Temptation glitters...
This compilation contains some of the best quotes we could find related to gambling, luck and money.
Since humans have existed they have gambled away their fortunes, and it is probably the fate of man to continue gambling so long as there is anything left to bet on…
Gambling and Luck Quotations
These quotations are sorted chronologically and appear quite representative of gambling as it has developed over the last 2,000 years or more…
Luck is what happens
when preparation meets opportunity.
Quit while you’re ahead.
All the best gamblers do.
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By gaming we lose both
our time and treasure:
two things most precious
to the life of man.
If you would be wealthy,
think of saving
as well as getting.
I’m a great believer in luck,
and I find the harder I work
the more I have of it.
If you must play,
decide upon three things at the start:
the rules of the game,
the stakes,
and the quitting time.
The only sure thing about luck is
that it will change.
True luck consists not
in holding the best
of the cards at the table;
luckiest is
he who knows
just when to rise and go home.
The gambling known as business
looks with austere disfavor
upon the business known as gambling.
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When I was young,
people called me a gambler.
As the scale of my operations increased
I became known as a speculator.
Now I am called a banker.
But I have been doing
the same thing all the time.
Whenever a man does
a thoroughly stupid thing,
it is always from the noblest motives.
It is better
to have a permanent income
than to be fascinating.
The roulette table pays nobody
except him that keeps it.
Nevertheless a passion for gaming is common,
though a passion
for keeping roulette tables is unknown.
In gambling the many must lose
in order
that the few may win.
The only man who makes money
following the races
is the one
who does it with a broom and shovel.
Luck, bad if not good,
will always be with us.
But it has a way of favoring the intelligent
and showing its back to the stupid.
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The safest way
to double your money is
to fold it over once
and put it in your pocket.
Gambling:
The sure way of getting nothing from something.
Remember this:
The house doesn’t beat the player.
It just gives him the opportunity
to beat himself.
The urge to gamble
is so universal
and its practice so pleasurable,
that I assume it must be evil.
You don’t gamble to win.
You gamble so you can
gamble the next day.
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One of the worst things
that can happen to you in life
is to win a bet on a horse
at an early age.
A race track is a place
where windows clean people.
My advice to the unborn is,
don’t be born with a gambling instinct
unless you have a good sense of probabilities.
Gambling is a way
of buying hope on credit.
The guy who invented poker was bright,
but the guy who invented the chip
was a genius.
Gambling has brought our family together.
We had to move to a smaller house.
A dollar won is twice as sweet
as a dollar earned…
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Horse racing is animated roulette.
A man’s gotta make
at least one bet a day
else he could be walking around lucky
and never know it.
In most betting shops you will see
three windows marked \”Bet Here\”,
but only one window with the legend \”Pay Out\”.
Show me a wealthy gambler
and I’ll show you someone
who has made his money
from something other than gambling.
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A gambler never
makes the same mistake twice.
It’s usually three or more times.
A gambler plays even
when the odds are
immutable and against him.
In the casino,
the cardinal rule is
to keep them playing
and to keep them coming back.
The longer they play,
the more they lose,
and in the end, we get it all…
The reality is, in order to become a billionaire,
the one thing you have to have is luck.
Any billionaire who says they could do it again is lying.
You’ll always miss 100% of the shots
you don’t take.
One of the healthiest ways to gamble
is with a spade
and a package of garden seeds.
If there weren’t luck involved,
I’d win every time.
I love blackjack.
But I’m not addicted to gambling.
I’m addicted to sitting in a semi circle.
Last year people won
more than one billion dollars playing poker.
And casinos made twenty-seven billion
just by being around those people.
Gambling is the future on the internet.
You can only look
at so many dirty pictures.
It’s OK to have your eggs in one basket
as long as you control what happens to that basket.
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If you can’t pull a $100 bill out of your pocket and set it on fire,
I don’t think you can play poker for a living.
There is a very easy way
to return from a casino
with a small fortune:
go there with a large one.
Guessing has never
been widely acclaimed
as a good gambling strategy.
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Luck always seems to be
against the man who depends on it.
Lottery:
A tax on people
who are bad at math.
The best throw of the dice is
to throw them away.
Gambling is the son of avarice
and the father of despair.
Luck sometimes visits a fool,
but it never sits down with him.
Eat your betting money
but don’t bet your eating money.
Every dog has his day in luck.
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Nine gamblers
could not feed a single rooster.
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Great resource, definitely inspiring and got me thinking. Thanks!
I’d like to echo the thanks going out for this great collection. It is very helpful!
First of all congratulations for your website and your approach and observation you have about betting and sports.
Do you believe between all kind of “traders” in sports betting the best guaranteed way “based on statistics, observation and real money” the sharpbet is the best to making profit in long term?
Hi Ricardo,
many thanks for the nice words.
I replied in form of an article: Sharp Betting: Sports Betting as a Permanent Source of Income
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.
Great post. This one I think is especially important.
Some people spend so much time gambling and forget their family and friends… I think these quotes say a lot about psychology of gambling.
Holy crap…so many good sayings.
“Since human brain has some limits on its capacity for processing information…”
Oh no… life is hard…
Thanks a lot for the article! very good!
Phew! Got there in the end! It’s a great collection, Soccerwidow!
I’m going to present my hubby with some of these quotes!! Hehehe
Considering whether or not you are a compulsive gambler can be really frightening. After all, no one likes to admit to being out of control.
Gambling can become an addiction, and many individuals find the lure to gamble as powerful as any addictive drug.
A Ultimate List 😀
I love this one… Italians come to ruin most generally in three ways: women, gambling, and farming. My family chose the slowest one.
So, you don’t gamble then?
An excellent compilation. Very comprehensive list. Thanks!