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Gambling Quotes to Help You Win Big

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Daniel Foster

Updated on January 13, 2026

Gambling is a risky but thrilling activity that can bring fortune or ruin.

Gambling quotes are witty, wise, or humorous sayings that capture the essence of gambling and its consequences.

Here are some of the best gambling quotes from famous gamblers, writers, and celebrities.

Funny Gambling Quotes

  • “Gambling is the future on the internet. You can only look at so many dirty pictures.” – Simon Noble
  • “The better the gambler, the worse the man.”– Publius Syrus
  • “Nine gamblers could not feed a single rooster.” – Yugoslav Proverb
  • Eat your betting money but don’t bet your eating money.”– Chinese Proverb
  • “True luck consists not in holding the best of the cards at the table; luckiest is he who knows just when to rise and go home.” – John Milton Hay
  • “The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.”– Wilson Mizner
  • “The safest way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.” – Kin Hubbard
  • “Last year, people won more than one billion dollars playing poker. And casinos made twenty-seven billion just by being around those people.” – Samantha Bee
  • “You’ll always miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
  • “The guy who invented poker was bright, but the guy who invented the chip was a genius.” – Julius Weintraub

    • Gambling Quotes From The Bible

  •  “The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.” – Proverbs 16:33
  • “He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.” – Proverbs 28:22
  • “And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.” – Luke 12:15
  • “Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.” – Ephesians 4:28
  • “He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.” – Ecclesiastes 5:10

    • Gambling Quotes About Love

  • “The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.” – Kin Hubbard
  •  “Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something.” – Wilson Mizner
  •  “Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other.” – Charles Lamb
  •  “The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that’s the way to bet.” – Damon Runyon
  •  “Don’t gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don’t go up, don’t buy it.” – Will Rogers
  •  “Women’s total instinct for gambling is satisfied by marriage.” – Gloria Steinem
  •  “There are three roads to ruin; women, gambling, and technicians. The most pleasant is with women, the quickest is with gambling, but the surest is with technicians.” – Georges Pompidou
  •  “The urge to gamble is so universal and its practice so pleasurable that I assume it must be evil.” – Heywood Hale Broun
  •  “I don’t gamble because winning a hundred dollars doesn’t give me great pleasure. But losing a hundred dollars pisses me off.” – Alex Trebek
  •  “No wife can endure a gambling husband unless he is a steady winner.” – Thomas Dewar

    • 5 Quotes About Gambling Being Bad

    “Time spent in a casino is time given to death, a foretaste of the hour when one’s flesh will be diverted to the purposes of the worm and not the will.” – Rebecca West

    “When I was in high school, I had a gambling problem.” – Young Thug

    “Gambling is legal and betting is legal, for what I bet.” – Michael Jordan

    “To be honest, most of my troubles – bankruptcy, drinking, gambling – were self-inflicted.” – Jimmy White

    “Gambling can turn into a dangerous two-way street when you least expect it. Weird things happen suddenly, and your life can go all to pieces.” – Hunter S. Thompson

    Gambler Quotes

  • “The urge to gamble is so universal and its practice is so pleasurable that I assume it must be evil.” – Heywood Broun
  • “The best throw of the dice is to throw them away.” – English proverb
  • “The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.” – Ambrose Bierce
  • “You never know beforehand what people are capable of, you have to wait, give it time, it’s time that rules, time is our gambling partner on the other side of the table and it holds all the cards of the deck in its hand, we have to guess the winning cards of life, our lives.” – José Saramago
  • “The world is a casino, and life is a bet.” – Ralph Ellison
  • “A dollar picked up in the road is more satisfaction to us than the 99 which we had to work for, and the money won at Faro or in the stock market snuggles into our hearts in the same way.” – Mark Twain
  • “Gambling is the son of avarice and the father of despair.” – French Proverb
  • “There are two great pleasures in gambling: that of winning and that of losing.” – Proverb
  • “The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.” – Wilson Mizner
  • “If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.” – Benjamin Franklin (this one may not be specifically about gambling, but it is often cited in discussions of money management for gamblers)

    • Betting Quotes

  • “The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that’s the way to bet.” – Damon Runyon
  • “If you’re a poker player and you don’t know who the sucker is, it’s you.” – Unknown
  • “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.” – Jeanette Winterson
  • “You can’t let praise or criticism get to you. It’s a weakness to get caught up in either one.” – John Wooden
  • “I’ve always liked the idea of gambling because you can get something for nothing.” – Jimmy White
  • “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” – Seneca
  • “The urge to gamble is so universal and its practice so pleasurable that I assume it must be evil.” – Heywood Broun
  • “I’m not a gambler, I’m a strategist.” – Jennifer Tilly
  • “Quit while you’re ahead. All the best gamblers do.” – Baltasar Gracian
  • “A dollar won is twice as sweet as a dollar earned.” – Paul Newman

    • Famous Gambling Quotes

  • “The only way to be a millionaire gambler is to start out as a billionaire.” – Kerry Packer
  • “The world is a casino, and life is a bet.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • “If you’re playing a poker game and you look around the table and can’t tell who the sucker is, it’s you.” – Paul Newman
  • “Quit while you’re ahead. All the best gamblers do.” – Baltasar Gracián
  • “The best throw of the dice is to throw them away.” – English Proverb
  • “The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.” – Ambrose Bierce
  • “You can’t win unless you learn how to lose.” – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  • “In gambling, the many must lose in order that the few may win.” – George Bernard Shaw
  • “The urge to gamble is so universal and its practice so pleasurable that I assume it must be evil.” – Heywood Broun
  • “You never know beforehand what people are capable of, you have to wait, give it time, it’s time that rules, time is our gambling partner on the other side of the table and it holds all the cards of the deck in its hand, we have to guess the winning cards of life, our lives.” – José Saramago

    • Inspiration Gambling Quotes

  • “The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.” – Bret Harte
  • “You cannot beat a roulette table unless you steal money from it.” – Albert Einstein
  • “The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.” – Ambrose Bierce
  • “A gambler never makes the same mistake twice. It’s usually three or more times.” – Terrence “VP Pappy” Murphy
  • “If you’re playing a poker game and you look around the table and can’t tell who the sucker is, it’s you.” – Paul Newman
  • “Quit while you’re ahead. All the best gamblers do.” – Baltasar Gracián
  • “The urge to gamble is so universal and its practice so pleasurable that I assume it must be evil.” – Heywood Broun
  • “The world is a casino, and God is the house.” – Cormac McCarthy
  • “You don’t gamble to win. You gamble so you can gamble the next day.” – Bert Ambrose
  • “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” – Seneca

    • Quotes About Gambling

  • “The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.” – Bret Harte
  • “Quit while you’re ahead. All the best gamblers do.” – Baltasar Gracian
  • “If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.” – Chinese Proverb
  • “You cannot beat a roulette table unless you steal money from it.” – Albert Einstein
  • “The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.” – Ambrose Bierce
  • “The best throw of the dice is to throw them away.” – English Proverb
  • “The urge to gamble is so universal and its practice so pleasurable that I assume it must be evil.” – Heywood Broun
  • “A gambler is nothing but a man who makes his living out of hope.” – William Bolitho
  • “In gambling, the many must lose in order that the few may win.” – George Bernard Shaw
  • “Luck is not as random as you think. Before that lottery ticket won the jackpot, someone had to buy it.” – Vera Nazarian

    • Gambling Quotes offer a fun and insightful look into the world of gambling. If you’ve enjoyed these quotes, I invite you to check out more of my content on the topic.

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