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About Gambling…

If you ain't just a little scared when you enter a casino, you are either very rich or you haven't studied the games enough. 

~VP Pappy

For most men (till by losing rendered sager)
Will back their own opinions by a wager.

~George Gordon, Lord Byron, "Beppo"

The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet. 

~Damon Runyon, "More Than Somewhat," in reference to Ecclesiastes 9:11, "I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all."

In a bet there is a fool and a thief. 

~Proverb

The safest way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket. 

            ~Kin Hubbard

There is a very easy way to return from a casino with a small fortune:  go there with a large one. 

~Jack Yelton

In most betting shops you will see three windows marked "Bet Here," but only one window with the legend "Pay Out." 

~Jeffrey Bernard

A gambler is nothing but a man who makes his living out of hope. 

~William Bolitho

The house doesn't beat the player.  It just gives him the opportunity to beat himself. 

~Nick Dandalos

Dear Lord, help me to break even.  I need the money. 

~Author Unknown

A race track is a place where windows clean people.  ~Danny Thomas

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

You know horses are smarter than people.  You never heard of a horse going broke betting on people.  ~Will Rogers

I bet on a horse at ten-to-one.  It didn't come in until half-past five.  ~Henny Youngman

The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.  ~Ambrose Bierce

To be a successful gambler you have to have a complete disregard for money.

Never perform card tricks for the people you play poker with.

The guy who invented poker was bright, but the guy who invented the chip was a genius.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Most of the money you’ll win at poker comes not from the brilliance of your own play, but from the ineptitude of your opponents.

Good luck needs no explanation

The only difference between a winner and a loser is character.

It can be argued that man’s instinct to gamble is the only reason he is still not a monkey up in the trees.

You don’t gamble to win. You gamble so you can gamble the next day.
- Bert Ambrose Band leader

A Gentleman is a man who will pay his gambling debts even when he knows he has been cheated.
- Count Leo Tolstoy 1828-1910

I invest, you bet, he gambles.
- Traditional Motto

If a man has a competent estate of his own, and plays whether himself or another man shall have it, it is extreme folly; if his estate be small, then to hazard the loss even of that and reduce himself to absolute beggary is direct madness. Besides, it has been generally observed, that the loss of one hundred pounds shall do you more prejudice in disquieting your mind that the gain of two hundred pounds shall do you good, were you sure to keep it.
- Anonymous The Nicker Nicked; or the cheats of Gaming Discovered 1669

There is no such thing as luck. It is all mathematics. There are three kinds of cards – good cards, bad cards and indifferent cards. You must play them according to what they are. That is not a contradiction. You may have luck for an hour or two, even a day or two, even a week. But what people call luck is merely an established fact seen through the spectacles of after events.
- Nico Zographos (d1953) renowned 1920s and 30s baccarat gambler, head of Greek syndicate which operated a famous no-limit game

Since the World is but a kind of Lottery, why should Gamesters be begrudged the drawing of a Prize? If . . . Man has his Estate by Chance, why should bit my chance take it away from him?
- Jeremy Collier An Essay Upon Gaming 1713

Peter Marshall:  Elizabeth Taylor recently stated, “It wasn’t easy.” And hubby Richard Burton added, “But we both sleep much better.” They were both talking about the same thing.  What?
Paul Lynde:  Separate bedrooms.

Peter Marshall: Paul, Zsa Zsa Gabor says she never ever swims with her face in the water. Why?
Paul Lynde: It clogs the drain.