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The majority of casino players leave to much to chance when playing in a casino. To put it bluntly, they don't have a clue as to how to play. ~ Henry Tamburin, gambling author
They are the new breed of slot machine-colorful, fancy, exciting, wonderful...and deadly. ~ Frank Scoblete
Someone once asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do, and I gave the commonsensical reply that we don't have as much money. That was a true but incomplete answer. In fact, women's total instinct for gambling is satisfied by marriage. ~ Gloria Steinem
The typical gambler might not really understand the probabilistic nuances of the wheel or the dice, but such things seem a bit more tractable than, say, trying to raise a child in this lunatic society of ours. ~ Arthur S. Reber, The New Gambler's Bible
No wife can endure a gambling husband, unless he is a steady winner. ~ Thomas Robert Dewar
The urge to gamble is so universal and its practice is so pleasurable, that I assume it must be evil. ~ Heywood Broun
If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~ Chinese Proverb
Baccarat is a game whereby the croupier gathers in money with a flexible sculling oar, then rakes it home. If I could have borrowed his oar I would have stayed. ~ Mark Twain
I met with an accident on the way to the track; I arrived safely. ~ Joe E. Lewis
In the case of an earthquake hitting Las Vegas, be sure to go straight to the Keno Lounge. Nothing ever gets hit there. ~ Author Unknown
Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other. ~ Charles Lamb, Essays of Elia, 1823
Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit. ~ R.E. Shay
The house doesn't beat the player. It just gives him the opportunity to beat himself. ~ Nick Dandalos
Why does this still seem like gambling to you? I mean, why do you think the same five guys make it to the final table of the World Series of Poker every single year? What, are they the luckiest guys in Las Vegas? It's a skill game, Jo. ~ Matt Damon, Rounders
A race track is a place where windows clean people. ~ Danny Thomas
You cannot beat a roulette table unless you steal money from it. ~ Albert Einstein
A dollar picked up in the road is more satisfaction to us than the 99 which we had to work for, and the money won at Faro or in the stock market snuggles into our hearts in the same way. ~ Mark Twain
Casinos and prostitutes have the same thing in common; they are both trying to screw you out of your money and send you home with a smile on you face. ~ Author Unknown
At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons. ~ Chinese Proverb
Horse racing is animated roulette. ~ Roger Kahn
I bet on a horse at ten-to-one. It didn't come in until half-past five. ~ Henny Youngman
A racehorse is an animal that can take several thousand people for a ride at the same time. ~ Author Unknown
A number of moralists condemn lotteries and refuse to see anything noble in the passion of the ordinary gambler. They judge gambling as some atheists judge religion, by its excesses. ~ Charles Lamb, Essays of Elia, 1832
The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling. ~ Ambrose Bierce
In the queer mess of human destiny the determining factor is luck. For every important place in life there are many men of fairly equal capacities. Among them luck decides who shall accomplish the great work, who shall be crowned with laurel, and who shall fall back into silence and obscurity. ~ William E. Woodward
Nine gamblers could not feed a single rooster. ~ Yugoslav proverb
A gambler with a system must be, to a greater or lesser extent, insane. ~ George Augustus Sala (1828-95) English writer and journalist
Blackjack is the only casino game an amateur can learn to play and at which he can definitely win. ~ Lawrence Revere, author, Playing Blackjack as a Business
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