Rudyard Kipling Quotes

If I'm playing cards for pennies, I want to win.

Gambling is entertainment. People go to casinos to be entertained.

Poker is supposed to be fun.

No, that's poker. To win, you've gotta get damned lucky.

It's nice to have the opportunity to play for so much money, but it's nicer to win it.

Yeah, I like to gamble.

The only things I'm competitive in are backgammon and poker.

Fame is addictive. Money is addictive. Attention is addictive. But golf is second to none.

I love being a punter.

I'm a gambler and love slot machines.

The more money in the game, the more players will try anything to win.

The best way to win at a game of chance is to remove chance from the equation.

Certainly the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you; if you don't bet you can't win.

Gambling is not a vice, it is an expression of our humanness. We gamble. Some do it at the gaming table, some do not. You play, you win, you play, you lose. You play.

In most betting shops you will see three windows marked 'Bet Here', but only one window with the legend 'Pay Out'.

All gambling is the telling of a fortune, but of a monstrously depleted fortune, empty of everything save one numerical circumstance, shorn of all such richness as a voyage across the water, a fair man that loves you, a dark woman that means you harm.

This was my first lesson about gambling: if you see somebody winning all the time, he isn't gambling, he's cheating. Later on in life, if I were continuously losing in any gambling situation, I would watch very closely.

I don’t like gambling very much. I don’t like being at the mercy of those little white squares that roll around and decide whether you win or lose. I like to have the say-so myself.

I've played a lot in Las Vegas in my life.

Pool is a fascinating game, but there is always the added factor of the money that really makes it hot.

I bet on everything. Everything. It's just like, 'I bet you I can spin my chair longer.' Everything, I say 'I bet you.' I love to win.

Why do people play the lottery, or why do people gamble, period? You know, it's with the hope of winning something more.

One of my great loves is golf. When I am in L.A., I like to play with a few close friends: no phones, no distractions, the great outdoors and the chance to bet some money to keep it interesting.

Gambling is part of the human condition. I love it. I have the best time gambling. I've been winning fortunes, and I've been losing them.

I never really gambled - certainly not playing poker. I'd casually bet on a football game or joined a pool.