Quotes About Gambling

I like to play a lot of poker in my off time.

There were times in school where I would say, 'I should go to class.' But I could make $100 playing online poker if I didn't go.

It wasn't a popular thing to be a professional poker player in the '80s.

But when I will call it a day, I could become a professional poker player.

I'm not a big poker guy, I like to play shnarps.

One of my favorite poker shows on television is 'Poker After Dark.'

I created this character that I still have of a guy who is a little bit of a nincompoop - I'm poking fun at street hustlers. I didn't quite make as much money as one would gambling, but it was a lot safer.

What I don't want to see is our political system corrupted by gambling money, especially casino gambling money.

Pool is a fascinating game, but there is always the added factor of the money that really makes it hot.

I wanted to do an episode about Chuck having a gambling problem. I wanted to portray my addiction on the show. But I think it's a little edgy for Saturday night.

At some point, you're going to see the ability for a fan sitting in a seat to bet, swiping his credit card, whether James Harden is going to score ten 3-pointers or not that night.

Financing for 'Shotgun Stories' was initiated with money from close friends and family. This is where the money to go into production came from. After production, a company called 'Upload Films' came on board and provided post-production funds and services. In both instances, people were taking a gamble on us.

There's nothing better for my interests and talents than combining math and sports for profit.

Remember this, folks - I am a Hillbilly, and I don't always Bet the same way I talk. Good advice is one thing, but smart gambling is quite another.

The dead think they can get away with anything because you'll feel sorry for them. If you play cards with the dead, make sure you deal and don't let them buy you drinks. They'll slip you a formaldehyde roofie and pry the gold fillings out of your teeth.

They kept playing until Gervaso had won more than five thousand dollars and quit because he was drawing too much attention.

Bohr, for his part, supple pragmatist and democrat that he was, never an absolutist, heard once too often about Einstein's personal insight into the gambling habits of the Deity. He scolded his distinguished colleague finally in Einstein's own terms. God does not throw dice? "Nor is it our business to prescribe to God how He should run the world."502

I often calculate odds on horse races; the civil service computermen frequently program such requests. But the results are so at variance with expectations that I have concluded either that the data is too meager, or the horses or riders are not honest. Possibly all three.

I don't gamble, if you will concede that poker is a game of skill.

She shook the dice in her hands, seemed to reconsider.

The life of a gambler was somewhat checkered.

The only business in the world bigger than gambling is religion...but gambling is not nearly so corrupt.

[China] is the least concerned about her own salvation. Like a good gambler, she took the loss of a slice of territory the size of Germany itself without a wince.

There is nothing funny about dogs playing poker. There is nothing remotely cute about animals with gambling problems. If you look closely at those paintings, you can tell that most of those dogs are playing with money they can't afford to lose. And sadder still, it takes seven of their dollars to make one of ours.