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What Is Gambling?

Gambling is the practice of wagering money or an object of material value on an event with an unknown outcome, mainly to win additional money or material goods by chance. With regard to its prominence, gambling is actually believed to exist across all cultures; for instance, Catholic and Jewish traditions set aside formal days for gambling, yet religious authorities generally condemn acts of gaming. Gambling has also played a significant role in Native American culture, as the US Supreme Court granted tribes the ability to build and manage private casinos on tribal lands for revenue in 1987.

In the United States, gambling is legalized under Federal law though individual states are free to regulate or prohibit the practice as they wish. Nevada, as one state where gambling has majorly contributed to the state's economy, has had gaming legalized since 1931 and continues to capitalize on the reputation of Las Vegas, one of the best-known gambling destinations in the world. Furthermore, almost every state currently employs a state-run lottery system in which consumers draw lots for a notable prize or reward. Some of today's most notable gambling systems include electronic slot machines, bingo, card games (such as Contract Bridge, Blackjack and Poker), horse and greyhound racing and sports betting.

Popular Poker Quotes, Gambling Quotations and Sayings About Gamblers

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay. --Simone de Beauvoir (French writer, 1908-1986)

You cannot get anything out of nature or from God by gambling; only out of your neighbor. --John Ruskin (English writer, 1819-1900)

Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it. --Henry Ward Beecher (US Congregational minister, 1813-1887)

There are two great pleasures in gambling: that of winning and that of losing. --French proverb

I love blackjack. But I'm not addicted to gambling. I'm addicted to sitting in a semi circle. --Mitch Hedberg (American comedian, 1968-2005)

"I used to be a heavy gambler.
But now I just make mental bets.
That's how I lost my mind."
-- Steve Allen

"When your opponent's sittin' there
holdin' all the aces, there's only one
thing to do: kick over the table."
-- Dean Martin

"The urge to gamble is so universal,
and its practice so pleasurable
that I assume it must be evil."
-- Heywood Broun

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

"I must complain the cards are ill shuffled till I have a good hand."
-- Jonathan Swift

"Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing from something."
-- Wilson Mizner

"The subject of gambling is all encompassing. It combines man's
natural play instinct with his desire to know about
his fate and his future."
-- Franz Rosenthal

"Cards are war, in disguise of a sport."
-- Charles Lamb

"In a game of poker, I can put the players' souls in my pocket."
-- Beausourire

"I believe in poker the way I believe in the American Dream.
Poker is good for you. It enriches the soul, sharpens
the intellect, heals the spirit, and - when played well,
nourishes the wallet."
-- Lou Krieger

"Poker's a day to learn and a lifetime to master."
-- Robert Williamson III

"The safest way to double your money is to fold it over once
and put it in your pocket."
-- Kin Hubbard

"The urge to gamble is so universal and its practice is so
pleasurable, that I assume it must be evil."
-- Heywood Broun

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

"There is a very easy way to return from a casino with a small fortune: go there with a large one."
-- Jack Yelton

"No wife can endure a gambling husband, unless he is a steady winner."
-- Thomas Robert Dewar

"I met with an accident on the way to the track; I arrived safely."
-- Joe E. Lewis

"Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember
it didn't work for the rabbit."
-- R.E. Shay

"You cannot beat a roulette table unless you steal money from it."
-- Albert Einstein

"Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit
when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead."
-- Jackie Robinson

"Luck never gives; it only lends."
-- Swedish Proverb

"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

"Old card players never die, they just shuffle away."
-- Author Unknown

"Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math."
-- Author Unknown

"By gaming we lose both our time and treasure -
two things most precious to the life of man."
-- Owen Felltham

"Horse racing is animated roulette."
-- Roger Kahn

"You know horses are smarter than people.
You never heard of a horse going broke betting on people."
-- Will Rogers

"No dog can go as fast as the money you bet on him."
-- Bud Flanagan

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

"A racehorse is an animal that can take several thousand
people for a ride at the same time."
-- Author Unknown

"The better the gambler, the worse the man."
-- Publius Syrus

"Horse sense is a good judgment which keeps horses from betting on people."
-- W.C. Fields

"If, after the first twenty minutes, you don't know
who the sucker at the table is, it's you."
-- David Levien and Brian Koppelman, Rounders

"The commonest mistake in history is underestimating your opponent;
it happens at the poker table all the time."
-- David Shoup

"In a bet there is a fool and a thief."
-- Author Unknown

"The safest way to double your money is to fold it over once
and put it in your pocket."
-- Kin Hubbard

"Someone once asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do,
and I gave the common-sensical reply that we don't have as much money.
That was a true but incomplete answer. In fact, women's
total instinct for gambling is satisfied by marriage. "
-- Gloria Steinem

"Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying
to get the better in something or other."
-- Charles Lamb

How Did Gambling Begin?

Gambling is said to have originated around the year 1000 A.D. when King Olaf of Norway and King Olaf of Sweden met to discuss the ownership of Hising, a relatively isolated area claimed by both countries. The conflict unfortunately could not be resolved diplomatically, so the kings decided to roll a pair of dice. Both men rolled a pair of sixes on the first roll, and on the second, the Swedish king rolled a pair of sixes yet again. When the Norwegian king rolled, however, one die read six while the other die cracked and showed a seven! With this, the Norway formally received the territory and the kings ultimately left on good terms.