Defeat in itself was part and parcel of the great gambling game of politics. A man who could not accept it and try again was not of the stuff of which leaders are made.

I bet on a horse at ten-to-one. It didn't come in until half-past five.

It's completely idiot proof." I told them they've got it all wrong. I want a machine that is "idiot friendly.

Last night I stayed up late playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died.

In Vegas, I got into a long argument with the man at the roulette wheel over what I considered to be an odd number.

All gaming, since it implies a desire to profit at the expense of another, involves a breach of the tenth commandment.

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 of the will.

That's the million-dollar question. Why would such a good kid with so much promise do this? We know he had a gambling addiction, but why didn't he seek other options? That has everyone scratching their heads.

No horse can go as fast as the money you put on it.

Almost all life depends on probabilities.