Quotes about Gambling

My father loves Las Vegas, and he loves to play craps. Growing up, I'd find old Caesars Palace chips in his pocket that he forgot to cash out.

A dollar picked up in the road is more satisfaction to you than the ninety-and -nine which you had to work for, and money won at faro or in stock snuggles into your heart in the same way.

We look for a horse with one chance in two of winning and which pays you three to one.

Learning to play two pairs is worth about as much as a college education, and about as costly.

The worst thing that can happen to a man who gambles is to win

The worst thing that can happen to a man who gambles is to win

A dollar picked up in the road is more satisfaction to you than the ninety and nine which you had to work for, and money won at faro or in stocks snuggles into your heart in the same way.

...if I lose at play, I blaspheme, and if my fellow lose, he blasphemes, so that God is always sure to be a loser.

Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it.

Would Christ feel comfortable in an environment where men and women are consuming alcoholic beverages, gambling away their money, and engaging in conversation that is often filled with the baser things of life? It is a relevant question. As a Christian, Christ lives in you and you carry Him wherever you go. The Bible tells us to "come out from them and be separate" [2 Corinthians 6:17 NIV].

I am afraid the church is trying to speak out on too many issues that really do not concern the church. There are certain issues we know to be wrong—racial injustice, crime, gambling, dishonesty, pornography. On these matters we must thunder forth as the prophets of God.

If you aim to leave Las Vegas with a small fortune, go there with a large one.