If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the read more

If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.

The urge to gamble is so universal and its practice so pleasurable that I assume it must be evil.

The urge to gamble is so universal and its practice so pleasurable that I assume it must be evil.

The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong -- but that's the way to read more

The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong -- but that's the way to bet it.

Someone asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do, and I gave the commonsensical reply that we read more

Someone asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do, and I gave the commonsensical 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.

One of the healthiest ways to gamble is with a spade and a package of garden seeds.

One of the healthiest ways to gamble is with a spade and a package of garden seeds.

Gambling undermines the moral fiber of society.

Gambling undermines the moral fiber of society.

A man's gotta make at least one bet a day, else he could be walking around lucky and never know read more

A man's gotta make at least one bet a day, else he could be walking around lucky and never know it

No wife can endure a gambling husband, unless he is a steady winner.

No wife can endure a gambling husband, unless he is a steady winner.

In gambling the many must lose in order that the few may win

In gambling the many must lose in order that the few may win