Gambling Quotes (285 Quotes)


    We had to take a gamble and make a decision to use three forwards. We believed in it and it's a very important away win for us. But we gave two cheap goals away. That was a big disappointment for me because we only conceded three goals in seven matches before that.



    I can't explain (it), but there's obviously something empirically fascinating to people in the Asian culture as far as gambling. They're big risk-takers in their businesses ... and they do the same in gaming.



    Gambling' suggests vice, the shady underside of games of chance. 'Gaming' suggests sportsmanlike, honorable behavior in which there are rules that are enforced, and there is no shady underside.


    Meet Joe Black' is a gamble, ... It's a very, very expensive movie. It is trading almost entirely on the appeal of Brad Pitt. It's obviously going for an audience of women 25 and older, and hoping to get a lot of men and couples in there, too.

    Even kids as young as nine years are learning about gambling. They may not be gambling with money, but they're learning concepts of gambling. They see it.


    This is part of a strategy to put major people on first to get the nominee off to a big bang. The presenting of presidents, in particular, is a show of force ... It's also sort of a gamble, but they are all going to reinforce Kerry's qualifications and character.

    Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the desire not to be thought poor, is the destructive thing which has been honored by the name of "speculation"; but which ought to be called Gambling.

    Just like gambling is over at the Sun-Times. ... Every time I read the Sun-Times, they've got the gambling odds. How much the point spreads are. Who's gonna win this game. I guess that's gambling. But they can print it. And you've got the racing results in it. Right You've got the points. So, aren't you gambling




    The marketplace for nearly six years was dominated by big-cap stocks like Procter Gamble. Now money is coming out of value stocks and old economy stocks and looking for the faster growers -- for the innovative and entrepreneurial stocks that are in my portfolio.


    We could have gone with a safer choice, but we felt that Jesse had the highest ceiling. Our philosophy in making trades last year was to take the gamble and go for the players we felt had the most upside.


    The Republicans have a very cozy relationship with gambling. I do not see gambling as just any other business. Other businesses do not leave destroyed families in their wake.


    I've tried to explain to (Davidson) the advantages of him as a senior here, which I think would far outweigh any gamble. He's got a chance to be one of the top big men in the nation.

    Everybody who enters the NFL Draft, it's a roll of the dice. I won't know how ready I am for the next level until I test it. It's a crapshoot. Everybody who leaves early takes a gamble.

    It was a little bit of a gamble, changing it up that late. There are certain athletes that sit around and ponder themselves into slumps or bad situations. I don't think Brian's ever going to be accused of that.

    He may come back from this and be able to compete. But if they go in there and operate, he's done for the season. If it does work, we'll lose him for a month or so, and that's about it. Maybe two months at the most, but you would have him for the rest of the season if he holds up, which is another gamble. It's worth the gamble to try this first.


    Gambling on sports is highly popular, not only among adults, but with young people who are gambling in growing numbers. In fact, Florida's most recent youth survey found that more than 55 of students in grades 6-12 report having gambled in the last year.


    When I saw that ball coming from Boris, I knew I was going to get a great look. I wasn't going to pass it up, pull it out and see what we got later. Sometimes you have to gamble, and I would have paid the consequences happily had I missed because I think that was the shot to take.








    We feel like he's got some skills. We like the way he plays. When you take a shot on somebody, you're not really sure it's going to work out. But we thought it was worth a gamble.

    I love to gamble, man all different kinds of ways, ... As far as wagering on sports, I've got some friends, we make some friendly bets and sit around. As we say, we're buying a ticket to the game because we're watching every single play. And then you win, and you get to walk around for days and say, 'I knew it.' And if you lose, you get to walk around and say, 'Yeah, but you cheated.' But basically it's friendly wagers, and I go to Vegas here and there.

    You go back to the creation of organized sports in the United States before the Civil War, and you see a very close relationship between sports and gambling. Baseball really got going as a professional sport because gamblers really found it to be an attractive venue as an alternative to betting on the ponies.


    roughly 80 percent of police work in the United States has to do with the regulation of our private moralscontrolling what we drink, eat, smoke, put into our veins ... with whom and how we have sex or gamble.


    Our statement is strong on the non-proliferation of gambling. Is this going to make it through the legislature in the form presented That's highly unlikely.



    The islands are considered a safe and secure destination. Overall, crime is fairly low and legalized gambling is outlawed, further reinforcing our image as a wholesome family-friendly destination.

    I think its really matured a lot. I like the fact that there is now more to do there than gamble, since I don't do a lot of that. The people are great. I seldom have time for vacations and when I do I prefer the beach instead of the desert.

    Prizes and cash drawings are a great way to provide incentives for players to keep playing. Not everyone wants to gamble. We're reaching a very broad market of online and mobile gamers who love to play games.




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