"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."
-Bernard Shaw
"It can be argued that man's instinct to gamble is the only reason he is still not a monkey up in the trees."
-Mario Puzo, Inside Las Vegas
"I've learned the lesson that the worst thing that can happen to a gambler is to let his recent losses or wins knock him off keel emotionally."
-Andrew Beyer
"Judged by the dollars spent, gambling is now more popular in America than baseball, the movies, and Disneyland-combined."
-Timothy L. O'Brien, Bad Bet (1998)
"They (slot machines) sit there like young courtesans, promising pleasures undreamed of, your deepest desires fulfilled, all lusts satiated."
-Frank Scoblete
"Gambling itself will only end when human nature has changed completely and there are no more bets to win."
-Harold S. Smith Sr., I Want to Quit Winners
"The majority of casino players leave to much to chance when playing in a casino. To put it bluntly, they don't have a clue as to how to play."
-Henry Tamburin, gambling author
"They are the new breed of slot machine-colorful, fancy, exciting, wonderful...and deadly."
-Frank Scoblete
"One of the healthiest ways to gamble is with a spade and a package of garden seeds."
-Dan Bennett
"A dollar won is twice as sweet as a dollar earned."
-Paul Newman, The Color of Money
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