Most gamesters begin at small game; and, by degrees, if their money, or estates, hold out, they rise to great sums; some have played, first of all, their money, then their rings, coach and horses, even their wearing clothes and perukes; and then, such a farm; and, at last, perhaps a lordship.
- Anonymous The Nicker; or the Cheats of Gaming Discovered 1669

You can’t really call someone you’re trying to carve up for hundreds of pounds your close friend. But I have mates now among the guys I play against every day. It’s a strange kind of relationship, really. Maybe we’re all poker addicts, but there’s a kind of brotherly feeling. We try to f*** each other, but we don’t take it personally.
Is poker better than sex? You may think that’s a daft question, but its something I’ve thought about a lot. How long does a f*** last? A poker game can go on for 12 hours. When you’re on a winning streak, the feeling is better than any other feeling I know. It’s aggression and money, you know? Sex doesn’t come into it.
- Colin Hayes Evening Standard magazine 15 July 1994
thoughts of would-be professional poker player

Since the World is but a kind of Lottery, why should Gamesters be begrudged the drawing of a Prize? If . . . Man has his Estate by Chance, why should bit my chance take it away from him?
- Jeremy Collier An Essay Upon Gaming 1713

I am not the least interested in the game, nor in whether I win or lose. I am only interested in whether or not the amount is large enough to be noticed.
- Andre Citroen (d 1935) French motor-car tycoon

There is no one good thing which can be pointed to as produced by betting. It is the prolific mother of a brood without exception evil.
- Professor Marcus Dods On Betting 1897

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