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Quotes About Gambling

Personally, I love Las Vegas.
~ Rene Angelil
While we know gambling is part of the industry in Las Vegas, we're not going to make it all that easy for you to pick up a ticket, a gambling ticket, on your way into the arena.
~ Gary Bettman
For me, I think that, certainly, the fact that Las Vegas has a gambling aspect to it is far overshadowed by the entertainment value, if you will, family appeal, that you have, the convention appeal. So it does not have disfavor with me, in my opinion, relative to being an NFL city.
~ Jerry Jones
I was a gambler when I was a kid, so when we got to Las Vegas, it was like Mecca.
~ Steven Van Zandt
My father loves Las Vegas, and he loves to play craps. Growing up, I'd find old Caesars Palace chips in his pocket that he forgot to cash out.
~ Meghan McCain
I don't play roulette, but it's funny: whenever somebody I know is going to Vegas, I'm like, 'Put it on black.'
~ Gilbert Arenas
I don't think anyone leaves Las Vegas rejuvenated, their skin shining, their bank accounts glowing. No one leaves Vegas, like, 'I didn't make one mistake. That felt great. Back to work.'
~ Iliza Shlesinger
As a general rule, Las Vegas sports books take boxing bets only on major fights.The same is true of most Internet gaming sites. Within that framework, not only does boxing allow participants to bet on their own bouts, it sometimes encourages them to do so.
~ Thomas Hauser
I'm a fan of Las Vegas and always have been, on many levels.
~ Dusty Hill
Without a doubt, the WSOP in Las Vegas is by far the most prestigious event in the poker world.
~ Phil Hellmuth
It definitely helps that I can bet big with ice water in my veins.
~ James Holzhauer
Where were all the women gamblers? It wasn't as if being a woman wasn't a huge risk all by itself. Twenty-eight percent of female homocide victims were killed by husbands or lovers. Which, come to think of it, was probably why there weren't any women gamblers. Living with men was enough of a gamble.
~ Jennifer Crusie
Where were all the women gamblers? It wasn't as if being a woman wasn't a huge risk all by itself. Twenty-eight percent of female homicide victims were killed by husbands or lovers. Which, come to think of it, was probably why there weren't any women gamblers. Living with men was enough of a gamble.
~ Jennifer Crusie
Gambling addicts usually lose their focus at work and problem military gambling poses a national security threat
~ John Warren Kindt
A dollar picked up in the road is more satisfaction to you than the ninety-and -nine which you had to work for, and money won at faro or in stock snuggles into your heart in the same way.
~ Mark Twain
The best poker game is seven-card stud, high-low splits. I mean, it's the best if you don't have to declare high or low, and can win it all with a low straight.
~ Bobby Riggs
Obviously, Nevada doesn't prohibit all forms of gambling, but you have to submit yourself to a very rigorous regulatory process to run a gambling operation in Nevada.
~ Eric Schneiderman
Go around asking a lot of damn fool questions and taking chances. Only through curiosity can we discover opportunities, and only by gambling can we take advantage of them.
~ Unknown
Your best chance to get a Royal Flush in a casino is in the bathroom.
~ Unknown
Las Vegas — my favorite desert mirage.
~ Unknown
Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.
~ Baltasar Gracian
You know what's sad about this? Not the gambling, but the best way to reach college athletes is the Cartoon Network.
~ Jay Leno
If you bet on a horse, that's gambling. If you bet you can make three spades, that's entertainment. If you bet cotton will go up three points, that's business. See the difference?
~ Blackie Sherrod
It is morally wrong to allow suckers to keep their money.
~ Canada Bill Jones