Sports betting

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• "The roulette table pays nobody except him that keeps it. Nevertheless a passion for gaming is common, though a passion for keeping roulette tables is unknown."
  Bernard Shaw
• "It can be argued that man's instinct to gamble is the only reason he is still not a monkey up in the trees."
  Mario Puzo, Inside Las Vegas
• "I've learned the lesson that the worst thing that can happen to a gambler is to let his recent losses or wins knock him off keel emotionally."
  Andrew Beyer
• "Judged by the dollars spent, gambling is now more popular in America than baseball, the movies, and Disneyland-combined."
  Timothy L. O'Brien, Bad Bet (1998)
• "They (slot machines) sit there like young courtesans, promising pleasures undreamed of, your deepest desires fulfilled, all lusts satiated."
  Frank Scoblete
• "Gambling itself will only end when human nature has changed completely and there are no more bets to win."
  Harold S. Smith Sr., I Want to Quit Winners
• "The majority of casino players leave to much to chance when playing in a casino. To put it bluntly, they don't have a clue as to how to play."
  Henry Tamburin, gambling author
• "They are the new breed of slot machine-colorful, fancy, exciting, wonderful… and deadly."
  Frank Scoblete
• "One of the healthiest ways to gamble is with a spade and a package of garden seeds."
  Dan Bennett
• "A dollar won is twice as sweet as a dollar earned."
  Paul Newman, The Color of Money