Quotes on gambling

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

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I met with an accident on the way to the track; I arrived safely.
Lewis, Joe E.

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In the case of an earthquake hitting Las Vegas, be sure to go straight to the Keno Lounge. Nothing ever gets hit there.
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Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other.
Lamb, Charles

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Games of chance are traps to catch school boy novies and gaping country squires, who begin with a guinea and end with a mortgage.
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I bet on a horse at ten-to-one. It didn't come in until half-past five.
Youngman, Henny

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

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A racehorse is an animal that can take several thousand people for a ride at the same time.
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Someone once asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do, and I gave the common-sensical 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.
Steinem, Gloria

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Luck never gives; it only lends.
Proverb, Swedish

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The subject of gambling is all encompassing. It combines man's natural play instinct with his desire to know about his fate and his future.
Rosenthal, Franz

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Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit.
Shay, R.E.

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You cannot beat a roulette table unless you steal money from it.
Einstein, Albert

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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.
Reber, Arthur S.

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