I don’t get no respect. I joined Gambler’s anonymous. They gave me two to one I don’t make it.   Rodney Dangerfield

According to statistics, it’s a lot easier to get hit by lighting than to win a Lotto jackpot. The good side: You don’t hear from your relatives.   Johnny Carson

The reason I don’t gamble is that it always feels like I’m betting on something that’s rigged… like to trying to win the lottery on your first try.   Steve Martin

I figure you have the same chance to win the lottery whether you play or not.    Fran Lebowitz

Look around the table. If you don’t see a sucker, get up, because you’re the sucker. Amarillo Slim Preston

No horse can go as fast as the Money you put on it.   Earl Wilson

Horse sense is good judgment that keeps horses from betting on people.      W. C. Fields

At Vegas I got into an argument with the man at the roulette wheel over what I considered to be an odd number.   Steven Wright

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

Someone asked me why women don’t gamble as much as men do , and I gave her the commonsensicle reply that we don’t have as much money. That was a true and incomplete answer. In fact, women’s total instinct for gambling is satisfied by Marriage.  Gloria Steinem

I had a nest egg, but I lost it gambling. I was betting I’d be dead by now.    Drew Carey

The Daily Show Takes On Gambling…Big Reveal! It’s not good, enjoy!

MORE ON GAMBLING

• “Trust everybody, but cut the cards.” — Finley Peter Dunne
• “You cannot beat a roulette table unless you steal money from it.” — Albert Einstein
• “The only way to win money out of a casino is to own one.” — Thomas Jefferson
• “The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.” — Kin Hubbard
• “At gambling, the deadly sin is to mistake bad play for bad luck.” — Ian Fleming
• “Eat your betting money but don’t bet your eating money.” — Horse Racing Proverb
• “The best throw of the dice is to throw them away.” — English Proverb
• “In a bet, there is a fool and a thief.” — Old Proverb
• “Life is a gamble, at terrible odds—if it was a bet you wouldn’t take it.” — Tom Stoppard
• “You don’t gamble to win. You gamble so you can gamble the next day.” — Bert Ambrose

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