Although the series have different settings, they still resemble others very much. Both series also have lots of philosophical thoughts about the human life. 

Kaiji and Metro Survive both put normally stifled and weak everymen into do-or-die situations which allow their character to shine. Also, there is a lot of "heartlessness for the sake of survival" in both. 

Although the setting and story are very different, they're similar in the way they're written: - Both series are very long and slow paced because of the amount of details they go into regarding the characters' actions and psychology. - Both protagonists, Ippo and Kaiji, remain underdogs despite getting stronger. - Both series are manly and have almost no fanservice. - Both have incomplete but faithful anime adaptations made by Madhouse, so you can watch those and then pick the manga afterwards to help with the overwhelming number of chapters.