Advantages of a Gambler

What others say about gambling

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

If you ain't just a little scared when you enter a casino, you are either very rich or you haven't studied the games enough. ~VP Pappy

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

The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet. ~Damon Runyon, "More Than Somewhat," in reference to Ecclesiastes 9:11, "I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all."

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

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. ~Gloria Steinem

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. ~Arthur S. Reber, The New Gambler's Bible

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

Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other. ~Charles Lamb, Essays of Elia, 1823

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

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

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. ~VP Pappy

Luck never gives; it only lends. ~Swedish Proverb

By gaming we lose both our time and treasure - two things most precious to the life of man. ~Owen Felltham

At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons. ~Chinese Proverb

Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math. ~Author Unknown

You know horses are smarter than people. You never heard of a horse going broke betting on people. ~Will Rogers

No dog can go as fast as the money you bet on him. ~Bud Flanagan

Horse racing is animated roulette. ~Roger Kahn

I bet on a horse at ten-to-one. It didn't come in until half-past five. ~Henny Youngman

One of the healthiest ways to gamble is with a spade and a package of garden seeds. ~Dan Bennett

A racehorse is an animal that can take several thousand people for a ride at the same time. ~Author Unknown

The better the gambler, the worse the man. ~Publius Syrus

A number of moralists condemn lotteries and refuse to see anything noble in the passion of the ordinary gambler. They judge gambling as some atheists judge religion, by its excesses. ~Charles Lamb, Essays of Elia, 1832


There is but one good throw upon the dice, which is, to throw them away. ~Author Unknown

My Views About Gambling

I am not addicted to gambling at the blackjack table!
I am addicted to sitting at semicircular tables.

The female dealer asked me if I wanted some sex and
so I promptly sat down.
Well, she "screwed" me.

Once the dealer accused me of cheating. I asked what
made him say that and he said because you are not
playing the cards I am dealing to you.

barra bump.

funny I have a view....first off the people I see go most of the time are people who dont have control .... they cant make that hard decision.....they are weak....not all but surely MOST....now

I go to the casino with my dominican GF about 4 or 5 times on week trip, just for her fun.... just watch as she plays Roulette.....we dont do it because we NEED to win...we do it for the excitement....the unknown.....we do it for fun.( I also like when all the workers recognize us and say high..even the pit bosses say hi now)

if we are at a table where no one is talking..it is boring....we never play on an empty table unless it is absolutely the only place available...and she wins 70 % of the time...and i bet close to 99% of all the other people we see play around us loose.....for one , most dominicans bet every single chip they have each spin....if they win they have a bunch of chips to pplay again...they cover a lot of the table....but eventually the odds go against them and they loose...now they have nothing...they go into the pocket...this cycle repeats itself every so often....where as my GF plays one chip(25 pesos or a $1 chip) on each number she wants.....Ill play when i see black or red has come out 4 times in a row..then I play the other color if I loose i double the bet and play it again..i do that until I finally win.....its all for fun.....I dont care if we loose all we started with.....and i dont care that we win what we win.........

my buddy goes to Mohegan Sun.. and plays black jack "to make money"...he is serious adn supersticious.....but he wins at least 75% of the time.......only when he drinks too much or becomes someone else when his head swells and he starts betting $600 a pop does he loose......I watch it time and again.....no BS....

I remember that movie about the guy from Canada who was up 9 million at one point....he was having no fun...he was in a trance...he had to bet and bet and bet...just the motions is what he needed to satisfy his fix...not the winning not the loosing.....he was addicted to BEING THERE........like a guy that swallows food whole with out tasting it.....

interesting post Rafael

bob

My Gambling Experience

I was watching the roulette play.

I was invited to bet but I said I was betting
in my head.

Soon, I left and the croupier asked where I
was going.

I said I lost my mind.

maxschnell said:

I was watching the roulette play.

I was invited to bet but I said I was betting
in my head.

Soon, I left and the croupier asked where I
was going.

I said I lost my mind.

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good thing your were'nt near the craps table.......you'd need a shovel to look for yours. And if you had found mine, you could have told it to run on home.

ha ha

bob