Quotes About Gambling

The horse I bet on was so slow, the jockey kept a diary of the trip.

I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call a liberal education.

You never realize a dog is a man's best friend until you start betting on horses.

I rented a lottery ticket. I won a million dollars. But I had to give it back.

Growing up in a family of gamblers, daredevils and practical jokers, I've learned a lot about timing and its first cousin, dumb luck, concepts I was introduced to while still in the womb.

If life is a game... I need new dice!

Chance is the providence of adventurers.

Part of the excitement for the tourist was his feeling that he had crossed the moral boundary of society as be crossed the threshold of a gambling casino. The fact that the reputable casinos were operated on a code of honesty more rigid than in any bank made no difference.

BOTTOM LINE: 1. Don't limp for three sessions. 2. Raise bigger pre-flop. 3. Consider re-raising or folding before you call a raise. 4. Want to limp, see Rule One. 5. Seriously, see Rule One.

Mr. Coaxyoram himself and many a young girl soft on him, but oh, what a gentleman and from a scion of gentlemen. I learned that it was his horse, Red River, that would be played for. He had given it to his friend Jacksie who had lost his all gambling, and the lady he'd been engaged to had jilted him and had not even returned the engagement ring that was his mother's, which was an heirloom.

Ultra-aggressive players have a knack of making otherwise sound players commit huge stacks of chips with relatively weak hands, like A-Q.

I like to play golf. You know, make a little money, lose a little money. Get 10 bucks, lose 20 bucks.

The bigger the bet, the better I played.

My first audition was for a commercial for the lottery. I didn't get it, so I hate the lottery.

I long ago came to the conclusion that all life is 6 to 5 against.

Even though I'm used to losing bets every day, I am not calm when I sweat a game.

I'm not looking for sympathy. If there's other footballers addicted to gambling, then maybe me speaking about my battle might help them.

I am not entirely against horse racing. I even had a share in a horse syndicate with a few mates.

Tepary beans, before the advent of the playing card and the poker chip, figured as counters in an ancient Indian gambling game.

Cicero believed "luck" determined the success of gambling with essentially random devices. He also apparently understood that there was a relationship between the luck (odds) on a particular throw or set of throws and long-term frequencies. But Cicero was later executed, illustrating that rationality does not guarantee success; it only increases its likelihood. In fact, as pointed out earlier, opting for rationality when others do not can lead to social ostracism.

It is as if we are trapped in a never-ending game, our lives hinging on the roll of a dice or the turn of a card.

PROBLEM 1. Assume yourself richer by $300 than you are today. You are offered a choice between A. A sure gain of $100, or [72%] B. A 50% chance to gain $200 and a 50% chance to lose $0. [28%] PROBLEM 2. Assume yourself richer by $500 than you are today. You are offered a choice between A. A sure loss of $100, or [36%] B. A 50% chance to lose $200 and a 50% chance to lose $0.

The money that has recently been won is called "house money" because in gambling parlance the casino is referred to as the house. Betting some of the money that you have just won is referred to as "gambling with the house's money," as if it were, somehow, different from some other kind of money. Experimental evidence reveals that people are more willing to gamble with money that they consider house money.

But I used to have a bit of a gambling problem. And that would have been the answer to my prayers. It got worse when I started playing this character, too.