Casino gambling is colorful and dramatic and theatrical.

By gaming we lose both our time and treasure:
two things most precious to the life of man.

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

I'm the leader of the platoon and I run gambling and lotteries, dances and I sell beer illegally. I'm a con man and I'm thoroughly lovable.

The town will never be the same. After the Tangiers, the big corporations took it all over. Today it looks like Disneyland. And while the kids play cardboard pirates, mommy and daddy dropped the house payments and Junior's college money on the poker slots.

In the old days, dealers knew your name, what you drank, what you played - today it's like checking into an airport. And if you order room service, you're lucky if you get it by Thursday.

Today it's all gone.

My father was a gambler. My father could not resist a casino or a card game. He loved gambling.