Quatloo
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The quatloo is a fictional currency that featured in the Star Trek episode "The Gamesters of Triskelion". The currency was used by the disembodied Providers of Triskelion. Having grown bored with their supreme intelligence, "the Providers" were reduced to betting on the outcome of gladiatorial competition between their captives. Wagers were made in quatloos.
Quatloos have become an in-joke within fandom.
They have been mentioned in episodes of the Matt Groening created series The Simpsons and Futurama.
See also: http://www.ericweisstein.com/fun/startrek/TheGamestersOfTriskelion.html