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Gambling

Money won is twice as sweet as money earned. – From the movie The Color of Money

Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing from something. – Wilson Mizner

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

No wife can endure a gambling husband, unless he is a steady winner. – Thomas Robert Dewar

The urge to gamble is so universal and its practice is so pleasurable, that I assume it must be evil. – Heywood Broun

If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. – Chinese Proverb

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

Baccarat is a game whereby the croupier gathers in money with a flexible sculling oar, then rakes it home. If I could have borrowed his oar I would have stayed. – Mark Twain

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

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

In the case of an earthquake hitting Las Vegas, be sure to go straight to the Keno Lounge. Nothing ever gets hit there. – Author Unknown

If you would read a mans Disposition, see him Game, you will then learn more of him in one hour, than in seven Years Conversation… – Richard Lingard, A Letter of Advice To A Young Gentleman Leaving the University,

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

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

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

Casinos and prostitutes have the same thing in common; they are both trying to screw you out of your money and send you home with a smile on you face. – VPPappy

Luck never gives; it only lends. – Swedish Proverb