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Even More Casino Quotes

A dollar won is twice as sweet
as a dollar earned…
[Quote from the movie, “The Color of Money”]
Paul Newman
(1925-2008; American actor, film director, and entrepreneur)

A man’s gotta make
at least one bet a day
else he could be walking around lucky
and never know it.
Jim Jones
(1931-1978; American religious cult leader)

A gambler never
makes the same mistake twice.
It’s usually three or more times.
Terrence Murphy, a.k.a. “VP Pappy”
(*1937; American freelance writer)

You’ll always miss 100% of the shots
you don’t take.
Wayne Gretzky
(*1961; Canadian former professional ice hockey player and head coach)

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

The Profit: High Stakes

Three Ways

Casino in Brief: Make Mine a Double (x 15)

The Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem, Pennsylvania this year found itself on the receiving end of lawsuit that surely had to involve a double take. An individual, Nicholas Mullins, 31, of Lock Haven, Pa was taking legal action against them on account that he beat his then fiance while drunk.

His claim for unspecified monetary damaging and comes as result of his belief that the casino, not himself, is at fault for the assualt due to the fact that they served him 15 double Jamisons.

"Nick is here not asking for sympathy," Niemtzow told jurors. "He's only asking from you whether he deserves what the law allows him to get, which is compensation. He's not looking for a big payday. He's looking for compensation for what was taken away from him."

At time of the lawsuit, Mullins has already been given a four-year state prison sentence.

Casino Tattoo

Mob on the Run - Las Vegas Documentary

Casino in Brief: Movie Moments

In the 1988 movie Rain Man during the casino scene, the dealer shorts the chip payout by $100, demonstrating that it was a dirty casino. Raymond then later "incorrectly" guesses the number on the roulette wheel, showing that the casino is manipulating games since Raymond is never wrong about the correct number.

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 In the movie 21, Jeffrey. The Planet Hollywood Casino blackjack dealer (named Jeffrey) that Jim Sturgess's character, Ben Cambell, refers to as "my brother from another mother," is Jeff Ma, a member of the real-life MIT blackjack team, and also the individual that Sturgess's character is based on.

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James Bond is a terrible tipper. In Casino Royale. he gives the dealer $1 million, but had just won a staggering $115 million. That's less than 1% of his winnings.

Casino Aesthetic

More Casino Quotes

The only sure thing about luck is
that it will change.
Bret Harte
(1836-1902; American author and poet)

When I was young,
people called me a gambler.
As the scale of my operations increased
I became known as a speculator.
Now I am called a banker.
But I have been doing
the same thing all the time.
Sir Ernest Cassel
(1852-1921; German-born British merchant banker and capitalist)

In gambling the many must lose
in order
that the few may win.
George Bernard Shaw
(1856-1950; Irish playwright
and co-founder of the London School of Economics)

Luck, bad if not good,
will always be with us.
But it has a way of favoring the intelligent
and showing its back to the stupid.
John Dewey
(1859-1952; American psychologist and educational reformer)

Remember this:
The house doesn’t beat the player.
It just gives him the opportunity
to beat himself.
Nicholas Dandolos, a.k.a. “Nick the Greek”
(1883-1966; Greek-born professional gambler and high roller)

Breaking Vegas Documentary:The MIT Blackjack Team

You Snooze, You Lose