James Packer Quotes

At night when I can't sleep, I play blackjack online until I get tired or I lose my money.

Gambling is the only addiction that the government promotes.

People who don't gamble aren't worth talking to.

I had a Velcro wallet in a casino. That sound annoyed the hell out of me. Whenever I lost money, and I opened the wallet, it was like the sound of my addiction.

In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and to keep them coming back. The longer they play, the more they lose, and in the end, we get it all.

If you know how to live in Vegas you can have the best time.

I lost $35,000 in less than a week at the Mirage in Las Vegas.

I've been in Vegas. That's where you get into the money thing. Boy, you get greedy in Vegas, you know. That's the only place that you can bet $25, get it up to $500 and refuse to quit.

I've made $50 million over the years as a movie star, if you'll pardon the expression, and I've given most of it to the bookies.

I hate casinos. I have zero interest in gambling.

High stakes, low stakes, poor or rich - people will find a way to gamble.

Many a man who goes to Las Vegas to get away from it all soon finds that Las Vegas gets it all away from him.

Doing good business - being ethical, being transparent, being caring, implementing values in your business - makes a difference, and you make money at the same time.

I love coming to Las Vegas. I've always loved it and always had a good time.

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

I went to Vegas for 22 years, married some absolutely charming women, and gave them all my money.

I don't gamble anymore since I had a kid. I have fun in Vegas. I see shows, Cirque du Soleil. Don Rickles was in town last time I was there. I'll have lunch with George Wallace. I just look in the Weekly calendar and see who's performing, and inevitably, we all meet up late night at one of the casinos. Jesus, I sound boring.

Why do people play the lottery, or why do people gamble, period? You know, it's with the hope of winning something more.

If you spend a week at a casino you will very easily see that people have a certain way of behaving in a casino.

Gambling is part of the human condition. I love it. I have the best time gambling. I've been winning fortunes, and I've been losing them.

I like Vegas for its spontaneity.

When I first came to do shows in Vegas, I followed the usual entertainer's syndrome - I played craps and lost.

As for poker, I've stayed away from that, even though when I was in Vegas for Ocean's Eleven, I would get accosted by these guys begging me to play. They just want to take my money. They see me, think 'actor' and see some easy money.

Without gambling, I would not exist.

Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it.