Dick Van Patten Quotes

I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.

We're really not going to get that much money out of a lottery for a small state like Alabama.

It's nice to have the opportunity to play for so much money, but it's nicer to win it.

Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain; and the greater the number of your tickets the nearer your approach to this certainty.

My total winnings after 14 appearances were $129,000.

I'm fully confident that I will win the jackpot - so much so that I've already made a list of all the charities I will contribute to.

Unlike my grandfather or my brother, I've actually been able to make some money at a racetrack.

Some of the happiest times I ever saw my dad was times when I was with him in the casinos, and he had a good night.

I love to gamble, always have! In Georgia there is not a casino, so the closest thing to a slot machine is a scratch ticket!

Sometimes when you gamble, you get up from the table with a fortune.

What has six balls and screws Texans? The Texas Lottery.

Unfortunately, gambling and winning don't often go hand-in-hand.

Without gambling, I would not exist.

And then I did one called High Rollers and that was a lot of fun.

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.

When I retire I'm gonna bet on Wolves drawing every game. I'll be a multi-millionaire!

The truth is, you win the Lotto. That's really how you have to approach it. You're a lottery winner when you get a sitcom and it goes.

It used to be said all horse players die broke - you can't beat the races. But today, with the Pick 6's and Superfectas, you can. Not that the odds aren't against you, but a good hit, and it's hard to blow that back.

I love to go to casinos with my wife. I play poker, and she's an old-fashioned slot queen. She even has a visor.

I basically have paid for a piano and a flat-screen television completely with my poker earnings. I'm pretty good at it.

Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the desire not to be thought poor, is the destructive thing which has been honored by the name of 'speculation'; but which ought to be called Gambling.

None ... shall play at any kind of game for money, except knights and clerks.

[Referring to State lotteries:] People have a tendency to try and get something for nothing.

No bill that authorizes slot machines or casinos will pass my desk.

Lotteries are just one way to provide positive reinforcement. Their power comes from the fact that the chance of winning the prize is overvalued.